Open Thread Wednesday 12/1/10

By on December 1, 2010 12:40 am in Brooklyn Heights

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20 Responses to Open Thread Wednesday 12/1/10

  1. Teresa December 1, 2010 at 5:57 am #

    I recently received word of a mother cat and two younger ones (about 4-5 months old) who need at least temporary, and eventually permanent, homes. I’m working on getting them tested and spayed/neutered, but if you can be a feline foster parent for a cat or two, even for a few days, please let know! Thank you.

  2. Heightsman December 1, 2010 at 11:49 am #

    What is with the sirens today (wed)….all morning….driving me nuts.

  3. Rerunruzbekistan December 1, 2010 at 1:08 pm #

    We are in need of a local general practitioner. Any suggestions?

  4. Mickey December 1, 2010 at 1:29 pm #

    Rerun: I’ve been with Dr. Robert Alperin (60 Remsen) for the past 7 years. He is skilled at diagnosing and prefers to treat maladies practically before prescribing drugs. I recommend him highly.

  5. candy December 1, 2010 at 1:55 pm #

    This wind is horrible. Another tree down on Montague street between Henry and clinton.

  6. dillweed December 1, 2010 at 2:54 pm #

    Anyone know why we lost the recently restored parking spaces in front of 20 Henry? There are now well marked signs proclaiming No Parking Anytime posted along that block. Very frustrating.

  7. DrewB December 1, 2010 at 2:54 pm #

    Great turnout for last night’s community meeting about alternate funding options to Housing in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Your next and final opportunity to give input will be :

    Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6pm – 8pm
    St. Francis College*, 180 Remsen Street
    Founders Hall Auditorium, 1st floor

    You can also testify by email to bbptestimony@bae1.com

  8. jarbro December 1, 2010 at 3:00 pm #

    Does anyone have any information about the parking lot at Columbia Heights and Doughty Street? Its the outdoor lot with the sign that says Doughty St Reality Inc.

  9. EHinBH December 1, 2010 at 4:03 pm #

    dillweed: 20 Henry is now back under construction, so I think they have a permit for that space…

    Parking: Just a note that I reccomend if you dont use your car everyday to go to downtown brooklyn. got a space there for 100 bucks a month plus 5 bucks every time you take the car out. it’s a 15 minute walk and well worth the savings. corner of Hoyt and Schermer…

  10. nabeguy December 1, 2010 at 7:03 pm #

    @Rerun, I can highly recommend Dr. Charles Berk on Montague St. I recently switched over to him after 15 years with another GP, and he’s a breath of fresh air. He’s a true “family” practitioner that includes pediatrics.
    jarbro, I think those spaces are pretty much locked up, but I have a neighbor in one of them, so I’ll see if I can find out more about them.

  11. jarbro December 1, 2010 at 10:43 pm #

    @nabeguy – Thanks, I appreciate it!

  12. jim December 2, 2010 at 10:23 am #

    Has anyone else noticed the tree in front of 10 Monroe Place (near Clark Street) was damaged (limbs broken off) when they put up the scaffolding the other day, seems like they normally build around the trees..but I guess not this time….

  13. bhmom December 2, 2010 at 11:12 am #

    Did anyone else hear something like a siren, or maybe some sort of ship horn at around 3am, that went on for many minutes in Brooklyn Heights?

  14. Bornhere December 2, 2010 at 11:33 am #

    @bhmom: It actually woke me up, but, to me, it sounded like the horn of an 18-wheeler or something similar. It seemed to be coming from the BQE, and in my groggy, drama-brain, I imagined some horrific accident, with the driver slumped on the horn (I did hear distant emergency vehicle sirens shortly after). I actually checked Gothamist’s “newsmap” this morning to see if there was some reported event, but nothing was listed. I hope is was nothing serious…

  15. Topham Beauclerk December 2, 2010 at 11:54 am #

    I can’t agree with Mickey’s assessment of Dr Robert Alperin. I tried him once for a general check-up; his manner suggested that he couldn’t wait to retire. For the past five years, I’ve been very happily using Dr Lester Salwen whose office is on Schermehorn St.

  16. DrewB December 2, 2010 at 12:24 pm #

    I heard that horn. I can see the container port from my window and it seemed like it was coming from there. Like maybe some sort of alarm horn. IT was crazy loud. Woke me up with my windows closed and ear plugs in.

    I’m with Topham on Dr. Alperin. He was my PCP for about a year, but I found him to be cold and uninterested. I switched to a Dr. in Manhattan, as the only other local ones covered by my insurance were, shall we say, marginal.

  17. T.K. Small December 2, 2010 at 12:42 pm #

    Usually I can sleep through anything, but this noise/horn/siren woke me up. Right before the blast ended there was a whole bunch of emergency vehicle sounds, which makes me think it was something on the BQE.

  18. Publius December 3, 2010 at 2:00 am #

    Must see video: http://bit.ly/heFVCa

    Amazing what people are doing at Pier 1.

  19. Rerunruzbekistan December 3, 2010 at 5:12 pm #

    Thanks for the GP tips!

  20. Peter December 7, 2010 at 8:42 pm #

    Dr.Lester Salwen is a GI specialist. As far as I know he does not do other things. Does very thorough job with colonoscopy and endoscopy at LICH