Archive | December, 2022

Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Christmas Tree Stand Controversy Apparently Resolved

If you’ve been following the local news or listening to the latest chat in the neighborhood, you’re probably aware of the controversy over a Christmas tree vendor doing business on the sidewalk in front of the now vacant space previously occupied by a Loft store. This Channel 4 video (there’s an ad at the beginning) […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

On Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, there will be no service in either direction at Court Street or at the N/R platforms of the Jay Street-MetroTech station, as N and R trains will be diverted to the Q line between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street. All other lines that serve local stations should […]

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SUV Tires Deflated in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO

Jalopnik reports that a group of climate “activists” called the Tyre Extinguishers deflated the tires (“tyre” is the British spelling of “tire”) of fifty SUVs, some in Brooklyn Heights and some in DUMBO, earlier this week. According to Jalopnik: Tyre Extinguishers aims to “make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4×4 in the world’s […]

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