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NY Daily News on the Neighbors of Brooklyn Heights’ Mysterious Secret Brownstone

The New York Daily News profiles the folks who live next door to 58 Joralemon Street aka the world’s only Greek Revival subway vent.:

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Shortcut Opened in Brooklyn Bridge Park

The travel distance between Pier 1 and Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park just got shorter, and walkers, runners and bikers no longer have to skirt the speedy traffic on the now two-way Furman Street between Montague and Joralemon, as a new pedestrian and bike path (photo) has been opened from behind the MTA ventilating […]

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Two-Way Furman Means No More Bike/Pedestrian Path

The conversion of Furman Street to two-way traffic (which seems to be a long-term proposition, given that new striping is being painted) has necessitated the elimination of the combined bike and pedestrian path along Furman between Joralemon and Montague Streets, as described on the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy website. Possible new alignments for the protected […]

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Big Tree Falls on Joralemon Street

Just as your humble publisher was mulling over when to move his car out of the relative safety of the Cadman Plaza garage (tonight?), comes this dispatch from Karl Junkersfeld: A very large tree on Jorelemon near Willow Place just came down and i got the video to prove it. Totally wrecked 2 cars that […]

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Reader: Brooklyn Heights Sewer Dangerous and Unfixed for Two (!) Years

This just in from a BHB tipster: Curious to know if you heard anything about the NW corner of Clinton/Joralemon being fixed? It’s been broken (and unsafe) for about 2 years now. A couple of weeks ago I noticed what looked like a plank of wood and an orange cone but it seems to have […]

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A Botanical Tour of Brooklyn Heights

On Thursday, your correspondent joined fifteen or so others for a tour of plant life in the Heights, led by Promenade Gardener Jonathan Landsman (photo) and funded by the Promenade Partnership. Jonathan was joined as a guide by Parks Department arborist Matt Grailich. Also present for the tour was Mary Frost of the Eagle, whose […]

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Times Profiles Joralemon Gardener Catherine Fitzsimmons

Friday’s “Habitat” section of the Times has a profile of Joralemon Street resident and urban landscape designer Catherine Fitzsimmons: The New York Times: THE cobblestone part of Joralemon Street is among the loveliest stretches of Brooklyn Heights. Come spring, and well into the fall, the front gardens of the brownstones that line the street will […]

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New Digs For Park Staff

Officers and staff of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation should be moving into new quarters by fall. New York Post: Brooklyn Bridge Park employees will soon have new offices – and in the heart of the 85-acre project.

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Updates on Parking; Garbage

From Notify NYC comes word that alternate side parking is suspended for tomorrow, Friday, January 14 and Sturday, January 15. The Brooklyn Heights Association advises us that garbage collection will resume tomorrow throughout the Heights, though the process may be slow and will likely continue into the night. Collection of recyclables for those living on […]

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Muni-Mall at Court and Joralemon?

Mayor Bloomberg and Borough President Markowitz today announced that the City is issuing a Request for Proposal to develop 37,000 square feet of space on the ground and second floors of the Brooklyn Municipal Building (photo above), at the corner of Court and Joralemon Streets, for commercial retail use. The space will become available when […]

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