New sign on Atlantic Ave./BQE on-ramp
In a moment of heat inspired insanity, yesterday I went out for a roll around the neighborhood and decided to go down to Pier 6. It was my mission to check out whether any improvement had been made in the pedestrian crosswalk situation since it had been reported on BHB that DOT was aware of the problem and working on a solution. (more…)
By all estimation, Tuesday afternoon June 15, was one of those uniquely beautiful days which should be spent outside, walking/rolling around Brooklyn Heights. Since I had not been down to Pier 1 Park recently, that was my destination after conducting some errands. However, you cannot fully appreciate my rage when I discovered that it is practically impossible for a person in a wheelchair to now get into Pier 1, without making a very dangerous trip along Furman Street in heavy traffic. This is completely unacceptable.
BHB photo by C. Scales
We earlier reported how obstinate state officials appeared to have delayed the opening of the Pier 1 portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park in a battle over who could claim credit for it. Now, it appears, the heavy hand of Albany may be delaying work on the Empire-Fulton Ferry section of the Park, between the foot of Main Street and the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO.
New York Daily News: Bureaucratic squabbling is holding up construction at a shuttered DUMBO waterfront park, the Daily News has learned. (more…)
Brooklyn Bridge Park officials placed tents over steel domes in Pier 1′s playground because they become red hot in midday sun. The NY Daily News ran a story today saying children were crying out in pain after touching the shiny objects.
Raw video from WPIX-TV after the jump. (more…)
Sure January and February may have been slow news months and the only headlines we had going for us were weather related. Nope, Jan/Feb didn’t yield a new Slappaccino Dad story or a rhubarb over parking. Ah, but wonderful March has already bestowed this wonderful sure-to-be-discussed-forever tidbit from the New York Times (an electronic newspaper now run by college interns) via Pardon Me For Asking upon us: (more…)
BHB photo by C. Scales
Originally scheduled to open in December, then delayed to January, the Pier 1 portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park (see photo above), though evidently good to go, will not welcome the public until, according to the latest promise, sometime this spring.
The Brooklyn Paper: The long-awaited first permanent section of Brooklyn Bridge Park has been delayed — again! — and will now open “in the spring,” Borough President Markowitz revealed in his “State of the Borough” address on Wednesday night.
The waterfront development’s Pier 1 recreation area at the foot of Old Fulton Street — the fruit of decades of planning and controversy — was originally scheduled to open in late 2009, but was pushed back until January.
According to the report, no one has given an explanation for the delay.
Pierrepont Street
“They take care of us, so we take care of them.”That’s what Officer Reynoso, the very polite (and forthright) policeman from the 84th Precinct told me last night, when I asked him why he was writing a ticket for the car on the left, but not for the one on the right.
He said no cop will write a parking ticket on a car with an MD plate, as “someday they may need to take care of us”.
“So you think that if you write them a ticket, they won’t save you if you get shot?”, I asked. (more…)
Brooklyn Heights based blog Ink Lake is irked about parishioners of the First Presbyterian Church blocking the Henry Street bike lane every Sunday. He claims that church brass told him that they have an “understanding” with the 84th Precinct: (more…)
Your intrepid correspondent is in the wilds of Maine for a few days, and will not be able to take his usual “park progress” photos this Friday, but will take them on his return next Tuesday morning. We thank you for your patience.
Update: Newman & Redford vs. the O’Neals & Madeline Kahn, and more. No sooner had I posted my apology above than the ever-helpful Nancy Webster, of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, supplied me with material for a post.
First, the ever-popular, and free, Movies With A View series suffered two rain cancellations during this soggy summer; however, only one rain date is scheduled: Thursday, September 3, with DJs starting at 6:00 P.M. and the movie commencing at sundown. BBPC needs to know which of the two rained-out flicks, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or Paper Moon, you would prefer to see on the rain date. You can vote by going to BBPC’s website. Update-update: Movies With A View provides inspiration for this week’s New Yorker cover (scroll down to see).
Other future Park evnts are listed after the jump: (more…)
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