Designer Ted Zoli’s wooden bridge connecting Squibb Park to Brooklyn Bridge Park will cost $4.9 million to construct: Brooklyn Paper: The new plans come after a bumpy battle for funding. In 2009, Mayor Bloomberg trimmed $8 million from Brooklyn Bridge Park’s construction budget, killing the footbridge. But the following year, the City Council and Borough President […]
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Is the Eagle Hell-Bent on Trashing the BHA over Tobacco Warehouse?
The Brooklyn Heights Association’s involvement in a lawsuit over the re-designation of the Tobacco Warehouse, seems to have the folks at the Brooklyn Eagle in a tizzy. Dare we say that they’re taking sides? Yes we will. Earlier this week it amped up prominent resident Bo Rodgers’ letter to the Heights Press opposing the lawsuit […]
Much Ado About Something – 3 BHA Members Quit Over Tobacco Warehouse Suit
The Brookly Eagle reports that 3 prominent members of the Brooklyn Heights Association have resigned in a dispute over the organization’s lawsuit to prevent the takeover and conversion of the Tobacco Warehouse by arts group St. Ann’s Warehouse. The trio of dissenters – former president David Offensend and former governors Hank Gutman and Joanne Witty. […]
Expanded Ferry Service to Fulton Landing and Pier 6 to Start in June
Starting this June, there will be year-round, every day ferry service connecting Fulton Landing, at the foot of Old Fulton Street, and other points in Brooklyn and Queens, with downtown and midtown Manhattan. During the summer this service will be extended to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue.
BBP Advisory Council Meeting Rescheduled
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council will hold its second meeting next Tuesday (1/11) at 6:00pm at St. Francis College (Callahan Center – 1st floor). The Council is made of up representatives of Elected Officials and Community Organizations, and advises the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. While an agenda has not been made available, […]
Hipsters, Not Terrorists: Camera Equipped Toy Plane Launched from Brooklyn Bridge Park
Publius points us to a video of a group calling themselves “Team Black Sheep” launching a remote controlled airplane equipped with a video camera from Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1. The resulting footage (after the jump) is a great bird’s eye view of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. But when the tiny plane buzzes the Statue […]
New Season of Top Chef Filmed Here
The “All-Star” season 8 of Bravo’s Top Chef, premiering tonight, features the ritzy penthouse at One Brooklyn Bridge Park:
Brooklyn Bridge Park Restaurant Announced
The NY Post reports today on a new restaurant planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park. In other park related news, tonight a public hearing will be held regarding alternatives to housing in the park. :
One Brooklyn Bridge Park Makes List of City’s Top Sellers
Crain’s reports today that over the last nine months condo sales at One Brooklyn Bridge Park rank as the second highest in New York City. That’s partly due to price reductions the report says:
Recap of Brooklyn Bridge Park Advisory Council Meeting
Last night, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Council held their initial meeting at St. Francis College. The Council was set up to advise the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation as the remaining sections of the park are built, as well as to offer input on the continually thorny issues of park funding and potential […]
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