White Out at Cadman Plaza Park

A couple of guys take a walk Friday morning in the quickly falling snow at Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn/ Brooklyn Heights.

Weather Underground calls for a mixture of snow, rain and sleet this afternoon.

Photo by MK Metz

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Brooklyn Heights Montessori 'Little Room' -- Why Not St. Charles?

After a major outcry, the pre-K program for kids with special needs housed in the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School has received a reprieve and will remain open for an additional year. Now, according to the Brooklyn Eagle, parents and elected officials have to find a new location before the clock runs out next November.

But wait -- here's a possible solution:

St. Charles Borromeo Church is considering new plans for the parish’s historic school building at 23 Sidney Place in Brooklyn Heights. The school, which had been in poor financial shape, closed in February 2007 after a fire. Now we read in the Eagle that Catholic Charities is exploring the possibility of starting a Montessori program in the building.

Hey, why don't you guys get together? At the Little Room, you got a successful pre-K program looking to find a new space and grow. At St. Charles Borromeo, they are looking for a program to go into a pre-built school building.

Common, guys! Give each other a phone call.

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Bright Blue Dime Bank Opens on Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights

Dime Bank finally opened on Montague Street's "Banker's Row." Not bad looking, though unusually bright for Montague Street.

- Montague Street's Dime Bank -- Humble, But Still Standing
- Brooklyn's Dime Savings Bank Coming to Montague Street's 'Banker's Row'

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Work Continues on Brooklyn Judges Parking Lot

Pedestrians are still locked out of the main thoroughfare of Brooklyn Borough Hall's Columbus Park, which is being used by judges for parking while the lot next to the Supreme Court building (pictured above) is being renovated.

Back in early October the city gave Columbus Park's Rose Walkway to the judges so the poor dears wouldn't have to walk the whole block to their taxpayer-financed indoor parking lot in the basement of the new courthouse a block north of the Supreme Court (just out of sight behind the statue in the photo below).

From morning till about 7 p.m., armed guards stand behind fences erected in the Rose Walkway, guarding judges' cars.

Judges Give Finger to Downtown Brooklyn, Take Over Columbus Park for Parking Lot

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Half the Snow in Cadman Park = One Snow-Something

The melting remains of a snow-something in Cadman Park, Brooklyn Heights. This snow-something was apparently built Tuesday night using half the snow in the park.

A second collapsed snow-thing, further south, seems to have used up the rest of the snow.


Photos by MK Metz

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The Brooklyn Headhunter: Find a Job in Brooklyn

From time to time, McBrooklyn puts on its Headhunting gear and scouts out a handful of Brooklyn employment opportunities.

In light of the weak job outlook, we're also posting some part time work. (With the idea that something is better than nothing, or two part-time jobs = one full time job.)


- The Freelancers Union is seeking a Director of Communications. Dumbo. Craigslist

- Examinetics, Inc. will train someone to work as an Occupational Health Specialist. Set up equipment, administer tests, drive the 26 ft. mobile unit. Paid on-the-job training. $37,500 - $45,900. Careerbuilder

- The Brooklyn Museum of Art is looking for a Capital Project Manager. Looks like some big project(s) are in the works! MetroNY Jobs

- Part time librarian wanted. Flexible hours at Downtown Brooklyn campus. MLS degree a plus -- will train. Craigslist

- Brooklyn Kindergarten Society with early childhood centers located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York, and Crown Heights, is seeking a full-time experienced Controller. Careerbuilder

- Clerical positions, up to $18/ hr. Craigslist

- Editorial Director wanted to manage the development of literacy and mathematics programs for pre-K - 8 marketplace. Careerbuilder

- Direct drivers into a parking garage (across from Brooklyn Hospital) by waiving a flag on the street. Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 9:30 am. $8.50/hr. That's $16 bucks before breakfast. Craigslist

- Experienced food workers are needed for a new Subway franchise at 56-01 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn. Craigslist

- Fruits and vegetables wholesaler with over $45 million in sales per year seeks an experienced Bookkeeper/Accountant. $40,000 - $50,000 Careerbuilder

- A high-end wig company needs a marketing and PR person. Craigslist

- The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is looking for a Director of Marketing. BBG

- AAHA animal hospital in Kensington is looking for a part-time receptionist. Craigslist


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Front Street Pizza, Dumbo, Brooklyn

Front Street Pizza is "a good place to get a quick slice," but we like the statuary.

Photo by MK Metz

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More Reasons to Love New York

New York Magazine presents this year's edition of why we love New York City, which includes such gems as:

"Obama is one of us, despite all that business about Chicago;"*

"Our stage is big enough for Hillary's sense of drama;"

"People will still do really crazy things to live here;"

and this-is-not-an-insult: "Our mayor is a self-regarding masochist."

More reasons here.

* In Dreams From My Father Obama writes about living in New York: “The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn’t work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the night in vigilant patrol, its jaws clamped around an empty beer bottle.”

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Have We Made It Clear? Don't Park Here

Some people thought they could park next to this little sidewalk curb cut on Henry Street near Cranberry in Brooklyn Heights.

Now, someone has helpfully painted "TOW ZONE" in nice big letters all over the spot.

Seems clear enough to us.

Photos by MK Metz

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'Eco-Friendly' Society Bash, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- How tall is the Dock Street project? Brownstoner via DumboNYC

- Bay Ridge's demolished 'Green Church" is becoming a schoool. Brooklyn Paper

- An "eco-friendly" benefit for the upper-crust Brooklyn Kindergarten Society in Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn Eagle

- Next Saturday (12/20) is the 109th Annual Christmas Bird Count at Prospect Park Audubon Center. Gowanus Lounge

- From creepy to cozy in Red Hook. NY1 via Curbed

- Shocked New Yorkers learn their muffins have 500 calories. Crain's NY

- Community Board 7 (part of Windsor Terrace) is looking to downzone the neighborhood. Brooklyn Eagle

- Sen. John McCain said Sunday he would not necessarily support his former running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, if she chose to run for president. CNN


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