As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle, the MTA has made upgrading the York Street subway station in DUMBO, which serves the F line (and during what seem to be frequent route diversions, the A and C lines as well), “low on its list of priorities”. Asked why, at a Zoom town hall sponsored […]
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DUMBO Leader Tweaks Raw Nerve in Brooklyn Heights Library Re-development Dispute
In Thursday’s Brooklyn Daily Eagle, community advocate Doreen Gallo tweaked the raw nerve that is the proposed sale of the Brooklyn Heights and Pacific branches of the Brooklyn Public Library. The BPL’s controversial plan to sell the two properties—eliminating costly repairs and maintenance in exchange for new much reduced libraries rebuilt by developers—has been roundly […]
Local Schools Want Pier 5 Bubble
As reported by Kate Briquelet in The Brooklyn Paper, several local private schools–St. Francis College, Brooklyn Friends School, and Packer Collegiate Institute, along with unidentified others–have expressed their desire to see a regulation sized soccer field with a year-round bubble enclosure and accompanying facilities, built on Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Ms. Briquelet quotes Doreen […]
DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation Seeks Support to Oppose Dock Street
Although Two Trees Management Co., LLC, the Walentas family’s development entity, has received the permissions necessary to proceed with the controversial Dock Street project, opposition to it continues. The DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation has set up a website explaining opposition to the project, and seeking donations to finance further legal or regulatory challenges. Other community groups […]
DNA Asks 70 Washington Residents for Donation in Dock Street Fight
As the New York City Council prepares to give a likely thumbs up to Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project today, BHB has obtained documents that say the DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance (DNA) has solicited a donation of $25,000 from the building fund of 70 Washington Street to fuel their campaign. The letter, which was forwarded […]
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