From time to time, McBrooklyn puts on its Headhunting gear and scouts out a handful of Brooklyn employment opportunities -- good, bad or maybe even funny. (Not that you'd want a funny job, but it's fun to think that someone does... ) Here are today's listings:
- Cobble Hill movie theater needs manager. Craig's List
- Accounts receivable. Roughly $80K. CareerBuilders
- Tattoo shop girl. Specifically "girl." $10/hr. Craig's List
- Part time lab position. $20/hr. Craig's List
- Director of Brooklyn HealthWorks. iBrooklyn
- Brooklyn politician needs Campaign Director of Finance. Craig's List
- Data entry clerk. $16 - 19/hr. CareerBuilders
- General manager (Brooklyn/Queens) of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. "This company is sure to put trucks on the moon." Wall Street Journal. Craig's List
- Retail management at CVS. CareerBuilders
- Cleaning person, Brooklyn Heights. $9/hr. Craig's List
- Sell chocolate at Jacques Torres in Dumbo. $10/hr. Craig's List
- Junior architect. Craigs' List
- Brooklyn media company needs staff accountant with Great Plains software experience. $60K and up. CareerBuilders
- Movie extras. $60 - 240/day. Craig's List
- Night manager at a photography studio. Craig's List
- "Online Product/Content Development Manager." $50K and up. CareerBuilders
- Fill, frost and pack donuts. $8/hr. and up. Craig's List
- Textbook editors in Park Slope. Craig's List
Photo by MikeColvin82, Creative Commons license.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The Brooklyn Headhunter: Find a Job in Brooklyn
WTC, Before and After
Framed photo of the pre-9/11 skyline, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Photo by MK Metz
Largest Low-Income Housing Project in Brooklyn Going Middle Income?
- Ingersoll/Whitman Houses in Fort Greene (35 individual buildings, Brooklyn's largest low-income housing project) is being converted to middle-income housing -- developed by Scarano... Brownstoner
UPDATE: United Home's Ron Hershco has backed away from his statement about the Ingersoll/Whitman Houses, according to Brownstoner. In an update, Brownstoner states: "Brownstoner received the following statement from Ron Hershco's (United Homes) attorney. 'Ron answered the question based on what he had been told by Bob Scarano a couple of years ago. He has no current information regarding the Housing Authority's plan. We apologize for any confusion.'"
- More than 6,000 Post-It notes on the window at 70 Washington in Dumbo. DumboNYC
- Murder toll in North Brooklyn up 13 percent. New York Sun
- The saltwater marsh islands of Jamaica Bay could disappear within five years. New York Times
- Rare elm tree in Brooklyn Heights get a "stay of execution." Brooklyn Eagle
- Boarding up windows in a building at the major intersection in Coney Island -- good policy? Gowanus Lounge
Slow-Moving Love Lane Garage Parkers: Four Spaces Left at 85 Livingston
Customers of the now-closed 400-car Love Lane Garage in Brooklyn Heights who haven't found an alternate parking spot are, basically, screwed, according to a report in the Brooklyn Eagle. There's a waiting list at all the local garages, “And there’s not hardly a chance that even two of them will get a space because nobody gives up a space this time of year,” said a manager at the State Street garage.
But all is not lost -- the Eagle lists several potential garages that, though out of the Heights, are within walking distance, including the four spaces left at 85 Livingston Street.
More here.
Photo by MK Metz
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
McDonald's Coming to Smith Street
- CONFIRMED: A McDonald’s is coming to Smith Street. It will take two store fronts across Smith from Starbucks, a realtor and an Army-Navy store. The Brooklyn Eagle
- Astronaut photo of Brooklyn, uploaded by Flatbush Gardener
- On the Brian Lahrer Show: Why Brooklyn is becoming hotel central.
- A group of Brooklyn artists are calling on a developer to create a cultural complex similar to London's Tate art museum at the Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg. New York Sun
- Class conflict at Domino's scoping hearing. Brownstoner
- Clown Alert: Circus playing at Coney Island. Gowanus Lounge
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, From the Water
Brooklyn Heights -- like a citadel on a hill. The trees run along the Promenade. Under the Promenade are the two levels of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; at ground level is Furman Street.
Photo by MK Metz
Citibank's Gender-Based Banking
A funny juxtaposition on the windows at Citibank on Court Street in Carroll Gardens ...
A man's hand is shown "controlling, and remote-controlling" his finances. Contrast that with the woman in the next window -- frantically running while dragging a suitcase and talking on the cellphone. She is described as "running to the bank, and banking on the run."
Photo by MK Metz
Red Hook Dog Owners: Avoid This Tree. You've Been Warned.
Signs on a tree on Van Brunt Street, Red Hook.
Starting from the top, they read:
(1) "I Heart My Pet! You Heart Yours Too! Respect Your Neighbor. Take the 'Poop' With You!"
(2) "Clean Up Your Dog's Shit; Little Dogs Are Included!" (surrounded by American flags)
(3) "R.I.P. Here Lies the Last Dog That Pooped in My Yard" (a rose is affixed to this one)
Photo by MK Metz
McBrooklyn home page here.
Half-Naked Swimmers, Heading to Floating Pool, Scandalize Brooklyn Heights Residents
Scantily clad patrons of the floating pool docked on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront, under the Promenade, have apparently been terrorizing some of the rather staid residents of Brooklyn Heights, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
“The problem I have is that I don’t want to look at men naked from the waist up, with boobs as big as mine,” said Doris Walton, a 40-year resident of Joralemon Street.
Ma'am, we feel your pain.
More here.
Floating Pool and New Brooklyn Beach Officially Open
Photo by MK Metz
McBrooklyn home page here.
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