Author: Halden
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Meeker Plume Walking Tour
The Meeker Plume (via Newtown Creek Alliance. Newtown Creek Alliance is putting on a tour of the Meeker Avenue contaminants plume. Per them: Please join us for a walking tour of the Meeker Ave. Contaminant Plumes where brownfields experts Lenny Siegel and Peter Strauss will be on hand to answer questions about hazardous vapor intrusion…
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East River State Park – A Lentol Fix?
The word is that Assemblyman Joe Lentol is brokering a solution that would allow the East River State Park to stay open for the winter. The proposal still needs a sign off from the State Department of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. So now might be a good time to drop the Parks Commissioner a…
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Yet Another Finger Building Hearing
Going Nowhere? The latest go around for the Finger Building is tomorrow morning – yet another BSA hearing to decide the fate of the open space and thus the height of the building. If BSA buys the developers position, it will allow the building to more or less double in height (to about 200′). The…
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Monday: Bushwick Inlet Park Meeting
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park is holding planning meeting tomorrow night. Here are the details: COMMIT TO YOUR FUTURE PARK Join us for a planning meeting of the Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park November 17 @ 7 pm 133 Oak Street at Guernsey St Are you interested in taking a leadership role in your community…
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Second Fridays
This is a bit late for November (there being about half an hour left in the second Friday of the month), but it appears that some Grand Street merchants have gotten together to promote their wares. Stores and galleries will be staying open late, offering sales and drink specials and the like. This is a…
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Kent Avenue: Much Too Much
The (current) final plan for the Kent Avenue Greenway (Brooklyn Greenway Initiative). At Wednesday’s CB1 meeting, the issues of parking, bike lanes and the Greenway came to a head. Following on the elimination of parking on Kent Avenue from Division to the Greenpoint border, residents and business owners are up in arms. Meanwhile, bike advocates…
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East River State Park Closing
The closing of East River State Park (that patch of concrete and grass on the river between North 7th and North 10th Street) has gotten a lot of press (including here, here, here and here). If it occurred to you that Williamsburg and Greenpoint could be getting second-class treatment from New York State, you might…
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O Day
Williamsburg (Real America) Photo: ashlyhiggins If you haven’t registered to vote, unfortunately, its too late. If you have registered to vote, and are not sure where to go or what to do when you get there, NAG has put together a nice little (non-partisan) guide to voting. As for my partisan take, for four years,…
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Water Taxi Still Running
NY Water Taxi had announced that it was suspending its East River commuter service effective 1 November. Now, they’ve announced that they are “working with the City of New York to continue the East River ferry service through the winter months“.