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Brooklyn Paper Writes About Chopper Noise
Rupert Murdoch’s Brooklyn Paper has finally caught up to the issue of helicopter noise over Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Promenade and Brooklyn Heights. Its sister publication, the NY Post ran a short story yesterday about the press conference held Friday by local officials regarding the issue. However the Brooklyn Paper’s coverage was no where […]
Brooklyn Eagle Covers Chop the Choppers Presser, Where’s Brooklyn Paper?
The Brooklyn Eagle covers yesterday’s press conference at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport: Brooklyn Eagle: Freshman Councilman Levin knew from the first day he took office that helicopter noise would be an issue. He and Squadron were in Brooklyn Bridge Park this past holiday weekend, and both said that a helicopter flew over the park “once every […]
NY Times City Room Picks Up on Brooklyn Heights Blog’s Chop the Choppers
J. David Goodman picks up on the Chop the Choppers movement in today’s NY Times City Room: NY Times City Room: By that point, however, the discussion of tourist helicopters flying over Brooklyn Heights was well under way. “Whatever, the pleasures of the park are drowned out by the constant buzz of helicopters,” was the […]
Chop The Choppers: Heliport Press Conference Video
Today’s Helicopter Noise Press Conference, courtesy of Karl Junkersfeld. WPIX-TV’s 6:30pm package after the jump.
Chop the Choppers: BHB Gets Some Answers on Activity
On Tuesday Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton commented about the BHA’s efforts to thwart helicopter noise from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (DMH) on our original Chop the Choppers post. Stanton wrote: We know that five helicopter companies run flights in and out of the DMH but we do not know the breakdown of […]
“Chop the Choppers” Update: Homer and DrewBurch on TV!
Monica Morales of WPIX Channel 11 News interviewed BHB founder John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo and BHB reader/commenter Drew Burchenal yesterday, and the clip above aired on the 6:30 and 10:00 p.m. news. (Video clip courtesy of Karl Junkersfeld.) Read more about our proposal, contribute your opinion/plan and sign the petition here. Publisher’s Note: While we […]
Channel 11 Interviews BHB Publisher and Reader About Chop the Choppers
BHB Publisher John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo and BHB reader/Brooklyn Heights resident Drew Burchenal were interviewed today by WPIX-TV’s Monica Morales about the campaign to Chop the Choppers taking off and landing from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. Burchenal was interviewed in his apartment and on the roof of his building while Homer pointed out the throngs […]
BHB Reader Speaks Chopper to Power
BHB reader Drew Burchenal is flippin’ mad about the constant flow of tour company helicopters flying over Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights every day. We recently proposed a 4 hour quiet period and no night flights and Mr. Burchenal asks for at least reduction in flights in his letter if not a total ban. The […]
Chop the Choppers Over Brooklyn Heights
Tourist helicopter flights over Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights have gotten out of control. We propose a quiet period of 4 hours per day on flights from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport. We do not agree with the BHA’s proposal of a full ban on such flights. If you agree, please sign our petition […]
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