Cobble Hill History Wiki; Brooklyn Hospitals In Big Trouble; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The Cobble Hill History Project’s interactive wiki is in the works. It's being organized block by block and house by house. Brooklyn Heights Press

- Oh oh. At a big meeting held at Metrotech, no concrete proposals emerged to save Brooklyn’s hospitals -- and the deadline is November 1. The Local

- Happy 50th birthday to Phantom Tollbooth, the book with roots in Brooklyn Heights. BHB

- Yes, you can make a living and see the world carving pumpkins. Brooklyn Eagle

- Family takes six-month-old to Brookdale Hospital with slight fever. Hospital kills him with overdose of antibiotic. CBS

- A Brooklyn man's threats to shoot elected officials and blow up a Staten Island police stationhouse haven't worked out very well. slive

- Funk music legend George Clinton -- wearing a skull-adorned baseball cap and a dozen gold necklaces  -- came to Brooklyn Law School this week to discuss copyright law. Brooklyn Eagle

- Cat missing at JFK since August recovered after falling through the ceiling. NY Times

- Relax ladies: former "rape cop" Kenneth Moreno is studying to be an X-ray technician. Gothamist

- Bloggers getting bribed for $130 a link. Gawker

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NYU Wants to Transform Crummy MTA Building In Downtown Brooklyn To Spiffy New Science Campus

New York University has submitted a proposal to create a new engineering and applied sciences campus in Downtown Brooklyn -- at the deteriorating former MTA office building at 370 Jay Street.

According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the proposal is part of Applied Sciences NYC, an initiative of the Bloomberg administration aimed at raising New York to the level of Silicon Valley.

The college’s proposal would be separate from Brooklyn-based Polytechnic Institute of NYU (NYU-Poly).

More here.

Photo and more info at The Real Deal

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Child Safety Meeting in Brooklyn Heights; OWS For Dummies; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Child safety meeting in Brooklyn Heights tonight (Wednesday) at Saint Francis College. Brooklyn Eagle

- Transportation Town Hall for DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Landing and Downtown Brooklyn tonight (Wednesday) in DUMBO. DumboNYC

- The new East Rover Ferry service is wildly successful -- but next week the schedule will be cut in half for the winter. Brooklyn Heights Press

- The Village Voice reviews Catania in Brooklyn Heights. Small plates sound yummy. Village Voice

- Brooklyn "starchitect" Robert Scarano has lost his final effort to be reinstated with the city’s DOB to file his own construction plans. Brooklyn Eagle

- Spooky silent movies with live music coming to Brooklyn Heights Cinema for Halloween. BHB

- Hipsters: don't forget to stay above the f*ing red line. Die Hipster

- Cop injured at Smith and Sackett streets when perp threw stolen bike at her. Carroll Garden Patch

- The creator of the “I’m Getting Arrested” app is Jason Van Anden, a Brooklyn software developer. Brooklyn Eagle

- A glimpse of Bike Share at the Brooklyn Flea. Brownstoner

- Built-In-Brooklyn Craft Fair this Saturday. Brooklynian

- All of Occupy Wall Street, summed up in one easy exchange. PopeShakey

- November 5, known as Guy Fawkes Day in Britain, is a special day for Anonymous -- and they have quite the day planned. Daily Dot

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OWS Backers, Led by Vito Lopez, March Over Brooklyn Bridge to Zuccotti Park

Two or three hundred union members and political groups -- led by Brooklyn politico Vito Lopez (who says he was an "insurgent and a reformer" before he was Vito Lopez) marched over the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon to support Occupy Wall Street.

Marchers rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall, marched along Cadman Plaza West and then headed over the bridge to Zuccotti Park.

The group was courteously facilitated by the NYPD, which accompanied the march over the bridge on scooters. A white-shirted official was heard commenting on his radio that the marchers were orderly and he didn't require backup.

Photo by MK Metz

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'Stray Dog' Still Waits Patiently at MetroTech

Here's another look at Tony Matelli's "Stray Dog" -- the life-size resin sculpture of a lost seeing-eye dog -- who has been waiting patiently for his master in Metrotech Commons for years now.

The poor stray has endured rain, heat, and snow. Past photos of Stray Dog below.

- The Sign Lies at MetroTech
- Man's Best Friend
- It's Not Always What It Seems
- Kid's Best Friend, at MetroTech
- Stray Dog Endures, at Metrotech

Photo by MK Metz

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Watchtower Says Not So Fast; Cellphone Robbery Up In Subways; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- There goes the NY Times, nit-picking on developers' donations to BP Marty Markowitz's charities again. NYT

- Atlantic Avenue is richer, but is it better? Crain's NY

- Not so fast! Jehovah's Witnesses are not ready to move out of Brooklyn Heights any time soon. Brooklyn Eagle

- Sexy Halloween costumes for the slut on a budget. Brokelyn

- A quaint, expensive, unsafe, blighted, friendly block in Boerum Hill. NY Times

- Esquire Magazine discovers Williamsburg! Again! It's crazy! Gothamist

- Now that you can use your cellphone in more subway stations, cellphone robbery is going up in more subway stations. Gothamist

- Ron Paul wants to eliminate the federal Student Loan program. Gothamist

- Everyone's talking about this over-the-top Halloween light show house in California. Watch it here. Laughing Squid

- Business on Diagon Alley remains at a standstill for the third day in a row as Occupy Gringotts protestors clog the streets. One percent of goblins control all of wizard financial operations! CampusBasement

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Steven and Vanessa Now Have An Ultra-Luxury Pet Club at One Brooklyn Bridge Park

Remember Steven and Vanessa at One Brooklyn Bridge Park?

Curbed calls them "possibly the most scorn-worthy animated couple in the history of animated couples." Lindsay Robertson of The Set describes the ad they appear in (below) as a "three-pronged assault of a commercial."
Best Week Ever says, "Meet the two most insufferable cartoon people ever drawn."
Noah Garfinkle describes them as "the two least likable cartoon people to ever be conceived."
Commenters on YouTube call them yuppie/ hipster scum.


Now Steven and Vanessa have a new amenity for their annoying little status dog: a private club for pets, called the Wag Club, right in the building.

According to the Brooklyn Eagle, the club offers ultra-luxury services, including world-class grooming, "24/7 climate control, a Hepa air purification system and non-porous rubberized flooring that is gentle on paws and joints during playtime." Doggie-trainer-to-the-stars Robert Haussmann will help them train little Woofie as well.

More here.

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Menagerie at Jay Street / MetroTech Subway Station

Yesterday we traveled through the south mezzanine of the recently-renovated Jay Street / MetroTech subway station. (It used to be called Jay Street / Borough Hall station). We were pleasantly surprised by this colorful animal-themed mural called "Arrivals and Departures."

According to NYCsubway.org, "It is a glass mosaic installation based on paintings by the artist Ben Snead. The various animal species depicted include: starlings, sparrows, lion fish, parrots, tiger beetles, and koi fish."

The MTA Arts for Transit program commissioned the installation while overseeing the restoration of the station.

Did you ever wonder about the artwork installed in a subway station? Here's an art guide for all of the city's stations.

Photos by MK Metz

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Murdered Mom Had 12 Kids; Underground Fire in Red Hook; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The selfless mother gunned down trying to shield a group of children from a gang’s bullets leaves behind 12 children. Her two brothers were also murdered on the streets of Brooklyn. NY Post

- Child safety meeting for concerned parents in Brooklyn Heights: “If you are a parent of a child attending school in the neighborhood, we expect that you will learn something you don’t already know.” Brooklyn Heights Press

- Too many fire hydrants are broken. Queens Crap

- Super turnout for Smith Street's second soup festival. PMFA

- Rikers guard found guilty after Brooklyn teen was beaten to death by his "team." Brooklyn Eagle

- Mother and son rescued after being swept out to sea in Coney Island -- but the son is under arrest now. NY1

- 44 firefighters respond to underground blaze in Red Hook.

- Not a good time to go into finance: Wall Street could lose could lose nearly 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012. Businessweek

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Halloween Stuff Has Started Already, People

So while you're just beginning to get your Occupy Wall Street Zombie costume conceptualized, other folks are already going to haunted houses and stuff. In costume.

Of course, most of them are about three years old, but still.

The "theme-park quality" Gravesend Inn Haunted Hotel at City Tech (good for kids and adults) opened yesterday, and there are at least six Halloween parades, fairs and pumpkin patches this weekend, including one at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park; the Pumpkin Patch at Packer; and the Harvest Festival at Old Stone House.

For more Halloween ideas, check out the Brooklyn Heights Press, which lists roughly 40 Halloween parades, shows, carnivals, and tours throughout Brooklyn.

Photo by MK Metz

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