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City Comptroller John Liu: Library Properties Should Not Be Sold

Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization aiming to protect city libraries “from sale, shrinkage and deliberate underfunding,” had an active week, including a story in The New York Times, coverage in The Nation and a sanctioned appearance at City Hall from City Comptroller John C. Liu. In a video posted by Liu’s office, he [...]

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Bank On It: Work Ensues On 177 Montague Street Rear Condo Entrance

The 13-unit condo integration at 177 Montague Street—the location of Chase Bank—is moving forward following its approval by Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee last December. Barry Rice Architects is the firm on the project, which calls for condos in the rear annex building at Pierrepont Street. At year-end, building owners York & Sawyer also [...]

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Montague Street’s Verizon Wireless Storefront Riling Preservationists

Preservations are raising sand that Brooklyn Heights’ Verizon Wireless storefront is parading multiple injustices to the 19th century row-house at 146 Montague Street in which it has long been housed. In a hearing last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to retroactively permit an illegal aluminum display box, according to a story in the Brooklyn [...]

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Activity at 186 Remsen Street

One of our eagle-eyed readers spotted some activity at the 186 Remsen building. To wit: “There are no longer any ‘for lease’ signs in the windows, which are all covered over with paper. There is also a dumpster in front of the building.”

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27 Cranberry Street Construction Featured In NYT Piece About Issues Facing Neighbors During Construction

What happens when you own a wooden, historic home in a landmarked area and new construction is scheduled in the empty lot next door to you? The New York Times finds out from Brooklyn Heights resident Elisabeth Cunnick, owner of 25 Cranberry Street.

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Baby Brigade! Moms Plan Stroller Rally Saturday Against LICH Closing

Here’s a new twist. Brownstone Brooklyn moms whose kids were born at Long Island College Hospital are planning a stroller a march Saturday, April 13, to protest its planned closing.

Cobble Hill mama Liz Holden tells the New York Daily News, “We are bringing out the baby brigade to save our hospital. We want folks to call the governor’s office. Cuomo can stop this.”

Read more on the Cobble Hill Blog. (Photo: NY Daily News)

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Update: 75 Clinton Street Leases 71 Of 74 Rental Units

Last July, BHB reported that the new build rental property at 75 Clinton Street—at the corner of Montague Street (above Rite Aid)—was 90% leased, with 66 of the 74 units spoken for. Now, only three units remain, according to Curbed, with leasing agent Aptsandlofts taking the marketing reins for the lease-out. Available units include a [...]

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NY Post: Squadron Received $65K From Supporters Of Park Housing

The NY Post ran a story today claiming that State Sen. Daniel Squadron received more than $65,000 in contributions from supporters of housing in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The tabloid makes the connection because the donations reportedly came from members of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Bridge Development Corporation which, it says, “support housing [...]

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An Inside Look At Future Condo Site: 172-174 Montague

In February, BHB bid a final farewell to Brooklyn Heights’ long-lived Eammon’s In Brooklyn and the Hallmark store next door, as demo began on the buildings at 172-174 Montague Street. We were able to catch a glance inside the now-leveled grounds earlier this month as the gates opened momentarily, revealing the future site of the [...]

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Massive Lease Sign At 112 Montague Street: Gone, Gone, Gone

Word is Landmarks didn’t take kindly to broker Massey Knakal’s massive second-floor banner peddling the commercial space at 112 Montague Street (which BHB shared on March 14). That baby is now a whisper in the wind. Comments in our post confirmed that with regulations limiting the size of commercial signage, the Brooklyn Heights Association contacted [...]

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