The Diesel Jeans sponsored Rock n Roll Circus scheduled for tomorrow night (10/11) on Pier 3 and featuring Franz Ferdinand and others has the BHA and some Brooklyn Heights residents reaching for their Flents ear plugs. So much so that the organization has sent an urgent dispatch to their members informing them of what counter-measures […]
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BHA on Tree Killin’ Waterfalls: Never Again!
Even though an arborist tells the Brooklyn Paper that the Brooklyn Heights trees assaulted by the salt water spray of Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls will not be permanently damaged, it’s enough for the BHA to shout “never again!”:
Extensive Nighttime Street Work in Heights Next Two Weeks
The following “heads up” was provided by Judy Stanton of Brooklyn Heights Association: We have just been handed a tentative Street milling schedule from the NYC Dept. of Transportation for work scheduled over the next two weeks, starting Thursday. Currently, all the work is scheduled for nights between 9PM – 5 AM! We urged the […]
Parks Deparment: Chill Out, Trees Will Be Fine
The Brooklyn Heights Association fired off a letter yesterday to the city’s Community Assistance Unit commissioner asking that the NYC Waterfalls “art” installation be turned off after Labor Day, weeks earlier than planned. BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton made the original declaration in this week’s Brooklyn Paper and followed that up by telling the NY […]
Trees are Dyin': BHA Says Shut Falls Off!
The BHA wants the tree-killin’ NYC Waterfalls shut down according to a report in the Brooklyn Paper. The organization’s Executive Director Judy Stanton says, “I think it’s enough…They’re damaging the local environment and I don’t think it’s worth it to have this question remain: Will the trees come back?” What do you think? Is this […]
Tree Murder in Progress on Remsen Street
View Larger Map First “artist” Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls project was unmasked as a secret plot to kill trees in DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights with its salt water spray. Now the intrepid reporters at the Brooklyn Eagle have uncovered a scheme to murder two innocent evergreen trees at 222 Hicks Street. The dying twins (seen […]
NY Daily News on Henry Street Fruit Dudes
The NY Daily News picks up on the Henry Street Fruit Dudes and their controversial cart. NY Daily News: Fruit vendor’s…: “I’m going to be here forever,” one of the cart’s owners, Onur Benirbaz, told the Daily News. “Of course I do have a permit.” The cart’s sudden appearance on the corner of Henry and […]
Busted Chef Chronicles Part 1: You Can Fool Some of the People…
Accused fraudster Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman may have duped some area notables in addition to the 24 alleged victims authorities claim were robbed of a combined $25,000 by his “double dipping” their credit cards. The Brooklyn Paper was first duped by the Busted Chef in April 2007 when it identified Kaufman by what could be […]
Second Week in the Piazza, Will it be Better?
Last Sunday’s launch of a car-free summer piazza on Montague Street was under-whelming for many. In this week’s Brooklyn Paper, the BHA’s Judy Stanton blames the city for not supplying enough chairs, while Montage BID’s Chelsea Mauldin says everything went according to plan. The paper also mentions that Heights Books doubled its usual Sunday business […]
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