Archive | February, 2010

Snowpocalypse in Brooklyn Heights

The blizzard has begun! Gather provisions! Hunker down!! Also kudos to the folks at 73 Orange Street for keeping their sidewalk clear!

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…and Now, the Snow.

Parks Department staff clear a path to the Promenade at the Montague Street entrance this morning. Update: the path is now buried, and a snowman has appeared near the corner of Two Montague Terrace (see photo after the jump)

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Ice Before the Snow

As seen from the Promenade Tuesday morning, ice floes clog the embayment between Piers 3 and 4 as a Moran tug sails into the East River. A New York Water Taxi and a Staten Island ferry are in the background. In the clear air, New Jersey’s Watchung First Mountain is easily visible on the horizon.

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Flickr photo by Symietz_Andreas

Open Thread Wednesday 2/10/10

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 2/9/10

A pair of robberies at a department store top this week’s police blotter.

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Park Development Corp. Says Trees are All Right

Responding to a reader inquiry about the condition of the trees being held near the foot of Pier 3 for eventual transplantation to Pier 6, we requested information from the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation. Today, Nathan Tinclair responded for the Corporation: We understand completely your reader’s concerns, and we have paid close attention to […]

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There’s a New Podcast in Town – The Sporkful

There’s a new podcast in town. Brooklyn Heights resident and former NPR producer Dan Pashman and his co-host Mark Garrison (Williamsburg) are taking a fun and unconventional approach to food in their new program “The Sporkful.”  “It’s a podcast about food,” says Pashman, “but not so much about cooking, recipes or restaurants.” So what is […]

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Get Valentine’s Gifts at BHS, and Enjoy Some Cake

This Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13, the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will host the annual “Red Show” Affordable Valentine’s Day Crafts Fair. NY Creates in association with the Brooklyn Historical Society will hold a Valentine’s Day Weekend Crafts Fair at BHS. Come pick up handmade jewelry, clothing, pottery, […]

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Park Progress, or Regress? Pier 1 Opening Pushed Back to Spring

Originally scheduled to open in December, then delayed to January, the Pier 1 portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park (see photo above), though evidently good to go, will not welcome the public until, according to the latest promise, sometime this spring. The Brooklyn Paper: The long-awaited first permanent section of Brooklyn Bridge Park has been delayed […]

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Bob Trucken Hat Hits Siggy’s in Brooklyn Heights

Internet “sensation” Bob Trucken Hat recently shot this strange video at Siggys on Henry Street.  The series is a hobby of film exec Marcus Vannini.

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