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BBP Foes Lose Lawsuit
Brooklyn Papers reports that the Brooklyn State Supreme Court has ruled against nabe opponents of the development of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Papers: Brooklyn Bridge "Park" Opponents Lose Lawsuit: In a 22-page decision handed down Tuesday, Brooklyn State Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Knipel dismissed the opponents’ charge that the Empire State Development Corporation broke the […]
How Do You Get to Brooklyn Bridge Park?
Brooklyn Papers reports on upcoming meetings regarding access to the "new" Brooklyn Bridge Park (artist rendering above): How will you get to the development site commonly referred to as “Brooklyn Bridge Park”? Practice. Local officials who are devising ways to get people to the proposed apartment and commercial project along the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO […]
How Kosher is Kosher?
Nabe journo Walter Ellis writes about his kitchen renovation, his neighbor’s renovation halted when the Orthodox Jewish contractor refused to work with a German architect, and other existential issues in his column in the Belfast Telegraph. One passage brings news of happenings at Mike’s Kosher Steakhouse: Round the corner from our apartment in Brooklyn Heights […]
Thug Nabbed in Heights Heist
The police blotter in this week's Brooklyn Papers reports that an arrest has been made in a mugging that occured on Middagh and Hicks on November 7. The thug held up the nabe resident with an air gun according to the report and demanded her bankcard and PIN. New York's Finest nabbed the 46 year […]
Brooklyn Papers Gives Kosher Steak Thumbs Up
In this week's Brooklyn Papers, Tina Barry gives a positive review to Mike's Kosher Steakhouse at 72 Clark Street. The article also tells us that the restaurant is now officially Kosher, not Kosher style. Brooklyn Papers: Almost Nana's: We ordered several appetizers, and when they arrived, our table looked like a buffet in a Catskill's […]
Lawnmower Man of Dumbo
BHB's favorite Brooklyn journo, Gersh Kuntzman, has a piece in this week's Brooklyn Papers about a Watchtower member who is dedicated to keeping a grassy hill in DUMBO manicured to perfection. Brooklyn Papers: The Lawnmower Man of DUMBO: The season is finally over for the Lawnmower Man 0f DUMBO.That’s how most people refer to Tom […]
Pols Plea For Real Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Papers: Pols Push for Priorities on Park Plan: A coalition of Brooklyn elected officials is demanding that state planners build the open space at the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development before building the high-rise condos. “We urge you to proceed with park construction … and defer development,” the six officials demanded in a letter […]
New Neighbor: Buck’s Lodge
Brooklyn Papers' Go Brooklyn reports this week on a new Atlantic Avenue bar that opened last weekend, Buck's Lodge at 145 Atlantic Avenue. If your idea of fun is the 90s faux honky tonk documented in the film Coyote Ugly (and bar of the same name) and personified by the Meat Packing District's Hogs and […]
Not So Spooky — Joralemon Jem Renovation
Brooklyn Papers: The Real Ghost Stories of Brooklyn: Not all ghost stories have scary endings. Nestled between two brick buildings worth millions, the abandoned, 178-year-old wood-framed house on Joralemon and Sidney Place that has long haunted tony Brooklyn Heights is finally getting renovated. “I am restoring the interior and keeping the exterior that is landmarked,” […]
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