Perfect Paws at 102 Hicks Street (corner Pineapple St), is acting as a collection point for good condition clothes, canned goods, can openers, shoes, linens, and bottled water.
By hosting a convenient local collection site, Tom and the crew at Perfect Paws are hoping Brooklyn Heights area residents can generously donate their spare items taking up room in their closets. All items collected will be donated to churches that will ship the items directly to Haiti.
BHB photo by C. Scales
The New York Post: A turf war between the Bloomberg administration and the state over who will control two highly touted waterfront parks is causing even more holdups for both already-long-delayed projects, sources told The Post.
Most immediately, the squabble — the mayor wants to commit another $300 million right away but in return wants control of the two projects, while the cash-strapped state has been dragging its feet — is delaying the opening of the first completed segment of Brooklyn Bridge Park, which was supposed to open in Brooklyn Heights late last year. To date, no ribbon-cutting is set, and the green space remains fenced up.
We earlier reported on the City’s plan to commit an additional $55 million (the $300 million referenced in the Post article includes funding for parks on Governors Island) to park construction if the State would yield control of the Park. It appears that state officials, despite having no additional funds for the Park, may be opposing this because of their desire to take credit for the Park. (more…)
As we noted here last July, discussions have been underway concerning a transfer of management of Long Island College Hospital from Continuum Health Partners to SUNY Downstate Medical Center. This now appears closer to fruition.
The Brooklyn Paper: Long Island College Hospital’s financial malaise is about to run its course, thanks to an agreement that would merge it with another healthcare center, officials say.
LICH’s current operator, Continuum Health Partners, approved an agreement on Wednesday that would merge the Cobble Hill hospital with SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Crown Heights — effectively easing LICH’s fiscal woes and its tumultuous relationship with Continuum.
The agreement, under which SUNY Downstate would operate LICH as a second campus in addition to its present one in Crown Heights, must still receive approval from the New York State Department of Health. Should LICH leave Continuum, and presuming there is no dispute over insurance coverage between SUNY Downstate and UnitedHealthcare, the completion of this merger should mean that those covered under UnitedHealthcare’s medical insurance plans, which include Oxford, will still be able to use LICH.
No one is ever too young for Shakespeare, and PS 8′s third and fourth graders are about to prove this with their upcoming performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The performance is part of the drama program started by Noel Gentile three years ago. Until recently, the productions mounted by the students were original pieces tackling issues such as the culture divide, racism, and the environment. However, because the new dates for New York State standardized tests left little time to develop the student’s original pieces, Gentile opted for a production of the Bard’s most famous comedy.
But how well can an eight-year-old understand texts that scholars spend a lifetime poring over?
“We started with simplified versions of Midsummer, so the kids could get a basic idea of the plot. Then we moved on to individual scene study so the cast could fully understand what was going on,” Gentile said while supervising children who, fresh from a rehearsal, were waiting to be picked up by their parents.
Gentile edited the five-act play, which generally has a running time of 3 hours, to a 40- minute show. However the text has not been simplified. With 31 actors, 12 dancers, and props, costumes and scenery all created by the students, this production will certainly be a formidable accomplishment for these youngsters.
“They have far surpassed out expectations,” Gentile said proudly.
Midsummer Night’s Dream will be performed on February 5th and 6th at 6pm. There is a $5 suggested donation.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that today’s evacuation of the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse may have been caused by a computer repairman’s bag being mistaken for a bomb. Occupants were asked to leave the building after a woman found the bag outside the courthouse and an x-ray revealed wires inside.
FX has got the movies…and knows many of them film in Brooklyn Heights. Their popular TV series about fire fighters, “Rescue Me”, will be shooting Friday through Sunday. Hopefully the only fires in the Heights will be fake this weekend.
As reported in The Brooklyn Paper last week, workers installing new water and sewer lines near the foot of Old Fulton Street encountered some trolley tracks that had been buried under asphalt for many years. After consulting with city officials and an archaeologist, the contractor “ripped up the tracks and threw them in the trash.” This drew an angry response from some preservationists and from advocates for the restoration of trolley service like Red Hook resident Bob Diamond (more about Brooklyn trolley history here and about Bob Diamond’s project here). (more…)
There’s a “Smoke Condition” at the Clark Street station, according to the MTA, which explains all the fire trucks at Henry and Clark. All 2 and 3 trains have been suspended between Chambers and Atlantic. People are being told to take either the A/C or the R.
Update: Service was restored.
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The third season of the FX drama Damages is chock full of scenes shot in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. Playing a crucial role in the time shifting script this year is the t-bone car crash filmed on Willow and Cranberry Streets in November. Parts of it are featured in the promo above with the full scene available for viewing at the official FX show website.
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