The former “Mayor of Montague,” Seamus O’Toole, will be honored posthumously on Tuesday at Borough President Marty Markowitz’s annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast.
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Upcoming community meetings
What a busy week of community meetings! We’ll have a full calendar of the month’s meetings soon, but for now, here’s a round-up of the week: • On Tuesday, March 3, Community Board 2’s Economic Development committee will hold its monthly meeting at the Jonas Board Room at Long island University, at the corner of […]
Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper: In Case You Missed ‘Em
It was a busy week and just in case you were too busy to catch everything here are last week’s highlights: BHA Meeting Full Recap Marty: Dock Street Dumbo is Like Root Canal! Updated Rendering of Sleepy’s on Montague Marty Supports – Sort of – Dock Street DUMBO Confessions of a Lab Lady: Travels with […]
Marty: Dock Street DUMBO – It’s Like Root Canal!!
Borough President Marty Markowitz compared the task of evaluating the Dock Street rezoning proposal to a root canal last night at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual meeting — yes, a root canal. Making a decision was tough, he said, but he understood that “it had to be done, like a root canal.”
Live Blogging BHA Meeting
Our award winning live blog from the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual Meeting. 7:32pm TK Small in the house. First BHB Ten member sighting. BHB Chief Correspondent Sarah Portlock is staying away from me and Qfwfq … she’ll have a real update later…
Marty Supports — Sort of — Dock Street DUMBO!
Borough President Marty Markowitz has filed his letter of support for the contentious Dock Street residential project in DUMBO, following a public hearing he held on Jan. 28. We will have a copy of Marty’s letter for you soon, but in the meantime, the New York Times City Room blog writes:
Faux Funeral for Subway Lines
BHB Photo Club member JBary writes: Brooklyn politicians and activists eulogize the death of the M and R train line. Speakers in order are: Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President Daniel Squadron, New York State Senator Michael Burke, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Paul Nelson, Assemblywoman Joan Millman’s Chief of Staff Video after the jump.
Kid Squadron Sets Up Shop in Brooklyn Heights
BHB Photo by Diana Rosenthal This afternoon, Senator Daniel Squadron announced that he is opening a Brooklyn District Office that, thanks to the generosity of Borough President Marty Markowitz, will temporarily be in Borough Hall. Squadron also announced the appointment of Ellen Whelan-Wuest as his Brooklyn Office Director, whose first task will be to […]
Official Menorah Lighting Tonight
Rabbi Aaron Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham along with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will light the Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht Menorah (the official menorah of Brooklyn) tonight. The ceremony begins at 5PM at Borough Hall Plaza. This menorah and another standing in Grand Army Plaza and sponsored by Rabbi Shimon Hecht of Park Slope […]
Rain Doesn’t Dampen Spirits as Heights Tree is Lighted
A small but enthusiastic crowd came out in a light rain to witness the lighting of the Heights Holiday Tree between the foot of Montague Street and the Promenade. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo), and Heights preservation pioneers Otis Pratt Pearsall and Nancy Pearsall, whose four year old granddaughter, […]
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