The acrid odor of smoke in the area this morning is wafting in from a three-alarm fire in a vacant building in Long Island City. Lots of people in our area, however, are calling the Fire Department, hence the cacophony of sirens. No major conflagrations here, though.
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The Dashing Commuter
It took some wriggling, courtesy of the Fire Department, to assist this straphanger who took an express route down the stairs at the Borough Hall station, and ended up with his foot caught between the bottom step and the railing’s vertical support. It happened just after 6:30 tonight on the stairs below the Municipal Building. […]
Paterson Announces State Grant Saving LICH In-school Clinics
We previously reported the planned closure by Long Island College Hospital of four in-school clinics that serve students in six schools located in the downtown Brooklyn area. Today, Governor Paterson announced a state grant that will enable LICH to keep these clinics open during the coming school year. Brooklyn Daily Eagle These clinics — at […]
Brooklyn Heights Apartment Featured on BBC America
BBC America is running the US season of Brit reality show How Clean is Your House. One of the episodes takes place in Brooklyn Heights (looks like Downtown to us, anyone?). The program features “Tanya” whose apartment is full of every type of vermin imaginable. Find out when this episode airs again at the BBC […]
Lithium Doses Downtown
BHB pal EJ caught a cell phone photo of the Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn Business Improvement District’s presentation of Lithium, a site-specific electronic installation by Jeremiah Teipen. It’s part of the BID’s effort to “activate temporarily vacant retail space” in Downtown Brooklyn. Two Trees donated the space at 210 State Street for the light show, which will be […]
Marty Slams LICH School Clinic Closures
Borough President Marty Markowitz today said he is “deeply disappointed” by Long Island College Hospital’s closure of four school-based clinics that serve students from six schools in the downtown Brooklyn area. “It’s unfortunate,” he said, “that innovative ideas and funding mechanisms that would have kept the doors of these vital clinics open could not be […]
Little People Visit Downtown Brooklyn
It sounds like a setup for an episode of CSI: New York – the 2009 Little People of America convention is being held at the Downtown Brooklyn Marriot this week through Friday. [Conference brochure here] Brooklyn Eagle: “Brooklyn has been a very gracious host, opening up her heart to us and showing us the small […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/30/09
It was a crime-filled week in the neighborhood, including an armed robbery at a fast-food joint, a series of vehicle thefts and a pair of thefts from strollers (don’t worry, there were no babies involved).
City Plans Pedestrian-Friendly Tillary Street
The future of Tillary and Adams streets would include wider, landscaped medians for both pedestrians and bicyclists, according to plans presented last night at the second public meeting about the impending 2012 renovation. “We want a complete street that doesn’t just function for automobiles,” said Chris Hrones, Downtown Brooklyn’s transportation coordinator. The two-year Department of […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/24/09
Last week saw no fewer that 5 wallets and purses stolen in retail spots and offices across the neighborhood. There was also one more incident in the recent spate of car break-ins. First up is a spate of stolen purses and wallets that took place across the neighborhood on Friday, June 19. First, an office […]
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