Atlantic Yards Traffic Management Plan Comment Period Extended

CB6 sends us notice that the question and comment period for the Atlantic Yards 'Traffic Demand Management' Draft Plan has been extended until Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at midnight.

All documents about the plan can be found on the Atlantic Yards homepage (http://esd.ny.gov/AtlanticYards) and all comments and questions should be sent to AtlanticYards@esd.ny.gov.

Photo by Lingaraj GJ, Creative Commons license

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Local 'Mermaids on Parade' Blog Nominated for Fascination Award

Brooklyn author and illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg's blog "Mermaids on Parade" (named for her popular illustrated book of the same name) is in the running for a Fascination Award in the 'Art Teacher' category.

Specifically, her post about the Betsy Bird Saturday Children's Literary Salon panel (called "Connect the Dots") was nominated.

Check out her post and if you like it, help support a Brooklyn artist: By clicking on the nomination badge at the top right of the post you can contribute your vote. (You need to be using Google +) Voting runs through June 25.


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Brownouts, Blackouts in Brooklyn and Queens UPDATED

Power outages map updated 10:30 p.m.

Con Edison has reduced voltage by 5 percent -- causing "brownouts" -- to many neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens due to problems with electrical equipment.

Additionally, scattered power outages are breaking out across Brooklyn and Queens. In Brooklyn, roughly 270  customers (see update below) have lost power as of 8 p.m. About 60 have lost power in Queens.

UPDATE: More than a thousand customers were without power in Brooklyn at 10:00 p.m. Wednesday night, but that number is fluctuating. Several hundreds more lost power in Queens.

Voltage-reduction areas in Brooklyn and Queens include these neighborhoods:

* East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, City Line and Starrett City.

* Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, Midwood, Flatbush, and East Flatbush.

* Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Park Slope.

* Glen Oaks, Floral Park, Bellerose, Queens Village, Bellaire, Holliswood, Hollis, St. Albans, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, Jamaica, South Jamaica, Jamaica Hills, Glendale, Forest Hills, Forest Hills Gardens, and Middle Village.

* Broad Channel, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Kew Gardens.

Con Edison has asked customers in these areas not to use appliances such as washers, dryers, air conditioners and other energy-intensive equipment and to turn off lights and televisions when not needed until the equipment problems are resolved.
You can keep refrigerators on, but keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed to help save energy.

Customers can report power interruptions or service problems as well as view service restoration information online at www.conEd.com. Customers may also call Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). When reporting an outage, customers should have their Con Edison account number available, if possible, and report whether their neighbors also have lost power.


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MP3 Players 'Evil'; Really, Neil?; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Signs posted around Williamsburg warn Hasidim that mp3 players are dangerous and evil. Failed Messiah

- Can this be right? At Barclays Center, Neil Young and Crazy Horse will perform such traditional American folk songs as “Clementine” and “She’ll Be Coming ’Round the Mountain." Brooklyn Eagle

- Where to cool off in Brooklyn during extreme heat. About.com

- DOT to address Hicks Street safety at CB6 meeting. Carroll Gardens Patch

- Andy Statman, a virtuoso clarinetist and mandolin player from Brooklyn, was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship on Monday. NY Times

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Brooklyn Eagle Sign Comes Down at 30 Henry Street

Construction workers removed the Brooklyn Daily Eagle sign from the newspaper's old headquarters at 30 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights yesterday.

Brick by brick, the building is being demolished to make room for a new, five-story condo.

The Brooklyn Eagle has moved to DUMBO and 16 Court Street, with another office in Bay Ridge.

Previous Posts On This Topic:
- 30 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights: Roof Already Half Off
- 30 Henry Street HQ of Brooklyn Eagle Sold for $3.5 Million
- A Century of Changes at 30 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights
- LPC Approves New 30 Henry Street Design in Brooklyn Heights
- Brooklyn Eagle's HQ in Brooklyn Heights Sold to Developers
- Find the Changes In New Improved 30 Henry Street Proposal
- Brooklyn Eagle Looking to Move to Gowanus? Building On the Market
- Serious Accident Sends Car Flying into Building on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights

Photo by MK Metz

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Nice Place for a Pool

The "Pop Up Pool" near Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park is under construction, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The pool will open in July and the surrounding area will include a beach, a deck, food and drink concessions, picnic tables, and showers and restrooms.

Photo by MK Metz

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David Ellis Mural In Pearl Street Triangle Becomes More Intricate

The image being painted by artist David Ellis in the Pearl Street Triangle in DUMBO continues to evolve. On each day of the installation, the work will change as Ellis paints new layers of design. Here is how it appeared late Monday. (Click to enlarge)

Previous Posts on this Artwork:
- Artist, Giant Hand, DUMBO
- Not Your Imagination: DUMBO's Pearl Street Triangle Not Green Anymore

Photo by MK Metz

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What Is Going On at Brooklyn School JHS 78 Roy H. Mann?

Yesterday we read that a Brooklyn teenager was blinded in one eye after being assaulted in the cafeteria at Roy H. Mann Junior High School in Bergen Beach.

This isn't the first time things have gotten out of control at Roy H. Mann. In spite of the optimistic but outdated (2003) review at the respected InsideSchools.org, some of the more recent comments from students and parents paint a picture of a school where violence goes unchecked:

* "Me and my friends are constantly getting picked on or physically harassed by other students with no help from teachers."

* "Sending my child to this school was the worst thing I ever did. The teachers for the most part do not care and my child is not even safe there anymore.. Grade F."

* "The children are out of control because the faculty seems to not care."

* "I cant wait to say goodbye to all those mean and extremely rude unkind and uncaring teachers and those animals aka 'children.'"

* "We all remember Jack as a wonderful guy who everyone loved. (we thought) Later did we realize that he was being bullied every day by the same group of kids everyday ..." (Child committed suicide.)

Less than a year ago a boy died after falling down the school chimney after climbing scaffolding to the roof -- apparently, a common excursion for students.

What is going on here? Where are the grownups at Roy H. Mann? 

Photo: Google Maps

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'Flea Food Under the Archway' in DUMBO Starts Thursday

Brooklyn Flea has announced that the Flea Food Under the Archway starts Thursday, June 21. According to DumboNYC, vendors like Asia Dog (hot dogs with Asian-inspired toppings)and Brooklyn Oyster Party (po’ boys and raw bar)will be serving lunch and dinner on Thursdays and Fridays,

Get all the mouth-watering details here.

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Driving Tenants Out with Biker Gang; Repealing Same-Sex Marriage; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- L & B Spumoni Gardens mobster trial gets saucy. Bensonhurst Bean

- Landlord paid biker gang to drive Williamsburg tenants out, residents say. NY Post

- Newbie Senator David Storobin proposes a bill which would repeal same-sex marriage in New York. Sheepshead Bites

- Fort Greene guy will soon install on South Portland Avenue a public bench fashioned from concrete and glass harvested over the past two years in Fort Greene Park. The Local

- Park Slope beauty crowned Miss New York. To win, she employed "a punishing one-two combo of tap-dancing prowess and general agreeability." Brooklyn Eagle

- Howard Stern writer named the king of the 30th annual Mermaid Parade. Brooklyn Daily

- Free Summerstage shows in Red Hook. Reality Collective

- Water-on-the-Go installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Eagle

- That'll teach her: NJ woman jailed in NYC for 2002 traffic ticket. NBC

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