Brooklyn’s handsome Borough Hall is all decked out for the Memorial Day holiday, with flags unfurled and flowers surrounding the fountain in full bloom. Ooh, la la!
(Photos: Chuck Taylor/iPhone)
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41409
As the BHB has been regularly following, the former Brooklyn Eagle building at 30 Henry Street & Middagh—purchased for $3.5 million in November 2011 by DUMBO-based developer Fortis Manor—was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in December for a five-story, six-unit condo building to take its place.
On May 17, the new owner filed a permit for building demolition, and they’re wasting no time getting down to business: The block is now surrounded by plywood fencing along the front and north side, as the Eagle prepares to take flight and, uh, tumble to the ground.
Plans for the replacement red brick structure include underground parking and a courtyard with waterfall. See rendering below.
The Brooklyn Eagle building was constructed in 1963 and although landmarked, the Preservation Commission was easily convinced that the historic value of the one-story structure was of little value. And so it goes…
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41325
What a world: A nighttime view of the Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building and City skyline from Fulton’s Landing, next to Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo: QuietStorm)
See the original in high-res here.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41279
Photo by M. Hermann/BHB
It’s one flight that even the anti-helicopter caucus could support. A handful of servicemen from Charlie Company, 1st Bn.-9th Marines got this look at Brooklyn Heights today as their MV-22 Osprey, piloted by VMM-264 (“The Black Knights”), set off for a demonstration at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island. The unit has returned from a recent deployment overseas, and is participating in Fleet Week events. (Click through to view the full-size image.)
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41391
Sunny, 84 degrees and teeming with residents, New Yorkers and tourists from all over the world. Memorial Day couldn’t be more of a pleasure in Brooklyn Heights today. Enjoy! (Photos: Chuck Taylor)
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41268
A five-story, 5,500-square-foot townhouse at 94 Hicks Street in North Brooklyn Heights (between Orange and Pineapple streets) has just been listed by Corcoran for a luxe $8.5 million. The building is currently configured as five free-market apartments.
Corcoran suggests: “Combine the units to create a single family masterpiece or maintain one or more of the units for guests, family or income.” The whole kit and kaboodle is 21-feet wide on a 25′X100′ lot, with a side yard entrance leading to a landscaped backyard. (See interior photos below.)
The home was built in 1868 in the “Second Empire” style, with original detail, high ceilings and elegant proportions throughout, the listing says, while the garden and parlor floors have large windows on three sides. A grand staircase leads to the roof, where there are views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
See more photos and the property’s floorplan here.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41241
The Cobble Hill Association will hold its Spring 2012 General Meeting and Reception on Tuesday May 29. A reception will precede the meeting at 6 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The place: Christ Church at the corner of Clinton and Kane Streets.
A new slate of officers for the CHA’s executive board will be installed and keynote speaker Christabel Gough will discuss “Can Cobble Hill Avoid Manhattanization?” All are invited.
Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7242
To meet demand for the East River Ferry’s pilot service, the city is adding a new fleet with more than twice the capacity on weekends. The new boats will hold 399 passengers, instead of the current 149.
In addition, The New York Times reported Friday that the city opened a new ferry slip at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park last week designed to speed loading and unloading of passengers and reduce delays. The new floating dock is 100 yards south of the old slip at the Fulton Ferry pier, which, according to Paul Goodman, chief executive of BillyBey Ferry Co., was too small to accommodate the bigger boats and too narrow for the herds of passengers boarding and disembarking there.
The East River service, which connects ferries at East 34th Street, Long Island City, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Wall Street (as well as Governor’s Island on weekends), is nearly a year into a three-year subsidized $9 million pilot program.
As well, the schedule is being accelerated throughout summer weekends, beginning Memorial Day. Ferries will run 6:45 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. on weekdays, every 20 minutes during rush hour and every 30 minutes off-peak. On Saturdays and Sundays, the larger boats will run every 45 minutes from 9:35 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The ferry costs $4 for a one-way ticket, $12 for an all-day pass and $140 for an unlimited monthly pass.
In its first 10 months, the East Ferry service had 714,000 paying passengers. Last fall, Goodman proposed adding boats, but that would have required more money from the city.
Meanwhile, boats sell coffee from Brooklyn Roasters, and recently added other drinks and snacks with a local flavor, including egg creams made with U-bet chocolate syrup.
See the full New York Times story here.
Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41225
Trader Joe’s on Atlantic Avenue at the border of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill has reported five thefts over the past several months from unattended shopping carts.
Capt. Jeffrey Schiff, who commands the 76th Precinct, recently informed the community council that the store has no surveillance cameras installed in the crowded grocery, despite pleading with Trader Joe’s several times to install them. So far, the store has declined to cooperate with the recommended policy.
Read the full story at The Cobble Hill Blog here.
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http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41221
Trader Joe’s on Atlantic Avenue at the border of Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights has reported five thefts over the past several months from unattended shopping carts. Capt. Jeffrey Schiff, who commands the 76th Precinct, recently informed the community council that the store has no surveillance cameras installed in the crowded grocery, despite pleading with Trader Joe’s several times to install them.
DNAinfo.com New York reports that thefts include cash from a bag deliberately set up in a police sting, as well as a cell phone from a woman’s purse, according to sources and court documents.
So far, the store has declined to cooperate with the recommended policy. “Trader Joe’s, since they’ve opened, haven’t seem too concerned with what’s going on inside the store,” a police source told DNA. “They seem to have the attitude of whatever happens, happens.”
To combat the rash of larcenies, the precinct has increased foot patrol in front of the store and implemented a series of sting operations. A spokesperson for Trader Joe’s confirmed that the store does not have surveillance cameras within the facility, according to DNA.
Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7238