While certain Murdoch-controlled tabloids are reporting that there are madmen running rampant —again— BHB has learned that last week’s frightening “kidnapping” incident near the Brooklyn Bridge was a domestic dispute, not a random act.
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Brooklyn Bridge Celebrates Manhattan Bridge’s 100th
BHB Photo Club member Josh Derr caught the fireworks display for the Manhattan Bridge’s 100th Anniversary Sunday night. He comments that the first salvo appeared over the Brooklyn Bridge.
“Miraculous” Brooklyn Bridge Jump
A distraught man kept police at bay for over 30 minutes last night as he threatened to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge. The drama unfolded shortly after 10:30 p.m. with reports of a man, armed with a knife, threatening to commit suicide. Police responded, and found the man clinging to the outside edge of the […]
Roebling Descendant Lends Voice to Dock Street Opposition
According to information received from the DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance, Kristian Roebling, a Brooklyn resident and descendant of John Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, and of Washington and Emily Roebling, who supervised the Bridge’s construction, has joined historian David McCullogh and others in opposing Two Trees Development’s proposed Dock Street project, which would place a […]
Two Trees Snail Mail Spam
A tipster sent us this unsolicited letter they received today, from Two Trees Management, asking for support for their Dock Street Dumbo plan. Yelling “IT’S NOW OR NEVER FOR A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DUMBO AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD’S FIRST EVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING!”, they ask the recipient to contact David Yassky immediately, and attend a hearing […]
Planning Commision Makes Dock Street DUMBO a Wee Bit Smaller
The Brooklyn Paper reports on the City Planning Commission’s OK (with a catch) of Two Trees’ controversial Dock Street DUMBO project: Brooklyn Paper: The City Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly to support a controversial tower next to the Brooklyn Bridge — though the building’s 18-story wing will be shaved by one story. In addition, Jed Walentas’s […]
Warning: Proposing to Your Beloved on the Brooklyn Bridge May be Hazardous
It’s a scary story, but with a happy ending.
More Details on Bloomie’s Brooklyn Projects
Further details concerning Mayor Bloomberg’s planned infrastructure projects in Brooklyn, funded by federal stimulus dollars or by City funds freed up by the federal infusion, were released today by the City government. Particulars of some of the projects in Brooklyn are as listed below. With regard to the Brooklyn Bridge renovation: Description: The ramps leading […]
Bloomberg: Federal Stimulus $$ to Fund Bridge Renovation
According to today’s Brooklyn Paper: With $261 million of federal transportation funding from the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” headed to New York City, Hizzoner said on Monday that he would use the cash to complete major shovel-ready projects including long-planned renovations of the Brooklyn Bridge — while redeploying the city money that had […]
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