- A high-ranking prosecutor in the Brooklyn district attorney’s office was arrested on charges that she used an illegal wiretap to spy on a police detective and one of her colleagues in a love triangle. [NY Times]
- Representatives from Thor Equities, the company behind the planned 7.7-acre retail and commercial development "Red Hoek Point," will give a presentation on the project on Dec. 1. [Patch]
- Knicks superstar, Red Hook native Carmelo Anthony endorses BQX. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Brooklyn rapper Moise Morancy was honored by the NYPD’s 112th precinct for protecting a young woman from an alleged sexual assault on a Queen’s bus in October. [NYPD News]
- Meet the Brooklyn attorney fighting revenge porn. [The New Yorker]
- Family searching for missing teen with Asperger syndrome in Brooklyn. [ABC7]
- Former presidential candidate De La Fuente urges Republicans to fund their own recounts. Oy. [Brooklyn Eagle]
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Showing posts with label Red Hook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Hook. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Brooklyn Prosecutor Wiretaps Boyfriend; Red Hoek Point, Revenge Porn and More Brooklyn Briefs
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Hearing On Placement of Citi Bike Docking Stations in Brownstone Brooklyn
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| Photo: MK Metz |
Have something to say about the placement or size of CitiBike docking stations? Here's your chance to comment. CB6 sent this notice:
IN THE MATTER OF the expansion of New York City’s bike share program, CitiBike, into the Brooklyn Community Board 6 district, the Community Board’s Transportation/Public Safety Committee will conduct a Public Hearing to gather public comment on the deployment of the bicycle docking stations, and any other aspect of the bike share program, for the primary purpose of reviewing and evaluating the density, location, placement, and size of the district’s docking stations with the Department of Transportation.
DATE: Thursday, October 20, 2016
TIME: 6:30 pm
PLACE: NYPD/78th Police Precinct
65 6th Avenue, 4th floor
(between Dean/Bergen Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Members of the public will have the opportunity to testify up to 3 minutes. Speakers must sign-in at the meeting to testify. There is no pre-registration. Speakers may not transfer time to other speakers. Written comment may also be emailed to the district office at info@BrooklynCB6.org or mailed to the address below by 5:00pm on October 20th.
250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201-6401
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Subway to Red Hook; Primary Results; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Kimbal Musk's New Accelerator In Brooklyn Will Train Vertical Farmers https://t.co/3tgmVUm0Tk #health #fitness #... pic.twitter.com/9J6ewz0jME— My Fruity Faces (@MyFruityFaces) September 14, 2016
- Developers are proposing a massive project to transform the Red Hook waterfront that could include a new subway tunnel to extend the 1 line from Lower Manhattan into Brooklyn. [NY1]
- Yesterday's primary results here. [WNYC]
- Low turnout: Poll workers considered yesterday's primary a "rehearsal" for November. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- The story behind those 'I sit with Kaepernick' posters. [BlackMattersUS]
- A suspect was charged late Tuesday with stabbing a woman to death while the victim pushed a baby in a stroller in Brooklyn. [CBSlocal]
- What happens when your mom and dad come to visit you in Brooklyn and all of a sudden your charming apartment doesn't seem so charming anymore. [Brooklyn Magazine]
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Friday, September 9, 2016
Cursive Writing Coming Back to NYC Public Schools
In a comprehensive interview with the Brooklyn Eagle about this year's school initiatives, one of the most surprising changes Schools Chancellor Fariña announced is the return of the teaching of cursive writing to NYC schools. The change came about after requests from parents, Fariña said.
On top of all the developmental reasons were practical ones, Farina told the Eagle.
“When I do my town hall meetings, the parents say, ‘How are they going to sign a check?’”
Photo by D.L. Musselman Wikipedia
W [Brooklyn Eagle]hat’s new in NYC schools this year? An exclusive interview with Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Spumoni Gardens Lurker ID'd; Knockout Punch Victim Speaks Out; and More Brooklyn Briefs
Unveiled: @ComicaveStudios' 75th Anniversary #CaptainAmerica statue, to be installed in Brooklyn on August 10! pic.twitter.com/q0HZSBDYBU— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) July 21, 2016
- Police have identified the man seen outside the home of Louis Barbati prior to the L&B Spumoni Gardens co-owner’s slaying. [Daily News]
- Video shows brutal Brooklyn Heights knockout punch; victim gives advice to Heights residents. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- The 8 best pools in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Magazine]
- Brooklyn junkyard fire blackens sky over East Flatbush / Canarsie. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- First-ever virtual reality concert coming to Prospect Park. [Time Out]
- The city has yielded to Red Hookers’ demands to place a planned neighborhood ferry stop inside the Atlantic Basin. [Brooklyn Paper]
- Time Out lists the 20 best restaurants in Brooklyn. #1? Semilla in Williamsburg. [Time Out]
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Oyster Party in Red Hook Thursday, and Immersive Oyster Installation Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park in June
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| Colleen Flanigan, To the Sea, 2014. |
This week:
The third annual Billion Oyster Party is taking over Pioneer Works in Red Hook on Thursday, May 19, from 6 to 10 p.m. More than 40 oyster farmers will be shucking and serving up their delicacies and some of the city’s top restaurants will be presenting bites. More on the Billion Oyster Party here.
In June:
From June 2 to June 30, NYC Oyster Project and Brooklyn Arts Council will partner with Brooklyn Bridge Park to present 'NYC Oyster Project.'
Inspired by Brooklyn's native oyster reefs, this immersive installation will feature color photographs of artist Colleen Flanigan's underwater sculptures and an installation of Judith Pleva's unbound multimedia scrapbook.
The show's opening will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 5 PM - 7 PM at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Room at 99 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn.
A talk with the artists and curator will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1 PM at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Room at 99 Plymouth Street in Brooklyn. The talk is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Adorable Kittens Rescued from Suitcase Death; Goodbye Sunny Balzano; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| House on DeGraw Street. Photo by MK Metz |
- Lawsuit charges: The owner of a trendy Brooklyn nightclub pressured workers into threesomes, boasted about sleeping with customers and freaked out about black patrons. [Daily News]
- Red Hook bids adieu to Sunny Balzano, legendary owner of Red Hook dive bar. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Brooklyn Flea coming to DUMBO in April. [Gothamist]
- Do you recognize this soon-to-be-demolished Cobble Hill building? [Brownstoner]
- Cops rescue half-dozen adorable kittens stashed in suitcase in Williamsburg. [Daily News]
- Dad arrested after his child was barred from using school bathroom heads to court. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- DOE says PS8 /307 rezoning a success. [Politico]
- Caught on camera: Guy steals a charity box filled with hundreds of dollars meant to send children with cancer to summer camp. [ABC7]
- "Rat Academy" at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn Heights Saturday. [BHB]
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Monday, March 14, 2016
Flowers on Sunny's Pickup Truck, Red Hook
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| Photo by MK Metz |
The neighborhood is in mourning over the death of the iconic barkeep, who died near midnight on Thursday. Old friends, the curious and dozens of musicians packed into the bar over the weekend.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
BAM Park Toxic? Landmarks Looks at Green-Wood, and More Brooklyn Briefs
Is this Brooklyn criminal defense attorney the real-life Better Call Saul? [Vice]Is this Brooklyn criminal defense attorney the real-life Better Call Saul? https://t.co/wjJNa4dbZl https://t.co/1J20h0zPDS— VICE Videos (@VICE_Videos) February 23, 2016
- Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson is moving to vacate the second-degree manslaughter conviction of Vanessa Gathers, convicted in 1998. [Pix11]
- The scene at the wake for 'Big Ang' Raiola in Bensonhurst. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Nicole Byrdson has written an in-depth look at gentrification in Bushwick, as personified by artists with galleries "named for themselves in a neighborhood they recently came to inhabit." [Brooklyn The Borough]
- Neighbors: What’s under the ground at BAM Park? (Hint:It's toxic.) [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Tesla Motors’ very first showroom in Brooklyn will open in Red Hook, at the former Golten Marine Terminal. [Curbed]
- Study: Some creams, shampoos, after-shaves and toothpastes made by groups such as L'Oreal and Procter & Gamble, may contain potentially harmful substances. [Reuters]
- Landmarks Preservation Commission will decide the fate of seven Brooklyn historic sites on Tuesday -- including Green-Wood Cemetery, Lady Moody's House and others. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- 100 reasons everyone should live in Brooklyn. Reason #4: Because if you don’t live here for at least a little while, how will you ever write your own “Goodbye to All That” essay? [Brooklyn Magazine]
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Report: Shooting in Red Hook, 1 Dead
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| Photo/data courtesy Google Maps |
One was pronounced dead at an unnamed hospital.
This address corresponds to the Hook West housing project.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Goats in Red Hook; DUMBO Group Slams P.S. 8 Plan, and More Brooklyn Briefs
Cop fired and missed at a suspect that fled on foot on Ave. B and E 92nd St. #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/0vh6iEjC42
— Andy Mai (@MaiAndy) December 2, 2015
Officers fire at suspect in East Flatbush Tuesday night. [cbs]- Red Hook’s working waterfront, home to boats … and goats. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- After school tension in Downtown Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Ink]
- Greenland nixes future pre-fab buildings at Brooklyn site; Forest City warns of layoffs at modular plant. [Atlantic Yards Report]
- Brooklyn residents will have an opportunity to speak directly with Comptroller Scott Stringer at a town hall on Thursday, Dec. 3. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- The popular Brooklyn pizza joint Franny's will add a 3 percent surcharge to all of its checks in order to, according to the menu, cover affordable care costs. [Grubstream]
- DUMBO neighborhood group slams P.S. 8, P.S. 307 rezoning plan. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- "The people who support Trump don't support him because they want the country to get better ... They want someone to represent their inner thug, their inner asshole." [WYDNKBYANM]
- Video: Investigators reveal a computer glitch brought down AirAsia flight off the coast of Indonesia. [abc]
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
ISIS Can't Come to Brooklyn, and More Brooklyn Briefs
RT @DevCNY: ISIS Can’t Come To Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/UY1zcO6nDy
— Darleny López (@darlopez) November 16, 2015
- It's official: ISIS can't come to Brooklyn. (Memorable video above; language alert.)
- Help redesign city streets at the Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop. [Brownstoner]
- A 70-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Atlantic Avenue Monday afternoon. [DNAinfo]
- Photos: Brooklynites march in candlelight vigil past French cafes and bistros to honor Paris. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Two taken to hospital after shooting at a bus stop in Canarsie. [ABC7]
- Brooklyn's Ample Hills just landed $4 million to launch an ice cream empire. [Eater]
- One person was stabbed and another was punched in the face Monday afternoon on a subway platform in East NY. [NBC]
- Wonderful video plays tribute to South Brooklyn's enduring mom and pop stores. [PMFA]
- A bicycle delivery man was critically injured when a tree fell on him in Red Hook Monday afternoon. [ABC7]
- Still waiting for FIOS? Brooklyn BP Eric Adams will be hosting a public forum on Verizon's Brooklyn rollout Tuesday night. [Brownstoner]
- An ad that surfaced last week on Craigslist offering a tricked-out dumpster as a rentable apartment was phony. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Just once month before 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Gowanus’ Halyards Bar is showing every ‘Star Wars’ movie in the nerdiest way possible. [Brokelyn]
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
Brooklyn Hipsters Can Now Rent a Mom; Trouble in CB9; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Ricky's Halloween window, in Brooklyn Heights. Photo: MK Metz |
- On the same day she lost her job as Brooklyn Community Board 9’s district manager, longtime administrator Pearl Miles hit back with a $20 million age-discrimination lawsuit. [DNAinfo]
- Need a mom? Brooklyn hipsters can now rent one. [Death and Taxes Magazine]
- Haul your old Legos to the Brooklyn Museum (for art). Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist, needs them after Big Lego refused to fill his order. [Patch]
- Brooklyn Assembly debate devolves into shouting match over Planned Parenthood videos. [Observer]
- Hmmn: Two Brooklyn men arrested for heroin possession after claiming they had doctor's prescription. [Daily News]
- Owners of the historic SS United States may be forced to sell the enormous vessel, and a Brooklyn developer has a plan to turn the ship into a mixed-use development in Red Hook. [Curbed]
- Loco Dice + Friends appear in a secret Brooklyn warehouse party on Halloween. [Village Voice]
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
1,374 Brooklyn Buildings Without Power Wednesday Night
Con Edison is responding to a major power outage in Brooklyn tonight. Most of them are in Red Hook, Zipcode 11231.
In one case, wires are down, leaving 789 customers/buildings without power on Coffey Street. Near the intersection of Van Brunt and King Street, 530 are without power due to burning wires.
Various local outages bring the total to 1,375 Con Ed customers/buildings without power in Brooklyn, as of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
To report a loss of service, call 1-800-75-CONED.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Grimm's Military Angle; Jonathan Lethem in DUMBO Tonight; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| More snow predicted for Friday! Photo by MK Metz |
- New video shows more of brutal Brooklyn beating at McDonalds. [Gothamist]
- Michael Grimm's mentor says judges don't know what military combat is like ... [Observer]
- Jonathan Lethem to launch latest collection of stories in DUMBO Thursday. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Composting is coming to Greenpoint: save your food scraps. [Greenpointers]
- Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez is hosting a FEMA Flood Insurance Meeting in Red Hook. [Pardon Me For Asking]
- VIDEO: The Voice Behind the Voice: Arrested busker opens up about music roots. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Controversial 60 Water Street in DUMBO -- once called the Dock Street project -- is now open to residents. And there's no poor door. [NY1]
- Record-breaking cyber attack exposes 11 million more health records. [Observer]
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Brooklyn's Cherry King Kills Self After Secret Drug Op Discoveered in Basement; and More Brooklyn News
- VIDEO: Two arrested in Bath Beach after wild Verrazano Bridge chase. [Bensonhurst Bean]
- De Blasio ends informed consent requirement for dangerous Orthodox circumcision ritual. [Failed Messiah]
- Lawyer integral in LICH case opens new firm. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Candidates vying for Michael Grimm's seat hit the campaign trail. [NY1]
- Overcrowding on NYC subways reaches all time high, makes you terribly late. [Brokelyn]
- Right-wingers not happy with Stringer's push for language help in court for immigrants. [Comments at Brooklyn Eagle]
- Cops find photos of naked toddler on Brooklyn man's phone, charged with child pornography. [Daily News]
- 104 in the shade: Soccer’s governing body should reschedule the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to avoid the stifling heat in the Gulf State during the summer months. [WSJ]
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Report: Brooklyn City Council Delegation Removes Menchaca from Leadership Post
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| Photo by William Alatriste, CC |
After growing frustrated about missed opportunities to nominate candidates to a number of city agencies, Brooklyn's City Council delegation voted to remove Carlos Menchaca (D- Red Hook, Sunset Park) from his leadership post. He was promptly replaced by Councilman Mark Treyger, CapNY says.
Was Mayor de Blasio involved?
Crain's has reported that the de Blasio administration walked away from a $115 million project to redevelop the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, "citing the local councilman's demand for more control over the site than City Hall was willing to give."
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Person Rescued from Red Hook Water Near Quadrozzi's Cement Plant
Brooklyn: 699 Columbia St Person fell into water, was removed from the water by PD FD being treated by EMS.
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) February 2, 2015
An unfortunate person fell into the water at 699 Columbia Street on the Red Hook Waterfront on this freezing evening.
No word yet on the condition of the victim nor what hospital he or she was eventually transported to.
That is the location of the Gowanus Bay Terminal (GBX), which includes the large grain terminal and the Cement Silo Vessel.
According to the Waterfront Alliance, GBX is controlled by local cement businessman John Quadrozzi, Jr.
It's not far from the Brooklyn IKEA.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Gubernatorial Debate, Brooklyn Bike Krill; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Firehouse, Brooklyn Heights. Photo: MK Metz |
- Car hits bus in Red Hook, causes it to crash into a building, injuring eight people. [CBS]
- Brooklyn's infamous bike krill is moving on the parts unknown. [Gothamist]
- Councilman Gentile says R train service still sucks. [amNY]
- Claims of anti-Semitism dissolve as a different story emerges in incident at NY-Tel Aviv game. [electronic intifada] [Jewish Daily Forward]
- What's the deal with "Black-ish?" [NYT]
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
More Traffic Tragedy in Brooklyn; More reBar Regrets; and More Brooklyn Briefs
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| Hammock, Governors Island. By MK Metz, McBrooklyn.com |
- Engaged couples pissed that Brooklyn DA didn't throw the book at reBar owner who stole their money. [Brooklyn Paper]
- Wall Street Journal likes Taperia in Brooklyn Heights. Huh! [WSJ]
- Wow, rich folks really are moving to Red Hook. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- NYPD seeks man who attacked woman in Brooklyn subway station. [MetroNY]
- Shaggy, Olivia, others draw crowd to Brooklyn Borough Hall. [Brooklyn Eagle]
- Lyft, one of those controversial ridesharing services, is hiring drivers in Brooklyn via Craigslist.[Technically]
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