Brooklyn Heights Blog

Just received word that starting September 14, alternate-side parking regulations will go back into effect in the Brooklyn Heights area, following a nine-week suspension as new signs were installed.

The suspension affected the Brooklyn Heights area north of Joralemon Street while the Department of Transportation installed more than 2,000 new, reduced street sweeping regulation signs.

Starting September 8, however, the small area south of Joralemon Street and north of Atlantic Avenue (but not including those two streets) will have alternate-side regulations suspended for their own six to eight week replacement period. Read more »

Here are some of last week’s BHB headlines you may have missed:

Official BHB Reader Endorsement Poll: The Herd for the 33rd

Markowitz Featured in Good Housekeeping Article

BHB Contributor Talks to Jayson Blair, Life Coach

Area Man is Vanilla Ice Expert

Marty Backs Lopez’s Levin for 33rd

Park Progress: Twenty-Fifth Report, and a Contest Winner

Biviano Accuses Thies of Running Anonymous Blog

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 8/26/09

‘Summer Space’ Returns to Montague Street

Curry Spot in Brooklyn Heights May Be Good

Brooklyn Paper Hates Brooklyn Heights Landmark Lighting Plan

SNL Writer/Brooklyn Heights Resident Simon Rich Names Giamatti a NY Superhero

From Cobble Hill Blog:

Jonathan Adler opens on Atlantic Avenue

Sohn/Smartmom Faceoff: Nobody’s Right if Everybody’s Wrong

Entertainment news sources are speculating that Tyra Banks is now engaged to financier/ Brooklyn Heights resident John Utendahl after she was spotted wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring at last night’s Daytime Emmy Awards. Banks’ talk show won a Daytime Emmy last night in the “informative” category.

The pair were recently seen in Brookyn Heights at Peas ‘n’ Pickles on Henry Street stocking up on frozen food.

While waiting to have his tongue stitched back together, Urban Sketcher Jason Das jotted down these impressions of the LICH emergency room.

BH resident Valerie Frankel recently set out on a mission to curb her complaining, and chronicled her quest in Good Housekeeping. In her piece, Frankel speaks to Marty Markowitz about how politicians replace words with negative connotations with positive sounding words:

I called Marty Markowitz, president of the great borough of Brooklyn (a.k.a. home), to ask about semantics versus reality. “You can be optimistic and realistic at the same time,” he said. “I know times are tough and people are hurting, but if you’ve got a sour puss, everyone feels sour along with you. Those of us in leadership positions have to reinforce the positive instead of dwelling on the negative.” He encouraged me to count my blessings. Yes, my fridge was broken, but I could afford take-out. I still had a house to keep my broken fridge in.

I tried to channel Marty, to put on a sunshiny puss. But it was a struggle — I mean, a journey. Clearly I had no future in politics.

NYC Council D-33 candidate Ken Baer is profiled in the Brooklyn Eagle:

Brooklyn Eagle: “I am the only candidate among seven who does not use a car, so I won’t need a special parking permit. I travel by mass transit and favor bicycling,” said Baer. His background includes being the New York State Sierra Club leader, filing eminent domain lawsuits for “Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn” on Atlantic Yards and being an accountant.

Sure BHB contributor/Annoying Husband Mark Joyella got tons of attention last week due to the website his wife has dedicated to him.  However, amongst all that hullabaloo, he found the time to interview the infamous journalist turned life coach Jayson Blair for his Coach Reporter podcast.  It’s a fascinating listen.  Check it our here.

BHB pal/Brooklyn Heights resident Chuck Taylor is going to be on the Biography Channel discussing a great icon of history — Vanilla Ice:

Chuck Taylor Blog: In February, I blah blah blahed about Vanilla Ice for A&E’s “Biography.” It’s confirmed that I’m appearing as a media talking head in the episode, which is at last airing on the Biography Channel Thursday, Aug. 27 at 9 p.m., with an encore four hours later, Friday, Aug. 28 at 1 a.m. Hope you can tune in, cool cats.

The Democratic primary for the 33rd NYC Council District is September 15. On September 14, we will announce the BHB Reader’s Candidate based upon the results of this poll. This is a new poll, so if you voted in our previous “unofficial” one, you’ll need to vote one more time.

BHB, the Brooklyn Bugle and Cobble Hill Blog’s editorial board never endorses candidates. Sure we may stir the pot a little but the act of endorsing a candidate is the sole domain of you, our readers. Vote away! Read more »