We earlier reported that Community Board 2 would consider at its meeting yesterday evening whether to establish a dog run in Downtown Brooklyn. The Board members decided to take a pass deferred action. The Brooklyn Paper: Community Board 2 on Monday shot down a proposal to build a pooch pen somewhere in the booming residential […]
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CB2 to Consider Downtown Dog Run
One of the items on the agenda for the Community Board 2 meeting tomorrow (Monday, September 20) is whether to establish a dog run in Downtown Brooklyn, in response to that area’s rapid residential population growth. The New York Post: The Metro Tech Business Improvement District is pushing for a dog run in Downtown Brooklyn, […]
Tinseltown and Tweets at BKBF
Comedian Sarah Silverman made an appearance at soggy Brooklyn Book Festival, and true to form showed off a bit of bathroom humor: RT @cvbryant: @SarahKSilverman just walked out of the men’s bathroom at #bkbf… Oh Sarah! More celeb photos and twitter updates after the jump.
Brooklyn Book Festival: The Empire Reads Books
A Storm Trooper checks out today’s Brooklyn Book Festival ( #bkbf ) as One Story Magazine‘s @hannatinti tweets: Stormtroopers reading @onestorymag! My mission: now complete.
Poet John Ashbery to be Honored at Book Festival Sunday
The distingushed New York poet John Ashbery will be honored with the “BoBi” award at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival, to be held at Borough Hall Park this Sunday, September 12. At 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Ashbery and renowned Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster will have a conversation on the stage of the St. Francis College auditorium, […]
Borough Hall Lit Tonight in Honor of Mother Teresa
Brooklyn Borough Hall will be lit tonight and through the weekend in blue and white to honor the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth. In a press release borough president Marty Markowitz says, “We are proud to honor the life and legacy of Mother Teresa at Borough Hall,” said BP Markowitz. “Borough Hall may not be […]
Oh Thank Heaven, 7-11 Coming to Flatbush Avenue Extension
Brownstoner reports that 7-11 will be joining Applebee’s at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension. Does it get anymore fancy than that?:
Boring? New, Lengthy Tunnel Idea Proposed for BQE
Cobble Hill community activist Roy Sloane has proposed re-routing the BQE through what would be the longest highway tunnel in North America, taking it from the Navy Yard, under parts of Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Boerum Hill, to the Prospect Expressway. YourNabe.com: The extraordinarily ambitious two-and-a-half-mile tunnel is one of several options for replacing […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 8/24/10
A $2,500 diamond necklace is stolen; a $10,000 antique box of silverware is stolen; and vehicles of various Blue Book values are driven away into oblivion. It’s this week’s crime blotter.
Cursed Court Street Corner Welcomes Chicken Joint
The space at 119 Court Street, formerly home to F. Martinella and Danny’s, is now Tio Pio West, Brownstoner reports. How long will it last? Who knows! One thing is for sure: everyone likes Peruvian style fried chicken and rotisserie chicken. Yelper Nick K. in a review of the chain’s Manhattan outlet observes: Pros: – Chicken and greens […]
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