Channel 2 has picked up on the 1 Pierrpoint Plaza probation office story – about a month late and with no new information. But hey at least Hillary Richard, parent of a St. Ann’s student got some camera time:
Archive | August, 2008
State & Hicks Empty Lot Begets $10.5M in Real Estate
The Corcoran Group posted listings and a rendering (above) today for a renovated townhouse at 45 State Street and a new home to be built on a vacant lot at the corner of State and Hicks that is listed as 314 Hicks Street. While the homes are being sold separately, they are being marketed in […]
Can Alfalfa Stop the War on Trees?
Friends, there clearly is a war on trees happening in Brookyn Heights and DUMBO. Today’s reports from the Brooklyn Eagle regarding two evergreens put in “cement shoes” on Remsen Street and from the Brooklyn Paper of “artist” Olafur Eliasson’s continued NYC Waterfall attack on trees lining the Brooklyn Heights Promenade as well as trees at […]
Tree Murder in Progress on Remsen Street
View Larger Map First “artist” Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls project was unmasked as a secret plot to kill trees in DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights with its salt water spray. Now the intrepid reporters at the Brooklyn Eagle have uncovered a scheme to murder two innocent evergreen trees at 222 Hicks Street. The dying twins (seen […]
Bank Rob Attempt on Montague
This just in (12:17 p.m.) – An attempted bank robbery has just occurred at the Bank of America on Montague Street. No weapons were displayed, and no money was taken. Police are looking for a white male in his mid-to-late 30s, who is 6’2″ and 220 lbs., with dirty blond hair and a mustache. He […]
Towns Won’t Debate Powell or Old Man Take a Look at My Life, I’m a Lot Like You Were
The Brooklyn Paper has offered neutral turf for debate to Rep. Ed Towns and his opponent Kevin “The Real World’ Powell in the race to represent the 10th Congressional District. Towns has refused according to the paper:
Is the New Hot Spot Spicy?
The customers at the new Spicy Pickle restaurant [143 Montague Street] seem to think it’s a “spicy” new hot spot. The people I spoke to were return customers who raved about the food. Others walked in and already knew what they wanted – like they were old time Spicy Pickle regulars.
Byrne Picked for Peck Honor
Brooklyn Heights resident/Emmy nominated actor Gabriel Byrne will receive the first ever Gregory Peck Excellence in the Art of Film Award at Ireland’s Dingle Film Festival next month. Byrne’s HBO series In Treatment returns with a new season next year.
The Effort to Bring Back White Collar Boxing
The first rule of Gleason’s Gym in DUMBO’s White Collar Boxing should have been “don’t talk about White Collar Boxing.” The amateur competition held there and at other gyms in the city stopped in late 2005 after someone dropped a dime to the NYS Athletic Commission. Now, according to Maxboxing.com, Gleason’s owner Bruce Silverglade is […]
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