City and State 'Pissing on Each Other,' and Other Brooklyn Briefs

- Developer Bill Stein says he won’t build atop the public courtyard at the Carroll Street entrance to the F train, which is a good thing, since he doesn’t own most of the land, says former assemblyman Frank Verderame. Verderame says the courtyard on Second Place and Smith Street is divided into several parcels, and the city and Metropolitan Transportation Authority have jurisdiction over most of the plaza. Brooklyn Paper

- Are the city and state "pissing on each other?" That's one reason being given for delays in the building of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Eagle

- The 9-year-old Brooklyn girl who told cops she fought off an attacker by biting his hand admitted to investigators that she made up the "harrowing tale." NY Daily News

- The attorney Rishi Bhandari and his wife Heather put 10 percent down on a $795,000 apartment at 110 Livingston in March. And by this Wednesday they'd filed suit against Mr. Walentas’ Two Trees Development. A few days before the couple was set to close on their apartment, they found that the place was 109 square feet smaller than Two Trees had promised. Observer

- Christmas shopping starts this week. Spurred on by hundreds of millions of dollars of advertising, more than one hundred and fifty million Americans will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ by engaging in a mindless, debt-building, four-week frenzy of consumerism. Huffington Post

- There's a feeling of "rebirth" surrounding the Busy Chef/Oven/UCG trio of eateries in Brooklyn Heights -- and even talk of expansion. Brooklyn Heights Blog

- BCAT's Reporter Roundtable: A panel of reporters led by editor Gersh Kuntzman of the Brooklyn Paper weighs in on top stories making headlines this month. Topics include the development of Coney Island, Downtown Brooklyn and the upcoming elections. (Monday, November 19 at 1 p.m., Tuesday, November 20 at 1:30 and 9:30 p.m. and other times) BCAT