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Brooklyn Paper on Movie Noise: Not So Bad Now

by Homer Fink on 01. Aug, 2010 in Events, War On Fun

The Brooklyn Paper writes this week about movie noise from Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies with a View being no big deal — and that BQE traffic is louder.

We didn’t need the BHB Decibel Meter to notice that  on July 23rd, the audio at  the The Big Lebowski screening  was very low in comparison to that of  Monsters vs Aliens the week before.  The high volume  of that event  rattled windows and nerves in the North Heights and many residents complained.   That prompted the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy to issue a statement  promising to manage the volume of the screenings at  Pier  1.   So far, so good. Kudos to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy for keeping their word to manage the noise.

This Thursday’s (8/5)movie  is Brokeback Mountain.

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Sideways Smart Cars Cause Controversy on Henry Street

by Homer Fink on 09. Jun, 2010 in War On Fun

McBrooklyn photo

McBrooklyn photo

McBrooklyn reports on a Smart Car parking dust up Monday in front of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema.  The lil “critters” were parked in front of the theater as part of a promotion around the Brooklyn Film Festival happening there this week.  Mickey B picks it up from there:

The idea was to show how the critters were so little you could park them sideways. But the Smart Car people ran into a little friction from local cops who saw . . .  cars parked sideways.

But officers! They don’t stick out any further than your average SUV! Who cares what way they’re pointed?

A discussion was held and points were made. Finally the police said they’d look the other way this time, but their commanding officers would take a dim view of the sideways parking.

The cars remained where they were till 11:30 p.m. Then off they drove, over to Williamsburg for the rest of the weekend, for the Kent Ave. film festival screenings.

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CB2 Nixes One Front Dance Club License

by Homer Fink on 05. Nov, 2009 in DUMBO, Government, War On Fun

The hot mess that is One Front Street in DUMBO has lost its bid for a cabaret license, the Brooklyn Paper reports.   A Community Board 2 committee gave the application a big thumbs down last night.

Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO Brahmin/ Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition board member/ former Fulton Ferry Landing Association president Gary van der Putten is quoted in the report saying, ““I have lived in the neighborhood for 25 years and I have never objected to any new restaurant or establishment … But what happens is that these kinds of places get cabaret licenses then, all of a sudden, they deteriorate into clubs.”

In a blog post prior to the CB2 meeting, the FFLA reports that “over this last weekend, local Fulton Ferry residents complained about booming vibrations and shouting in the street from what appeared to be two all-night events at One Front.”

One Front owner Marcelo Pevida claimed that dancing [for the community!] would only be offered on the second floor of the venue while the first would remain dedicated to dining. Upon hearing that one DUMBO resident in attendance shouted “we don’t want to dance!”

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Brooklyn Heights Brahmin Goes Bonkos Over Tourist Choppers

by Homer Fink on 26. Oct, 2009 in Tourism, War On Fun

Former BHA president and retired advertising kingpin Neil Calet lets loose on the city’s plan to allow more tourist helicopters to operate out of the downtown Manhattan heliport, directly across the East River from Brooklyn Heights.  The NY Post speculates that could mean an additional 75 tourist flights above Brooklyn Heights per day.

Chopper noise is so bad now, Calet tells the paper that “[w]e can no longer sit on our balcony because even nose-to-nose conversation is impossible.”

The Brooklyn Heights Association has publicly stated that it wants an outright ban on the helicopter flights.

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Terror on Livingston Street – Will It Return Tonight?

by Homer Fink on 21. Sep, 2009 in War On Fun

This just in from the BHB Inbox:

I live in Livingston at Clinton, and we are right now waiting for a dreadful night of road work, just like the one we had 10 days ago, when the pavement of Livingston was scraped out (by the loudest machines you can imagine) between 9pm and 4am. Yes, that’s 4 in the morning. The guys working the machines said they had the permits, and the police and the people on the phones in 311 seemed to agree. But that Friday, around midnight, two dozen neighbors were on the street on the verge of a riot. We’ll see what happens tonight. (We know it’s tonight because of the “No parking” signs, not because anybody in the city told us anything. Their official explanation is that Livingston –and Schemerchorn, they are doing the same thing to them– are “emergency and heavy traffic” streets, or something like that, so they have to work on them at night. But of course, the first block of both streets (ours) is purely residential and not very busy.

I’ll keep you posted. Last week, despite the hell of the cranes, it was fun to be on the street among our pajama-clad neighbors.

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Eagle: Hey Kid No Bikes on the Promenade

by Homer Fink on 28. May, 2009 in Kids, War On Fun

The Brooklyn Eagle has published a photo by its  nonagenarian photographer, Don Evans,  of a youngster riding his bike on the Promenade.  This following copy accompanied the picture:

CUTE BUT PROHIBITED: A youngster wheels along the Heights Promenade, which is officially reserved for strolling.

Ouch.  See the photo here.

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Moxie Spot Announces Kiddie Cover

by Homer Fink on 09. Jan, 2009 in Kids, War On Fun

The Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Avenue] announced in its weekly email that it will now be charging a $2.50 per child entry fee on weekdays:

NEW POLICY NOTIFICATION:$2.50 Weekday Entry Fee
On Monday January 12th we will begin to charge a Weekday $2.50 per child entry fee (Monday – Friday from 9am to 5:30pm). The fee will allow for multiple entries for the whole day. Non-crawling/playing Infants will not be charged if they attend with siblings. We need to do this to help cover the costs of the materials and activities we provide.

In order to make things smoother for families, we will be offering Moxie Spot Value Cards. To reward our frequent customers, any value purchased of $100 or more will result in a 10% discount (i.e. you’ll buy a $100 card for $90). Any value can be put on them (up to $250), so that a caregiver will be more prepared to cover the entry fee.

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War on Fun Breaks Out on DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights Border

by Homer Fink on 03. Jan, 2009 in DUMBO, War On Fun

DUMBONYC photo

DUMBONYC photo

Many Brooklyn blogs and media outlets received a dispatch yesterday from a resident at 7 Old Fulton Street, who really, really doesn’t want a new restaurant planned for his building to get a liquor license.  He’s urging residents to go to the CB2 meeting scheduled for Wednesday night at Brooklyn Hospital Center. The full text of the letter after the jump. (more…)

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Paping Soapbox Derby – DEAD!

by Homer Fink on 05. Aug, 2008 in War On Fun

The Paping Soapbox Derby, which was scheduled for August 23 here in Brooklyn Heights has been killed.  A cryptic email sent out by organizer John Meijas arrived in the BHB Inbox late last night: (more…)

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Swelter In The Grass

by Qfwfq on 07. Jul, 2008 in Brooklyn Heights, Kids, News, War On Fun

The Daily News confirms what we suspected: The artificial turf installed at around 100 city parks — including Cadman Plaza Park — gets too bloody hot. Though they didn’t visit our local rubber grass, The Daily News did go to five turf-laden parks across the five boroughs and took the temperature of both the grass and the turf. They found that the turf can reach temperatures of over 160 degrees Fahrenheit on a mild day: (more…)

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