Ivaylo Ivanov, whose arsenal of guns and homemade bombs was discovered in the apartment he was sharing on Remsen Street two years ago, and who later admitted to spray-painting swastikas on synagogues and scattering hate literature around the neighborhood, today entered a guilty plea and will be sentenced to prison. YourNabe.com: The man responsible for […]
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Fender Bender Shuts Remsen Street
BHB tipster “MC” lets us know that Remsen Street between Henry and Clinton is closed due to a double parked car being sideswiped by a passing vehicle. The 84th Precinct is on the scene. DEVELOPING… Update: Some commenters below are suggesting that the accident in question was the end result of an undercover drug bust and […]
Film Shoot on Remsen: Is it Really So Strange?
Nabe blogger Brooklyn Beat ponders what the heck a film shoot on Remsen Street today is really all about: Brooklyn Beat: As I walked home from the gym this morning, I noticed a NO PARKING sign from the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting stating that there was to be a film shoot (Day […]
Update on Ivaylo Ivanov court case
Ivaylo Ivanov — who allegedly spray-painted swastikas along Remsen Street in Spetember 2007 and was later discovered to have an arsenal of explosives in his nearby apartment — will be in Brooklyn’s state criminal court for a pre-trial hearing on April 27. His lawyer, Bernard Kleinman, said the hearing will focus on Ivanov’s admission to […]
One Word…Plastics
Recent high winds have left the otherwise bare branches of many Heights trees festooned with plastic bags and other trash blown out of trash cans or off the ground. An especially large example can be seen streaming from this tree adjacent to the southern end of the Promenade, at the foot of Remsen Street.
We Want…a Shrubbery!
We don’t know if the Knights Who Say “Ni!” have visited Remsen Street between Henry and Hicks lately, but this lovely shrubbery has been sitting in the middle of the sidewalk on the south side of the street for some days now, no doubt guarding travelers against a defect in the paving stone.
Ivanov in Court
Alleged pipe bomber and swastika sprayer Ivaylo Ivanov appeared at a pre-trial hearing this week, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. His next court date is scheduled for March 16. Currently held on $300k bail he faces a 25 year sentence if convicted on the potpourri of charges facing him.
St. Francis Art Exhibit Features Rural Scenes
Beginning this Thursday, December 4, through December 28, the Callahan Center for the Arts at St. Francis College, 182 Remsen Street, will present “Stillness: the Rural; the Simple; the Gardens”, an exhibit of the watercolor art of Wisconsin painter Ed Fenendael. Ed’s paintings include renderings of Midwestern farmsteads and farm animals (as in “Are We […]
Ivanov the Terrible’s Day in Court
Ivaylo Ivanov appeared at a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. Ivanov was arrested in January after accidentally shooting himself in his Hicks Street apartment. Police responding to the report discovered a cache of illegal firearms and pipe bombs. It was later discovered that Ivanov was also responsible for a spate of hate […]
Deconstructing Art
This morning, workers were busy disassembling the tower that supported Olafur Eliasson’s “Waterfall” near the foot of Remsen Street.
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