Hot on the heels of the BHB Ten, the Brooklyn Paper has named its 90 to Watch in ’09. Coming in at number 2 is Brooklyn Heights’ own Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman: Brooklyn Paper: 90 to Watch…: 2. Dan Kaufman: The co-owner of the Busy Chef restaurants, who was arrested last year on charges of […]
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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 […]
CB2’s YCE Committee Give Dock Street DUMBO School Thumbs Up
Following Wednesday night’s public hearing, Community Board 2’s youth, culture and education committee voted last night 9-0 to support inclusion of a middle school in the Walentas Dock Street DUMBO project. CB2’s land use committee will vote on the entire project tomorrow morning (12/20) at 10:00 a.m. in the Callahan Center, St. Francis College, 180 […]
CB2 Didn’t Vote on Dock Street DUMBO Project
Community Board 2 held a public hearing last night regarding the Dock Street DUMBO Project which promises affordable housing a middle school to be constructed near the Brooklyn Bridge. Update: This dispatch just in from CB2: Please be advised that the Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee meeting – originally planned to follow the community […]
Racesky for Yassky’s Seatsky is Onsky
The Brooklyn Paper reports on the race to replace our man in the City Council, David Yassky. Yassky’s still running for Comptroller and the field to replace him is crowded. It includes JoAnne Simon the candidate behind those mailers you received over the weekend: Brooklyn Paper: They’re Off!: Simon certainly has the money. Through July, […]
Park Construction Starts Today
The Brooklyn Paper reports that construction on some areas of Brooklyn Bridge Park is “supposed to” begin today: Brooklyn Paper: Work on…: “Work begins on Monday,” said Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, at a board meeting on Friday afternoon. Myer also proudly told the board that work will commence in […]
Cops Nab Pizza Deliveryman in Livingston Vandalism
According to the Brooklyn Paper, the pizza deliveryman caught on video camera vandalizing an elevator at 59 Livingston Street has been apprehended by police. Brooklyn Paper: Cops: The pizza deliveryboy… The boneheaded pizza deliveryman caught on security cameras scratching his cheesy tag into a Brooklyn Heights elevator during a drop-off in a Livingston Street building […]
Montague Street Restaurant Robbed
The Brooklyn Paper’s Police Blotter is chock full o’ Heights crimes this week including more hate notes posted in the neighborhood and this robbery reported at a nabe Thai restaurant (Lantern?):
Pizzaman Caught on Tape Vandalizing Elevator
The Brooklyn Paper reports that a pizza delivery man has been caught on tape vandalizing an elevator at 59 Livingston Street. The building’s landlord and the pizza store owner are due in court soon: Brooklyn Paper: Camera Catches…: Mama mia! A saucy Papa John’s deliveryman sliced up a Brooklyn Heights elevator like it was piping […]
Hate on Pineapple Street?
The Brooklyn Paper reports that an anti-Semitic note was taped to the door of a home on Pineapple Street yesterday morning:
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