Community residents are excited that Brooklyn’s second public loo could be in Columbus Park — but, lo!, not in such a public place. At the Community Board 2 parks committee monthly meeting last night, members voted 5-2 to approve a city proposal to bring an automatic pay toilet to Columbus Park, but with the caveat […]
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No. 1 idea: Toilet in Columbus Park!
When you gotta go, you gotta go — and soon, you can go in Columbus Park. The city hopes to install an automatic public toilet at a spot in Columbus Park and Community Board 2 is all in favor of the movement. The toilet station still needs final design approval for this location, and tonight, […]
Tonight! Regina Myer talks BBP construction schedules
At tonight’s CB2 parks committee meeting, Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Myer will present a construction update of Pier 6. The controversial park was in the news last week when Mayor Bloomberg announced that he is working on a deal with the state to take over control of the park. Also on tonight’s […]
Seamus O’Toole to be honored on St. Patrick’s Day
The former “Mayor of Montague,” Seamus O’Toole, will be honored posthumously on Tuesday at Borough President Marty Markowitz’s annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast. Share this Story: Tweet
Montague Street Crisis: Lassen & Hennigs
Lassen & Hennigs is making smaller cakes — and eating them too! Now we present our interview with Chris Calfa, owner of Lassen & Hennigs. The longtime local catering giant at 114 Montague St. also owns two Monty Q’s pizzerias (158 Montague St. and 90 Livingston St.) and Court Order, a sandwich lunch spot (52 […]
Montague Street Crisis: Housing Works
Housing Works works! Jennifer Jinks, store manager of the Brooklyn Housing Works Thrift, said people are still swarming the store, but regulars aren’t coming in as often. That said, during our interview, she was interrupted at least twice by customers bringing in their gently-used wares, and many others snatching up best-sellers (and an old baseball […]
Montague Street Crisis: Heights Books
Miss the old Montague Street? “Degrade your property values!” Up next is our interview with Tracy Walsch, owner of Heights Books, who recently made the decision to move to Boerum Hill (120 Smith St., between Pacific and Dean streets) from her longtime spot at 109 Montague St. (For more in the series, check out our […]
Is Montague Street in crisis?
What IS happening out there? Montague Street is a rapidly shifting shopping thoroughfare — in the last few weeks, at least eight “For Rent” signs have gone up in windows along the five-block stretch from Clinton Street to the Promenade, and we now have word that, nationally, Ann Taylor Loft is closing over 100 outposts. […]
Update: Weintrob on selling the Brooklyn Paper
The Brooklyn Paper posts its own story today about its sale to the Rupert Murdoch-owned Community Newspaper Group, and former publisher Ed Weintrob sheds some light on the news decision: Brooklyn Paper Publisher Ed Weintrob said he was pleased to sell his family run business to “real newspaper people.” “These are very tough times in […]
Update: Cops nab shul burglar
Cops caught the man accused of breaking into Congregation B’nai Avraham multiple times in the last six months, the Brooklyn Paper reports today. Rabbi Aaron Raskin, who heads the synagogue at 117 Remsen St., was preparing for Purim and was dressed up as the Man in the Yellow Hat from the “Curious George” books when […]
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