Sunday afternoon a “video crew” was shooting skateboarders flying down Pineapple Walk, up and over the Peas and Pickles ramp and onto Henry Street. Apart from a knee-jerk “you kids get off my lawn” reaction, what really bugged us is that it appeared the skaters were actually trying to SUCCESSFULLY complete their jumps. Considering their […]
Archive | June, 2011
Karl Rides the Ferry
Mr. J. attends the launch party at Fulton Ferry Landing, then rides the new ferry service. Remember, it’s free through this coming Friday, June 24. Video after the jump.
Park Funding: Any Ideas?
The conventional wisdom, following the release and acceptance of the report of Bay Area Economics on alternative sources of funding for operating and maintenance expenses of Brooklyn Bridge Park, is that construction of luxury housing and a hotel on portions of the park’s land will be necessary to fund those expenses. The Real Deal: Increasingly, […]
Montague Closed Between Henry and Hicks
National Grid is installing new gas pipes near the corner of Hicks and Montague streets, which has caused Montague to be closed between Henry and Hicks. Update: The National Grid crew finished the job quickly, and the block is now re-opened to traffic (though the block of Montague between Clinton and Court will be closed […]
FDNY Emergency Drill on Montague This Evening
From NotifyNYC: FDNY in conjunction with the New York City Transit Authority will be conducting a full scale emergency exercise at the Montague Street Subway Station [sic: presumably this means the Borough Hall/Court Street station] located at Court and Montague Streets in Brooklyn between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM tonight. During this time, Montague Street […]
Brooklyn Heights History: Baseball 1840-1958
As part of urban renewal, the Mechanics Bank Building on the northwest corner of Fulton and Montague Streets, which had housed the Brooklyn Dodgers’ front office, was razed in 1958. History was made in that building with the signing of Jackie Robinson by General Manager Branch Rickey in 1947. The bank itself had been absorbed […]
Doggie the Cat – Found!
Doggie—the cat whose disappearance brought us all together, as we huddled around the radio awaiting news—has been found. Apparently he (she?) was discovered in a neighbor’s attic, by workers who saw its tell-tale paw prints. You may all resume your regularly scheduled lives.
Weekend Subway Diversions
Brooklyn-bound A and C trains will be re-routed over the F line from West 4th Street in Manhattan to Jay Street/Metro Tech., so there will be no service from Manhattan to the High Street station. North Heights residents coming back from Manhattan may take the A, C, or F to Jay Street and change there […]
The Great Bagel Debate Open Thread
The whole Montreal bagel craze is en fuego with lots of “media coverage”. But, face it, can you really take a nation of hockey fans seriously? We want to talk real BROOKLYN bagels. Join the convo right now at The Brooklyn Bugle.
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