Couldn't resist this video by JasonDPG.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Snow in Brooklyn Heights
It didn't last, but for a few brief, shining moments it actually snowed in Brooklyn this morning.
Shown: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge and a bit of Dumbo, looking north.
Photo by MK Metz
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Trader Joe's to Open 'Late Spring?'
Trader Joe's Alert(s): A Trader Joe's tipster (see Erin Freeley's comment here) wrote "we can expect the doors to open in late spring." (On the other hand, a tipster to the Cobble Hill Blog said, "I work for TJ’s at 14th st store and we were officially told the store is not coming.")
UPDATE here.
- Bird Co-op in Brooklyn
- The Future Trader Joe's
- Will Trader Joe's Be Haunted by the Spirits of Bankers Past?
- Everybody Gonna Hula to Brooklyn Trader Joe's
- Sovereign Bank Moving to Make Room for Trader Joe's
- All Trader Joe's comments on McBrooklyn
182 Atlantic Goes Up, Up, Up
The Two Trees' rental at 182 Atlantic in Cobble Hill (right next door to the planned Brooklyn Trader Joe's) is going up faster than greased lightening. (Some conversation about that on Brownstoner.)
The Brooklyn Eagle has a photo of what the finished product will look like here.
The bottom photo shows the site on July 23, when the little Independence Community Foundation building was still there.
- All That's Left of 182 Atlantic
- Say Goodbye to 182 Atlantic Avenue
Photos by MK Metz
Bar and Grill Park, Dumbo
Bar and Grill Park in Dumbo (on York Street along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway).
Named for the Between the Bridges Pub, knocked down to build the Beacon Tower. (More at DumboNYC)
Photo by MK Metz
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Dognapped Brooklyn Maltese Returned!
Samantha, a Maltese stolen from its owner’s Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn home on Wednesday, Jan. 23, was reunited with her owner Tuesday. According to the Brooklyn Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper, two women saw the dog’s story on Channel 12 Brooklyn and contacted the authorities.
The two women say they were shopping in the Fulton Mall when a man approached them and sold them the perky white dog for $650. More here.
Friday, February 1, 2008
First Look: Traffic Congestion Commission Recemmends Residential Parking Permits
Streetsblog has come out with a first look at the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission's recommendations. There's a lot there, but of importance to Brooklynites, "The commission recommends that the city be required to offer communities a residential parking permit program (RPP) prior to the start of congestion pricing and to track park-and-ride activity as part of a comprehensive monitoring program." Streetsblog via Brooklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens
Bird Co-Op in Brooklyn
Rooftop of the old Independence Bank (soon to be Trader Joe's) on Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
Photo by MK Metz
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Last On-Site Inspection of Five Atlantic Ave. Parcels Thursday
The last on-site inspection for bidders interested in the five connected Atlantic Avenue parcels up for auction on Valentine's day takes place tomorrow, Thursday, January 31 at 11 a.m.
Sheldon Good & Co. auction house sent McBrooklyn the following instructions:
Those interested should gather at the entrance to the surface parking lot at 262-276 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill and register for a tour of the site.
- More Details About the Five Big Parcels
- Real Estate Auction: Sheldon Good & Co.
- Atlantic Avenue Development Site Going, Going ... Brownstoner
- Under Siege III: Breaking on Boerum: Brooklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens
- 5 Atlantic Avenue Development Sites on Market for $24 Million: Brooklyn Eagle
- Yassky, Neighborhood Groups Continue Battling Atlantic Avenue Hotel Plan: Brooklyn Eagle
Photos by MK Metz
Man Falls 11 Stories, Dies, in Fort Greene Construction Accident
One construction worker (age 43, with children) died and one was severely injured this morning in a fall from a scaffolding at a 13-story building going up at 525 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill.
According to wcbstv (video, above), the City Building Department sent warnings to contractors this morning about the expected high winds. It appears that inadequate safety measures were taken at this construction site, and pipes and scaffolding (and the men standing on the scaffolding) blew right off the roof.
The builder is Clinton Court Development. The contractors had six violations on the building, according to wcbstv.
The architect is Meltzer/Mandl. David Mandl passed away in August, according to the One Hanson Place blog.
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