Yesterday was a good day for a walk, so I did a circuit around the northern part of Brooklyn Heights, including a side trip into Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO, where I did a little last minute Christmas shopping. The photo above–more photos and text follow–is of a wreath on the red door at 33 […]
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‘Tis the Season for Holiday Lights
No, I’m not referring to those controversial blue lights on Montague Street trees. I’m talking Chanukah menorahs and Christmas trees. Tonight is the first night of Chanukah, and the big menorah (see photo for a Manhattan version) is up in Columbus Park, near Montague and Court streets. Candle lightings will take place from tonight at […]
Update: A Toilet in the Park?
Community residents are excited that Brooklyn’s second public loo could be in Columbus Park — but, lo!, not in such a public place. At the Community Board 2 parks committee monthly meeting last night, members voted 5-2 to approve a city proposal to bring an automatic pay toilet to Columbus Park, but with the caveat […]
No. 1 idea: Toilet in Columbus Park!
When you gotta go, you gotta go — and soon, you can go in Columbus Park. The city hopes to install an automatic public toilet at a spot in Columbus Park and Community Board 2 is all in favor of the movement. The toilet station still needs final design approval for this location, and tonight, […]
NY Daily News: Folks Freaking Over B’Law Parking
As we reported earlier this week, Brooklyn Law students have been invited back to the Columbus Park parking lot (aka the “judge’s lot”) after years of being banned due to a student-guard confrontation. The NY Daily News gets community reaction to the plan and it ain’t pretty:
Brooklyn Law Students Get New Parking Spaces
From the BHB Inbox comes news that Brooklyn Law students will now have access to the “judge’s” parking lot at Columbus Park. Access to students had been cut off several years ago due to “an angry confrontation” between a student and a parking lot guard. The following email from a BHB reader and the original […]
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