Looks like Clinton Street has been taken over by rats! A sign on the garbage bins at the Brooklyn Law School dorm at 148 Clinton Street reads:
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Pigeons Under the Overpass, Alas
Mr. J. finds a disturbing scene of carnage under the BQE overpass on Atlantic Avenue, near the entrance to the Pier 6 playground. Video after the jump.
Big Bird at High Street Station
BHB reader “Nancy” sends us this photo and message: My daughter took this photo of a large bird sitting on a bush outside our house by the A train High Street station. So, what is that an owl errr sumthin’? Here’s a closer look:
Montague Terrace Horror! Beloved Dawn Redwood Downed in Brooklyn Heights
Word on the street (in this case, Montague Terrace) is that one of the four Dawn Redwood trees in Brooklyn Heights was “removed” from the backyard of 2 Montague Terrace. BHB tipster Andrew Porter tell us it was cut down at the order of the co-op board, but we’re still investigating this claim. BHA Executive […]
Rats at Brooklyn Bridge Park? Myer: “Absolutely not.”
News that the City has asked for bids to provide pest control services at Brooklyn Bridge Park, along with reports by some local residents of having seen rats near the playground at Pier 6, has aroused some concern. New York Post: Is there a rat problem at Brooklyn Bridge Park? “Absolutely not,” said Regina Myer, […]
Man Bites Dog It’s Not – The Eagle on Wednesday’s Dog Fight in Brooklyn Heights
The Brooklyn Eagle gets to the bottom of this morning’s dog fight as mentioned by several folks on today’s Open Thread Wednesday:
Viewing the Cosmos from Brooklyn Bridge Park
Last night your correspondent went to Pier 1, where members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York had set up telescopes to view various objects visible in the sky at the time. The moon and Venus having set earlier, the brightest of these objects (other than passing airplanes) was the giant planet Jupiter. Through […]
See the Stars Saturday Night at Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York will host a star-studded event on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, starting at dusk this Saturday evening, October 9. This from BBPC: As dusk begins about 6:30pm October 9th, you can see a very thin crescent Moon in the southwest. Two planets are nearby — Venus (also a […]
Mr. Junkersfeld’s Further Survey of Pier 1’s Fauna and Flora
Karl, our man with cam, returns to Pier 1 and finds a breeding ground for monarch butterflies, perhaps deliberately encouraged by the planting of common boneset.
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