A tipster just emailed: I was wondering if those No Parking Signs posted over the Labor Day weekend on Clark St. were legit? They’re posted by the Educational Housing Services Inc. for dorm moving-in day. The signs are printed on blue paper with the words police department on them but no NYPD emblem or anything […]
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BHB Wins Signage Change, Parking Clarification at 20 Henry
Thanks to a campaign spearheaded by BHB reader my2cents and taken up by our Karl Junkersfeld (who made the video above), the City has installed new, easily visible signs adjacent to 29 Henry Street, which now make it clear that parking is allowed along part of the block except on Wednesdays, when street cleaning is […]
“Victory” for Bike Lane Advocate
The Henry Street bike lane, is now actually car-free on Sundays. Last December was when the BHB first covered the use of the bike-lane as a parking lot by members of the First Presbyterian Church. It’s taken eight months of my kvetching and strategery, but working with Assemblywoman Millman’s office, and the 84th precinct, the church […]
Filming on Remsen Tomorrow
These placards are on both sides of the street on Remsen between Hicks and Montague Terrace. The time frame for the shoot is from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, July 30. “White Label” may mean this shoot is being done by aWhiteLabelproduct, a production company.
Feds Grabbing 20 Henry Parking Spots
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s Mary Frost reports that federal law enforcement officials, evidently tipped off by our coverage of the “stealth no parking zone” next to 20 Henry Street, have been using the spaces there. The Brooklyn Heights Association’s Judy Stanton took strong exception to this, as Frost’s article notes.
Millman to MTA: Hearings a “Sham”; Restore Agent at High Street
Assembly Member Joan Millman, testifying at an MTA public hearing Wednesday, accused the MTA of holding “sham” hearings because two were scheduled for the same time, one in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx. This, she said, “depriv[es] both boroughs of the opportunity to be heard by the full board.” It indicates, she said, that […]
Parking Close to the Corner is Dangerous
The driver of this big rig managed to thread the needle turning from Montague Street to Pierrepont Place, but there was little margin for error.
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