Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton sent BHB the photo above, noting that this structure has not been approved by the Department of Buildings or by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and has been reported to both. Your correspondent rushed to the scene and spotted the structure, which is visible from Pineapple Street between Columbia […]
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BHA Presses DOT on Pier 6 Crossing Safety
Judy Stanton, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, has contacted the City Department of Transportation about concerns over safety of pedestrians, especially with children, crossing from Atlantic Avenue to the new playground in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Pier 6. She reports: I talked to the NYC DOT today re the accident prone approach to […]
NY Post on NYSDOT Plan to Smash Heights
The NY Post picks up on BQE EIS controversy today. While the BHA’s Judy Stanton says the group believes that plan will not go forward, one long time neighborhood resident is concerned: NY Post: Steve Kann, who has lived on Willow Street for more than five decades, said it would be a big mistake for […]
BHA’s Stanton: Haven’t Heard of EDC’s Plan to Chop the Choppers
While Brooklyn Heights Blog, WPIX-TV and other news outlets reported on Monday that the EDC is working on a plan to curb helicopter traffic over Brooklyn Heights, it’s a news flash to Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the group’s spokesperson, who was on the bleeding edge of this […]
Chop the Choppers: BHB Gets Some Answers on Activity
On Tuesday Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton commented about the BHA’s efforts to thwart helicopter noise from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (DMH) on our original Chop the Choppers post. Stanton wrote: We know that five helicopter companies run flights in and out of the DMH but we do not know the breakdown of […]
NY Times Gives Brooklyn Heights the “Living In” Treatment
New York Times scribe Jake Mooney covers Brooklyn Heights for the paper’s Sunday Real Estate section. After reading the piece, we’ve learned that Brooklyn Heights is a great place to live! Whew!! NY Times: This grand-piano-shaped neighborhood is roughly 12 blocks deep, and about five blocks wide at its widest point. It is protected by […]
Peter Hedges Emcees “Hollywood in the Heights” as BHA Launches Centennial Celebration
Multi-talented Peter Hedges–novelist, screenwriter, actor, director, and Oscar nominee–lives in Boerum Hill but works from his studio on Montague Street. Yesterday evening he was master of ceremonies for the opening event of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s year long centennial festivities, “Hollywood in the Heights”, a video presentation and panel discussion about movie-making in our neighborhood. […]
Graffiti Vandals Collared
This in from Judy Stanton, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Heights Association: The 84th Precinct captain just stopped by to tell me that the graffiti taggers using Rex and Guder, whose tags were found on public and private property all over the north Heights, have been arrested. Credit goes to the arresting officer, Freddy Ahmetaj, […]
BHA’s Chopper Stopper Meeting Underwhelms
The Brooklyn Heights Association met with the Economic Development Corporation and the Federal Aviation Administration Friday (10/30) to voice its concern over the planned increase in tourist helicopter flights over the area. BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton tells the Brooklyn Paper they left the meeting with a “lot less than expected.” Brooklyn Paper: A […]
BHA to Meet with EDC Tomorrow About Tourist Choppers
The Brooklyn Heights Association will meet with the Economic Development Corporation tomorrow to discuss banning tourist helicopter flights over Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge Park. BHA Executive Direct Judy Stanton tells the Brooklyn Paper that chopper noise is so bad that it’s hard to hold a “face to face conversation.” Brooklyn Paper: But […]
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