About fifty people showed up at St. Francis College yesterday evening to speak (and a number of others showed up to listen) about the draft report issued by Bay Area Economics, the consultants hired by the Brooklyn Bridge Park board to evaluate alternatives to luxury housing and a hotel as sources of revenue to defray […]
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Eagle’s Holt on Brooklyn Bridge Park History
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Dennis Holt writes about the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park: Brooklyn Eagle: There will be books written someday about the long history of this park, and hopefully someone will have access to all the archival information. There are two main time periods and they could be called Before Connor and After Connor. […]
Fish ‘n’ Chip Paper 6/15/09
Here are some of last week’s headlines… in case you missed ’em! Only on BHB Park Progress: Piers 1 and 6 (Fifteenth Report) Heights Wine Bar Opens City Council Candidate Biviano Sets Up Shop at Montague and Hicks Artwalk brings free art and music for cultural celebration Weekly Crime Blotter: 6/9/09 Squadron and the NYSenate’s […]
The BHB Ten: 2008
We thought it would be interesting to compile a list of 10 people who live or work in Brooklyn Heights who we think made an impact on our neighborhood, our city, our country or the world. We asked for your input as well and the list reflects that. None of those named in the BHB […]
Kings County Dems: It’s Parliamentary
The invite to the Kings County Democratic Committee held last night at St. Francis College dictated NO PRESS. But that didn’t stop NY Times CityRoom scribe Sewell “Don’t Call Me Woodward and/or Bernstein Yet” Chan from getting the scoop. The headline: City Councilman Charles Barron thinks the state-mandated gathering of the Democratic tribe is too […]
Does the November Election Matter?
We’ll readily admit that the NYS SD-25 is, to say the least, a Democratic “stronghold”. In 2006, incumbent Sen. Martin Connor didn’t have a Republican opponent and Ken Diamonstone’s post-primary Working Families Party campaign was cursory at best. In 2004, Connor ran in the November election against… NOBODY. In 2002, he faced GOP contender Hyman […]
Thank You, Marty
Sen. Martin Connor served our neighborhood for 30 years during some of the darkest times to be a New York State Democrat. Say what you will about his record, the fact remains that he served faithfully as our man in Albany for a generation. For that we are grateful. And while Martin Connor won’t be […]
The Bid for the 25th: BHB Reader Choice Squadron Beats Marty
The Associated Press is projecting BHB Reader Choice Daniel Squadron as the winner of the NYS SD-25 Democratic Primary defeating incumbent Martin Connor. With 100% of the vote in, results in the Democratic NYS SD-25 primary are: Squadron 12,912 54% Connor 10,980 46% Stay tuned… *As a point of reference here’s what Connor’s margin of […]
That’s Mohel Folks!
The NY Daily News reports the United Jewish Organization “robocalled” residents of Williamsburg on Sunday reportedly urging them not to attend a rally for NYS Senate candidate Daniel Squadron and to vote for incumbent Sen. Martin Connor. Why? Squadron’s alleged opposition to the ritual circumcision practice known as Metzitza B’Peh, which resulted in three infants […]
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