Comments on: Open Thread Wednesday 8/20/14

By: cindy s

cindy s — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:30:00 +0000

There is going to be a major gathering at Our Lady of Lebanon on the worsening conditions in the Middle East Wednesday August 27th
7 to 9:00 PM The gathering will include a vigil and
statements of concern for the region, its people
And the world wide effects of the recent area’s
mounting conflicts

By: David on Middagh

David on Middagh — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:09:00 +0000

Stupid Disqus red balloon. Go away.

By: BrooklynCoffeeLover

BrooklynCoffeeLover — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:51:00 +0000

Every time I run by it, it looks worse and worse. I stopped there when it opened to wade my feet in it. Now I won’t stop because of all the rocks.

By: BrooklynCoffeeLover

BrooklynCoffeeLover — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:49:00 +0000

I guess some issues arose when fixing it and they had to push the date back.

By: BrooklynCoffeeLover

BrooklynCoffeeLover — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:49:00 +0000

None of us work for the construction company so we don’t know.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:40:00 +0000

@Mark – Please express your opinion without stooping to race-baiting. Brooklyn Heights is an historically tolerant community. It’s also more integrated than many neighborhoods in Brooklyn, something you’ve seemingly not noticed based on your post. It is crowds, noise, litter, and rude behavior that are at issue. No community can nor should tolerate this kind of contempt.

By: MonroeOrange

MonroeOrange — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:25:00 +0000

that is completely out of line..i have never said one racist comment on here, nor am i even in the slighest bit racist…you are way out of line…and should be banned from this site…HOMER? please address.

Find one comment i have ever made that is racial…I SAID WHAT I MEANT….CROWDS…..too many people…CROWDS.

By: Ann B Chapin

Ann B Chapin — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 04:40:00 +0000

always check my spam folder–I signed up and I expect to get it in my email as I always have! ?? You are saying that I need to hunt it down?? But thank you for your reply–

By: BrooklynBugle

BrooklynBugle — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:53:00 +0000

Check your spam folder if you’re a newsletter subscriber.

Also the site is always on at brooklynheightsblog.com

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:43:00 +0000

They aren’t NOW saying that they can’t support the park without housing. They ALWAYS said that; it was the plan from the beginning.

And we all know that when you complain about “crowds”; you mean non-white people.

By: Prince Humperdink

Prince Humperdink — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:38:00 +0000

Move to Manhattan, grumpus!

By: anon

anon — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:18:00 +0000

So no one know when it will reopen? I use that bridge to walk home every day.

By: Jorale-man

Jorale-man — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:37:00 +0000

Unrelated: one thing in the park I’ve noticed lately is that the Pier 4 beach no longer has much sand on it. It’s mostly rocks, gravel and hunks of driftwood. A shame they aren’t trying maintain that more. Whether or not you care to swim there (I don’t personally), it was a nice feature.

By: A Standish Guy

A Standish Guy — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:25:00 +0000

That is totally incorrect. Doug never prevented Mr. Hunt — R.I.P — from hanging out in the lobby and chatting with fellow residents. Doug is the building superintendent, not manager. He has always executed his duties in an extremely competent manner. I see no reason not to trust him to do a fine job in the political arena as well.

By: DIBS

DIBS — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:20:00 +0000

Hey Doug…ever hear of the old saying “Fool me once, shame on you. Foll me twice, shame on me?” And you’re going on your third? LOL

By: MonroeOrange

MonroeOrange — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:09:00 +0000

i said months ago (and was lambasted on this blog for it), that the bridge that cost $2 million dollars, was the biggest scam perpetrated on us. They build a bridge for millions and then complain they don’t have enough cash to support the park without housing! and now the bridge is closed?

By the way, there was no need for this bridge at all, there are plenty of other ways to reach the park.

The whole BBP as i predicted, would not be a g-d send, but an debacle. We didn’t get a park, out of this, we got housing, litter and crowds. As i stated long ago, i much prefered the view of the warehouses, over this ‘park’.

By: Heightsman

Heightsman — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:01:00 +0000

I completely agree that something seems off related to that bridge. It seems fairly twisted (warped?). Let’s see what happens.

By: MissingRichie

MissingRichie — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:28:00 +0000

Honestly, I am still so disappointed that you chose to take a young upstart’s wishes over an elderly gentleman who had lived in the Standish since 1955. Mr Hunt, after many, many years was told he was no longer allowed to sit in the common area because this young one complained. If that’s what sways you as a building manager, I can’t possibly see how you could stand up to people in the Brooklyn political circle.

By: Doug Biviano

Doug Biviano — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:41:00 +0000

My opponent Pete Sikora, de Blasio’s PAC and Berlin Rosen fooled us twice with the campaign prop of getting arrested to save LICH and the LICH Gary Reilly letter. Are they going to FOOL US A THIRD TIME with Sikora’s slick mailers?

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2014/7/15/alarm-raised-about-%E2%80%98dark-money%E2%80%99-de-blasio%E2%80%99s-lich-fortis-letter

http://dougbiviano.com

By: Ann B Chapin

Ann B Chapin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:53:00 +0000

I have not been getting this Blog for the last few days??? Picked up today’s Open Thread from an older blog that was in my email—
:-(

By: Joe A

Joe A — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:39:00 +0000

Huh?

By: GHB

GHB — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:39:00 +0000

Yes, she lives in the neighborhood.

By: DIBS

DIBS — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:09:00 +0000

What an incredibly poorly written, poorly explained blog article.

By: Doug Biviano

Doug Biviano — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:55:00 +0000

Something everyone should know:

Working Family Party-Lander-Sikora incompetence & bullying of Carroll Gardens parent and Brooklyn District Leader candidate Paige Bellenbaum off the ballot –

http://dougbiviano.com/index.php/news-updates/11-bullying-paige-bellenbaum

By: A Neighbor

A Neighbor — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:57:00 +0000

Nothing’s dying. They’re actually London plane trees — giants that thrive in urban environments and line NYC streets. The bark is always peeling, and they shed their leaves twice a year.

By: cmpizz

cmpizz — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:44:00 +0000

Those are sycamore trees. They lose their bark all the time, this is normal. As for losing their leaves in August, it is because it has been such a dry summer. Still, sycamores lose their leaves early compared to other trees anyway. The trees aren’t dying don’t worry about it.

By: Bongo23

Bongo23 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:39:00 +0000

Was that Mary Louise-Parker I saw walking her kids to school on Hicks? I think it was.

By: Bongo23

Bongo23 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:38:00 +0000

What’s up with the egregious parking on Clark Street on Sundays? It used to be the church mob, after they got kicked off Henry, but now it seems like a parking free-for-all all day Sunday. No one seems to be getting tickets, and it makes the street too narrow.

By: Heights Neighbor

Heights Neighbor — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:01:00 +0000

Have you noticed all of the trees that seem to be dying in the neighborhood? The bark is peeling off and the leaves are already brown. All the same type of tree. I also saw this in Westchester this weekend.

By: PJMF

PJMF — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:02:00 +0000

The last time we were on it (last week), it was slanted/pitched on the Squib Park side and no longer bouncing or moving. Felt like it was stuck in that position. We thought something was wrong with it and then it was shut down the next day. Also, when it is closed for the construction it is usually open for at least part of the day and/or part of the weekend. We have not seen it open for over a week.