The first step in the two-decade project to reconstruct the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street begins Monday night, when New York State Department of Transportation officials present the project’s draft summary.
The two public project scoping sessions, as they are called, will be held in the Pfizer Auditorium of the Dibner Building at 5 MetroTech Center. The afternoon session will run from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. and the evening session from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Saying that “people of goodwill have a right to differ at times but never question the sincerity of their positions,” Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz endorsed our man in the City Council David Yassky in his bid for NYC Comptroller today in front of City Hall. Video after the jump.
This week’s blotters got sidelined in the hubbub of breaking Busted Chef news, but not forgotten. Here, finally, are your blotters: Cops arrested two punks for stealing iPods and cellphones from two victims — the first of whom identified the punks during the second crime. The first incident happened at 11 pm on June 8 […]
Nabe blogger Dave’s Kitchen gives us the lowdown on the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Borough Hall Green Market happening next Saturday (6/27): Dave’s Kitchen: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Borough Hall Greenmarket in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza.The market is marking the occasion with a day-long celebration on Saturday, June 27th. There will […]
City Council Member and City Comptroller candidate David Yassky’s campaign office this afternoon issued a press release saying that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join Yassky and his supporters tomorrow at 1:45 P.M. on the steps of City Hall for a “major campaign announcement”. Undoubtedly this means Markowitz is giving his support to Yassky, […]
BHB has discovered charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of a stolen credit card against “Busted Chef” Daniel Kaufman in Manhattan from earlier this year. According to the criminal complaint, Kaufman was arrested on Jan. 20 for an incident on Dec. 19 on the Upper East Side in which he allegedly stole a credit […]
BHB contributor LA Slugocki took this photo today for her blog and writes: Beyond the trees, the house across the street with the white pillars is on the Historical Registry. A 92 year old widow lives there. Her home is worth about four million dollars. She bought it in 1940 for pennies. Her relatives say, […]
State Senator Daniel Squadron today issued a letter by e-mail giving his views on the best way to resolve the present impasse following the now partially aborted coup of a week ago Monday. Squadron notes that the fundamental problem is that virtually all power, over both legislation and administrative matters, in the New York Senate […]
Rabbi Aaron (Ari) Raskin from Congregation B’Nai Avraham on Remsen Street was just named to the top 10 Global Rising Star rabbis in a new survey published by rabbis within the Chabad-Luvabitch movement. Per the announcement: #4 Ari Raskin, Brooklyn, New York Raskin founded Chabad of Brooklyn Heights and became the head of B’nai Avraham […]
It’s been almost two years since we first posed the question, “who makes the best cuppa joe in Brooklyn Heights?” Since then some players have closed, while others have branched out. So, who’s java reigns supreme? Comment below!
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