We got word this morning of a gas leak at the intersection of Hicks and Joralemon streets. National Grid spokeswoman Karen Young emailed an update moments ago: A contractor working at Hicks and Joralemon damaged a gas main. It happened around 8 a.m., the gas leak was secured around 8:45 a.m. National Grid crews replaced […]
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Upcoming alternate-side parking changes
The Department of Transportation has started its scheduled suspension of alternate-side-of-the-street parking within Community Board 2, and will reach Brooklyn Heights within six to eight weeks. First, DOT is changing traffic signs in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. CB2 District Manager Rob Perris said Phase 2 will include Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Landing, […]
Update to arrests of robbery suspects
We received more information about the arrest of three juveniles in connection with the recent robberies in the neighborhood in the last several months. The suspects are ages 13, 13, and 15 and live in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Cops would not release the names, but the 15-year-old has been arrested for 10 robbery charges, and one grand […]
Alleged teen muggers caught
This just in from the Courier: cops have arrested the three teens they suspect are responsible for the spate of muggings in the neighborhood in the last few months, as we’ve been reporting. A source at the 84th Precinct said detectives “think they’re going to close a few cases on it,” but that any additional […]
Weekly CB 2 meeting schedule
On Tuesday night, the Community Board 2’s economic development committee will meet at 6 pm in the Jonas Board Room, at Long Island University (Flatbush Avenue Extension at DeKalb Avenue). Directors of the interrelated Metrotech, Fulton Mall, and Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn business improvement districts will come speak about what they do and the kinds of services they […]
Chasm on Cranberry
There’s a hole in the street in front of Assumption Church on Cranberry Street — and the city is sorting out who will fix it. An eight-inch part of Cranberry Street, between Hicks and Henry streets and just by the curb, collapsed over the weekend, and was marked off this morning with a board and […]
Tailored Pet to reopen on May 16
On May 16, the Tailored Pet will reopen at 89 Pineapple Walk — just look for it under its new name, Rocco and Jezebel. The new shop comes after owner Serena Bellino died in December, and a longtime friend and employee Andrea Demetropoulos decided she wanted to continue Bellino’s legacy and keep the shop open. […]
Dock Street opponents rally at City Hall
Dock Street opponents took the steps of City Hall today, and brought out their biggest gun — Brooklyn Bridge historian David McCullough — to rally for the cause. McCullough, who published a column in this week’s Newsweek explaining his views against the controversial proposed Dock Street project, said on Tuesday that the bridge should be […]
84th Precinct Crime Blotter
Cops are investigating whether an incident last Saturday involving one older boy and three younger teens is related to the recent spate of similar crimes in the neighborhood. On April 25, an 18-year-old was mugged as he was walking westbound on Livingston Street at 7 pm. The boy was between Court and Clinton streets when […]
Ivanov’s Monday court appearance
Ivaylo Ivanov — who allegedly spray-painted swastikas along Remsen Street in Spetember 2007 and was later discovered to have an arsenal of explosives in his nearby apartment — appeared in Brooklyn criminal court on Monday morning for a pre-trial hearing. Ivanov has pleaded not guilty to the incidents, which include charges of graffiti, criminal mischief, […]
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