Community Board 2 will hold its monthly Board meeting, which is open to the public, starting at 6:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday, February 11, at Polytechnic Institute, Pfizer Auditorium, 5 Metrotech Center. Items on the agenda include proposed traffic re-routings in downtown Brooklyn, and reports from committees on Economic Development and Job Creation; Health, Environment and Social […]
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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 […]
War on Fun Breaks Out on DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights Border
Many Brooklyn blogs and media outlets received a dispatch yesterday from a resident at 7 Old Fulton Street, who really, really doesn’t want a new restaurant planned for his building to get a liquor license. He’s urging residents to go to the CB2 meeting scheduled for Wednesday night at Brooklyn Hospital Center. The full text […]
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 […]
Riverside Parking Garage Proposal Revived
The proposal by Pinnacle Group to build a parking garage in the courtyard of Riverside Apartments is proving harder to kill than Rasputin. The last time around, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing at which Pinnacle was told that its proposal as presented was unacceptable, but that other approaches might be considered. A new […]
FYI: Community Board Meeting Today
For those who are interested, Community Board 2, which serves Brooklyn Heights (and a few other neighborhoods), will have their monthly meeting at 6pm today. It will be in the basement cafeteria of the Muhlenberg Residence, a 201-unit dwelling for low income, homeless, housing needy, and community people, at 510 Atlantic Avenue (GMAP). Call (718)-596-5410 […]
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