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Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday

By on June 14, 2013 12:07 am in brooklyn bridge park, DUMBO, Environment, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Government, Legal

The Brooklyn Heights Association has advised us that an Environmental Assessment has been completed concerning the proposed adaptive re-use of the Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse buildings, located along Water Street in the Fulton Ferry Historic District and DUMBO. Links to the Environmental Assessment and Draft Conversion Application are here; they may also be reviewed [...]

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DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone

By on June 12, 2013 4:06 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Election 13, Health, News, Other Brooklyn

In a press release today, Ken Thompson, a former federal prosecutor and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Kings County District Attorney, declared his intention to establish an environmental crimes unit in the DA’s office if elected. In his discussion of environmental problems in Brooklyn, he notes that Brooklyn Heights is one of five borough [...]

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The U.S. Post Office Paints Over The Work Of Brooklyn Heights’ “Captain Cleanup”

By on June 11, 2013 12:36 pm in Government

This just in from a BHB reader — it appears the the United States Post Office has determined the work of Brooklyn Heights’ so-called “Captain Cleanup” is not up to snuff. A USPS worker was spotted this morning covering up the “avenger’s” work with official government paint:

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Will Brooklyn Heights Resident Stephen Pierson Take Out Steve Levin In NYC Council District 33?

By on June 9, 2013 10:32 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Election 13

Not since Daniel “Kid” Squadron took out long time incumbent Martin “Marty” Connor in the 2008 NYS Senate D25 race has a local election been pre-packed with as much drama as the upcoming face-off in NYC Council’s 33rd district. As in previous years the winner of the Democratic primary, held this year on September 10, [...]

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Brooklyn Heights Association: You May Still Comment on SUNY’s “Sustainability Plan” and its effect on LICH

By on May 30, 2013 10:44 pm in Government, Health

The Brooklyn Heights Association has a website page devoted to the SUNY “Sustainability Plan” and its effect on Long Island College Hospital. According to the BHA, it is still possible to submit comments to SUNY on the Plan by e-mailing them to hospitalsustainabilityplan@suny.edu. You can read the SUNY Plan here and the BHA’s testimony on [...]

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SUNY Sustainability Plan: Sell or Close LICH

By on May 30, 2013 12:06 am in Cobble Hill, Government, Health, News

SUNY has released its Sustainability Plan, which focuses on preserving its teaching function at University Hospital of Brooklyn while seeking to share or transfer health care responsibilities with or to other Brooklyn hospitals and clinics and to home health care. According to The Wall Street Journal.

Read more at Cobble Hill Blog

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Brooklyn Bridge Park Prexy Regina Myer Mentioned as Possible City Planning Commissioner

By on May 20, 2013 4:24 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Government, News, Real Estate

City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden is expected to leave office when a new mayor is inaugurated next year. According to Crain’s New York Business, among those considered likely candidates to succeed her is Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer. The Crain’s article notes: Ms. Myer has received accolades for her work on Brooklyn Bridge Park, [...]

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SUNY Downstate Hosts Town Hall Meeting Monday To Discuss LICH ‘Sustainability Plan’

By on May 20, 2013 12:30 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Government, Health, News

A town hall meeting is taking place today to discuss a sustainability plan for SUNY Downstate, the hospital that controls the fate of Long Island College Hospital. The meeting was held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Alumni Auditorium in Brooklyn. The public was allowed to offer comments of no [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 15, 2013 11:59 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, Comedy, DUMBO, Election 12, Election 13, Events, Gardening, Government, Kids, Maritime, Nature, Obituaries, podcast, Red Hook, Religion, schools, Shopping

This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The [...]

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Overwhelming Support for Brooklyn Heights Traffic Slow Zone

By on May 9, 2013 12:54 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Government, Traffic

As we reported earlier, the Brooklyn Heights Association has done a survey to determine if there is support among local residents for applying to the City’s Department of Transportation to make the Heights a “slow zone” for traffic. The results are in. Of the nearly 700 people who responded, 91% favor making the application, while [...]

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NYC’s Recyclable Universe Expands

By on April 28, 2013 9:59 pm in Environment, Government

The Brooklyn Heights Association reminds us that New York City’s list of recyclable materials has been expanded to include all “rigid plastics,” a category that includes: plastic bottles, jugs & jars, rigid plastic caps & lids, rigid plastic food containers (yogurt, deli, hummus, dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, “clamshell” containers, other plastic take-out containers) rigid [...]

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Sen. Dan Squadron On LICH Announcement: ‘It’s Clear We’re Being Heard’

By on April 26, 2013 3:52 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Government, News

State Senator Daniel Squadron has reacted to the State University of New York’s monumental decision to withdraw the closure plan for LICH, reported earlier today on BHB. (SUNY will work on securing “sustainability” without an active closure plan on the table, creating a possible “collaborative process.”) Squadron says: It’s good news that SUNY is withdrawing [...]

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SUNY Withdraws Application To Close LICH; Will Seek “Sustainability Plan”

By on April 26, 2013 2:52 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Government

After mounting community pressure and a unanimous vote from the NYC Council this week to support its existence, SUNY Downstate has officially withdrawn its plan to sell and close Long Island College Hospital.

DEVELOPING

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Encouraging News on the #SaveLICH Front

By on April 25, 2013 10:51 pm in Cobble Hill, Government, Health, News

Today the City Council passed a resolution (approved by its Health Committee yesterday) that, according to the Eagle, “calls on the State University of New York and the State Department of Health to work with stakeholders to find a new owner for [Long Island College Hospital] the 150-year old Cobble Hill institution.” While the resolution [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on April 25, 2013 12:02 am in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Government, movies, Music

On Sunday evening, April 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (at Orange) will celebrate “40 years of films being shown at the same location” with an evening of comedy, featuring NPR’s Ophira Eisenberg, along with Shelly Colman and Sean Donnelly, and surprise guests, followed by wine and snacks at [...]

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NYC Council Committee Approves Resolution To #SaveLICH; Rally Tomorrow 9:00 A.M. At City Hall

By on April 24, 2013 3:51 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Government

The New York City Council’s Committee on Health has just unanimously passed a resolution to save Long Island College Hospital.

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Citi Bike Share Prompting Ire—And Vandalism

By on April 24, 2013 11:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Government, Landmark Preservation, News, Other Brooklyn, Transportation, War On Fun

WINS-AM (1010) reported this morning from Brooklyn Heights that the newly installed Citibank-sponsored bike-share stands in the neighborhood are not only irritating residents—who voiced on-air that they don’t fit in with the historic tenor of the Heights—but have become a target for anti-corporate brouhaha throughout the borough. Brooklyn.Some folks loved the idea of the city’s [...]

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Mayoral Candidates’ Forum Monday Evening, May 6

By on April 22, 2013 11:51 pm in Election 13, Events, Other Brooklyn

On Monday evening, May 6, the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Park Slope Civic Council, and several other neighborhood civic groups, are co-sponsoring a Mayoral Candidates’ Forum to be held at Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place (at Eighth Avenue), from 7:00 to 9:00. All interested voters are invited, and no RSVP is necessary. You may [...]

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St. Ann’s Warehouse Again Seeking Approval to Build in Tobacco Warehouse

By on April 18, 2013 11:15 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Government, Landmark Preservation, News

You may recall the lengthy legal battle over the St. Ann’s Warehouse theater’s attempt to build a new performance space inside the 19th century Tobacco Warehouse in the Fulton Ferry Historic District, which led to a court decision holding that the transfer of the Tobacco Warehouse space from Brooklyn Bridge Park had not been done [...]

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Survey: Should Brooklyn Heights Be a “Slow Zone” For Traffic?

By on April 15, 2013 10:51 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Government, Streets, Traffic

The Brooklyn Heights Association is taking a survey to determine if there is support for making Brooklyn Heights a traffic “Slow Zone.” According to the BHA: Slow Zones improve pedestrian safety and reduce traffic cutting through neighborhoods. If Brooklyn Heights becomes a Slow Zone it will mean: – Speed limits of 20mph (as opposed to [...]

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Sen. Squadron’s Community Convention Sunday, April 28

By on April 12, 2013 2:09 pm in Government

State Senator Daniel Squadron, whose district includes Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, DUMBO, and other Brooklyn neighborhoods, along with lower Manhattan, will host his fifth annual Community Convention at Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, on Sunday afternoon, April 28, from 2:00 to 5:00. The location switches between Brooklyn and Manhattan in alternate years. [...]

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Citizens Defending Libraries Plans Packed Slate Of Public Rallies April 13-20th

By on April 12, 2013 1:17 pm in Government, Landmark Preservation

Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization that is petitioning the city to stop selling public library real estate to private developers, has a full slate of rallies in the coming week. Neighbors forming the group have collected 8893 virtual petition signatures, demanding that the Cadman Plaza Library and its building, in place since 1962, [...]

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NY Post: SUNY Disses Two Groups Interested In Buying LICH

By on April 10, 2013 10:59 pm in Government

The NY Post reports in a story by Josh Saul and Rich Calder that LICH’s SUNY overlords have refused to open the facility’s books for two hospital groups interested in taking it over. Hackensack University Medical Center and North Shore-LIJ are said to be interested the report claims. SUNY’s plan to shut down LICH was [...]

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Results In From Councilman Steve Levin’s Participatory Budget Ballot: MS 8 Gets Tech Funds

By on April 10, 2013 12:23 am in Government, News, Other Brooklyn, schools

The ballots have been counted from last week’s poll on project funding conducted by City Councilman Steve Levin, who represents Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and North Park Slope. The only winning project to have immediate impact on our neighborhood is funding for technology equipment for MS 8, the middle school [...]

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Tweets Tell The Tale Of Sunday’s March To #SaveLICH

By on April 8, 2013 11:01 pm in Cobble Hill, Government, Health

Check out the Tale of the Tweets from Sunday’s March to Save LICH at Cobble Hill Blog.

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LICH Rally & March: Sunday, April 7, 1 p.m. In Red Hook

By on April 7, 2013 9:15 am in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Government, Health, News, Red Hook

Supporters of Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH) will march from Red Hook today, Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m. to bring attention to the potential closure of the 150-year-old hospital. More info at Facebook. It is sponsored by Keep Brooklyn Hospitals Open for Care. A rally preceding the march will take place in [...]

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Tale of the Tweets: Democratic Mayoral Forum At St. Francis College

By on April 3, 2013 9:37 pm in Election 13

The Brooklyn Reform Coalition hosted a Mayoral Forum at St. Francis College Wednesday night featuring most Democratic candidates.

Check out tweets from attendees after the jump.

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District 33 Participatory Budget Ballot: Here’s How To Help The Heights

By on April 3, 2013 1:33 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Education, Government

Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton reminds BHB readers that this is the week to vote for four Brooklyn Heights projects that are part of the Participatory Budget Ballot for District 33. Those projects that would enhance Brooklyn Heights, according to Stanton, are: * PS8′s new Middle School (MS 8) needs funds to purchase [...]

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Democratic Mayoral Aspirants at St. Francis Wednesday April 3

By on April 2, 2013 9:11 pm in Election 13

Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 3) at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00) the Brooklyn Reform Coalition will host a Mayoral Forum featuring candidates for the Democratic Party’s mayoral nomination in the election to be held this year. The Forum will be at the St, Francis College auditorium, 180 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Court). Hal Friedman, [...]

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Vote For Local Project Funding From Councilman Steve Levin’s Kitty

By on April 1, 2013 11:57 am in brooklyn bridge park, Education, Government, News

As we reported last October, Steve Levin, who represents our district in the City Council, has $1 million in discretionary funds that may be used to bankroll projects in the area. Back then he had a community meeting to solicit ideas; now he has a list of sixteen “viable” projects and is asking constituents to [...]

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