Do you know a community service devotee right here in Brooklyn? He or she could be the recipient of the first annual “Brooklyn Do Gooder Awards.” The Brooklyn Community Foundation created a borough-wide initiative that seeks to identify and honor those who embody the highest values of community giving and service. The foundation invites the […]
Archive | August, 2010
T.K. Small Talks Brooklyn Bridge Park Gravel with NY Daily News
BHB contributor/ mega-attorney T.K. Small was interviewed by the NY Daily News about the new gravel walkways at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1: NY Daily News: “See the way I’m bouncing around?” he said as he maneuvered his electric wheelchair over the path. “You’re just bumping along. It’s slow and tedious. “I can do it, […]
Borough Hall Lit Tonight in Honor of Mother Teresa
Brooklyn Borough Hall will be lit tonight and through the weekend in blue and white to honor the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth. In a press release borough president Marty Markowitz says, “We are proud to honor the life and legacy of Mother Teresa at Borough Hall,” said BP Markowitz. “Borough Hall may not be […]
Rain Knocks Tree Down on Orange Street
Tree down on Orange Street between Hicks and Willow Streets today. Also, the pizza truck belongs to small budget movie on Middagh off Hicks. More photos after the jump.
Refresh with Water-on-the-Go
If you haven’t had enough water with all of the rain over the past few days, head down to Washington Street at the corner of Prospect Street today for a little refresher. The New York Department of Environmental Protection has set up water bottle refill stations all over the city, including right here in our […]
Oh Thank Heaven, 7-11 Coming to Flatbush Avenue Extension
Brownstoner reports that 7-11 will be joining Applebee’s at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension. Does it get anymore fancy than that?:
Brooklyn Bridge Park Releases Tobacco Warehouse RFP
As rumored, Brooklyn Bridge Park has issued a Request for Proposal [download PDF] “for the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the former Tobacco Warehouse for cultural, educational or community purposes.”
WPIX Declares Hillside Best Dog Run in NYC
A WPIX TV report tells us what we already knew. Video after the jump.
Boring? New, Lengthy Tunnel Idea Proposed for BQE
Cobble Hill community activist Roy Sloane has proposed re-routing the BQE through what would be the longest highway tunnel in North America, taking it from the Navy Yard, under parts of Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Boerum Hill, to the Prospect Expressway. YourNabe.com: The extraordinarily ambitious two-and-a-half-mile tunnel is one of several options for replacing […]
NYT Commenter Goes Apenuts on Brooklyn Heights Coop Board
In a NY Times Cityroom post about real estate brokers a person calling themself “lower manhattan” releases the hounds (as it were) on an unnamed Brooklyn Heights coop board:
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