Month: May 2011
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Southside Firehouse to Close?
First they came for the teachers, now it’s firefighters (or at least firehouses) that are on the budgetary chopping block. There are 20 firehouses on the City’s list of potential firehouse closings released today, and 40% of them are in Brooklyn. Three of the eight Brooklyn houses slated for closing are in North Brooklyn: Ladder…
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Illegal Hotel Crackdown
http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/city-shutters-15-illegal-hotels-in-crackdown-following-new-short-term-rental-ban-in-new-york-state
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2011 McCarren Park Summerscreen Announced
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ni3UQ/www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/05/16/the-l-magazine-and-epix-present-jurassic-park-clueless-friday-and-more-at-this-years-summerscreen
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East Williamsburg Foodways Tour
http://www.columbiajournalist.org/www/158-slideshow-exploring-brooklyns-multicultural-community-through-food/story
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2011 Building Brooklyn Awards – North Brooklyn Represents
Wyckoff Exchange 22-28 Wyckoff Avenue Andre Kikoski Architect Photo: Dezeen The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce announced its Building Brooklyn awards (Brownstoner has the details; they’re not up on the BB site yet). For a change, North Brooklyn has some really good projects in the mix, including the Newtown Creek sewage plant (Ennead Architects), the Austin…
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CB1 Supports OSA Concerts
CB1 voted tonight to partially overturn the recommendation of the Parks Committee and not recommend a reduction in the number of OSA concerts or the number of concert attendees. This came after OSA Secretary Adam Perlmutter made the case for OSA and it’s concert series. Perlmutter pointed out that last year’s promoter was out and…
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It Is Still Safe to Drink in Williamsburg
CB1’s Public Safety Committee held a very long meeting tonight, which ended with a discussion of the “moratorium” (apparently it started with that too, but I missed the opening hour). CB1 Chairman Chris Olechowski presented some recommendations from the Board’s Executive Committee that were based on guidelines used by CB3 in Manhattan. They were, for…
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Bikers, Drivers Clash Over Bedford Avenue
Drivers in South Williamsburg are apparently harassing and in some cases physically (and vehicularly) assaulting bicyclists. Of course no one could have predicted that when the DOT removed the bike lanes on Bedford Avenue that it would lead to a sense of entitlement to the road on the part of local drivers. As I said…