Can the humble mollusk clean Brooklyn’s waterways and restore our connection to its shoreline? No — but maybe a billion can. By Jordan Fraade

Brooklyn has acres and acres of abandoned lots. How hard could it be to make something of them? By Maggie Astor

’Tis the seasons. Photos by Anthony Rhoades, with text by Sara Goudarzi

A local leader reflects on the life and times of a neighborhood mostly unshaken — for now, at least — by Brooklyn’s development boom. Interview by Angela Almeida

The future of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to the man who hopes to remake it. Interview by John Surico