BHB Tipster “MP” tells us that it’s a “full house” at the Brooklyn Borough President’s hearing on the Dock Street DUMBO Project. He adds that there seems to be a “few more people/groups” speaking against the project. The Brooklyn Paper’s Gersh “Nude Model” Kuntzman reports:
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Five Guys to Take Busy Chef Space on Court Street…NOT!
Brownstoner is reporting that Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be moving into the vacated Busy Chef space on Court Street. No word if this is an additional outlet or if the chain would be vacating its Montague Street location. Update: The Brooklyn Paper follows up on Brownstoner’s report and finds that Five Guys will […]
ClusterPark: No Condos, No Hotel
The Brooklyn Paper reported this week that the hotel and condos planned as part of Brooklyn Bridge Park have been put on hold indefinetly. And while that’s good news for folks who wanted an actual PARK, no one seems to have a straight answer on what’s going to happen next. The New York Post reports […]
B’Paper: Tailored Pet Likely to Close
Following the death last month of Tailored Pet owner Serena Bellino, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the store is likely to close for good:
Inauguration Day Open Thread
Barack Obama lived in Brooklyn Heights for one hot minute back in the day. In July 2007, he attended a fundraiser at the Columnbia Heights home of Nina Collins. What are your thoughts on this historic day? Comment below. Pittsburgh Post Gazette:Capital Abuzz…: “I just wanted to come here and feel the energy, the happiness. […]
Columbus Park Liberated
An entrance way for a parking lot for State Supreme Court judges has been completed, so, according to The Brooklyn Paper, The occupation is over! Judges and other state Supreme Court employees moved their cars back to their refurbished parking lot in Columbus Park on Wednesday morning, three months after seizing a pedestrian walkway at […]
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 […]
Dock Street DUMBO: What If…
A quote by former NY City Councilman/super-attorney Ken Fisher regarding Two Trees and the Dock Street DUMBO project keeps repeating in my mind. After CB2’s land-use committee voted no on the project – due to the building’s height among other things – Fisher told the Brooklyn Paper, “It is more likely that we would have […]
MTA’s Doomsday Headed Our Way
The MTA’s so-called Doomsday budget proposes some cuts in Brooklyn Heights and Downtown reports the Brooklyn Paper. On tap for elimination are the full time toll booth at High Street A/C station near Red Cross Place and the Montague Street entrance to Court Street’s M/R station.
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