This in from Community Boards 2 and 6: Ever wondered why your favorite watering hole doesn’t use its outdoor space or why they won’t let you dance on the bar? Also, why is the trash pick-up always late at night and how does a liquor license get approved? These questions and more will be answered […]
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A few weeks ago I reviewed Jan Morris’s novel “Hav.” Reading that book and her book about Sydney, Australia,…
April 9, 2012A mugger pushes 70-something Charlotte, who teaches English to immigrants, over on the sidewalk, breaking her hip and setting…
April 6, 2012Ever wondered who was cooking pot roast on your antique stove in 1940? Who hid that stamp beneath the floorboards when you were gutting your Pacific Street coop bedroom? How much that Degraw Street apartment cost to rent 70 years ago? Now’s your chance to find out. In partnership with Archives.com, the U.S. National Archives […]
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Two 2001 graduates from Brooklyn Heights’ Packer Collegiate Institute—one of whom grew up in Cobble Hill—are staying true to the borough by opening an American restaurant in nearby Fort Greene. Pals Alan Cooper and Stephen Cohen plan to launch Prospect Restaurant at 773 Fulton Street in July, in the space of recently closed Mediterranean Aqualis […]
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A year ago, Mayor Bloomberg announced a deal to eliminate air pollution resulting from cruise ships having to run their diesel generators to supply power while docked at the Red Hook terminal. Under the agreement, the parties involved: the Port Authority, the suppliers and distributors of electricity, and the cruise line, would share the cost […]
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This Saturday, March 31, organization Bike New York will provide a Learn to Ride class for beginning cyclists and a skills clinic for children who already know how to balance and ride, as part of its Bike Bonanza Festival. The event also includes a bike registration drive, a bicycle swap from Recycle-A-Bicycle (exchange an outgrown […]
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The Epoch Times has been scouring New York City for its “most expensive blocks,” based on median sale prices with at least three home sales over the last two years. Research covers January 2010 to December 2011. In Brooklyn, the newspaper’s March 27 survey comes up with three Park Slope blocks in the top 10, […]
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State Senator Daniel Squadron, whose district includes Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens (where he lives), Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and much of lower Manhattan, will hold his fourth annual Community Convention Sunday, April 22, from 2-5 p.m. He has alternated the site of the conventions between Brooklyn and Manhattan; this year it’s Manhattan’s turn, so it will […]
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Looking for something to do with the kids over spring break? The Transit Museum will be presenting a 30-minute…
March 28, 2012