Following the death last month of Tailored Pet owner Serena Bellino, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the store is likely to close for good:
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Inauguration Day Open Thread
Barack Obama lived in Brooklyn Heights for one hot minute back in the day. In July 2007, he attended a fundraiser at the Columnbia Heights home of Nina Collins. What are your thoughts on this historic day? Comment below. Pittsburgh Post Gazette:Capital Abuzz…: “I just wanted to come here and feel the energy, the happiness. […]
Columbus Park Liberated
An entrance way for a parking lot for State Supreme Court judges has been completed, so, according to The Brooklyn Paper, The occupation is over! Judges and other state Supreme Court employees moved their cars back to their refurbished parking lot in Columbus Park on Wednesday morning, three months after seizing a pedestrian walkway at […]
Pier 1 Park Construction Schedule Announced
At last night’s Community Board 2 meeting (at which the Board approved the Dock Street proposal–see post below), Regina Myer, President of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, presented a projected schedule for the “parkification” of Pier 1, the northernmost of the piers visible from the Promenade. Myer said that fill and topsoil will be […]
Dock Street DUMBO: What If…
A quote by former NY City Councilman/super-attorney Ken Fisher regarding Two Trees and the Dock Street DUMBO project keeps repeating in my mind. After CB2’s land-use committee voted no on the project – due to the building’s height among other things – Fisher told the Brooklyn Paper, “It is more likely that we would have […]
MTA’s Doomsday Headed Our Way
The MTA’s so-called Doomsday budget proposes some cuts in Brooklyn Heights and Downtown reports the Brooklyn Paper. On tap for elimination are the full time toll booth at High Street A/C station near Red Cross Place and the Montague Street entrance to Court Street’s M/R station.
Busted Chef, 89 Others on B’Paper’s 2009 Watch List
Hot on the heels of the BHB Ten, the Brooklyn Paper has named its 90 to Watch in ’09. Coming in at number 2 is Brooklyn Heights’ own Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman: Brooklyn Paper: 90 to Watch…: 2. Dan Kaufman: The co-owner of the Busy Chef restaurants, who was arrested last year on charges of […]
CB2 to Walentas: Dock Dead
Community Board 2’s land use committee voted yesterday by a vote of 7-6 to reject Two Trees’ planned Dock Street DUMBO project. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the denial was based primarily on the height of the project – 183 feet. In a second motion the group recommended that the site be rezoned to allow […]
CB2’s YCE Committee Give Dock Street DUMBO School Thumbs Up
Following Wednesday night’s public hearing, Community Board 2’s youth, culture and education committee voted last night 9-0 to support inclusion of a middle school in the Walentas Dock Street DUMBO project. CB2’s land use committee will vote on the entire project tomorrow morning (12/20) at 10:00 a.m. in the Callahan Center, St. Francis College, 180 […]
CB2 Didn’t Vote on Dock Street DUMBO Project
Community Board 2 held a public hearing last night regarding the Dock Street DUMBO Project which promises affordable housing a middle school to be constructed near the Brooklyn Bridge. Update: This dispatch just in from CB2: Please be advised that the Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee meeting – originally planned to follow the community […]
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