Category: Articles
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Hurricane Irene
The exact track of Hurricane Irene is still a big unknown, but it sure is looking likely that it will dump a lot of wind and water on NYC come Sunday or Monday (or both). The latest tracking (taken with a big grain of salt) even have the eye of the storm going along the…
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Rose Plaza Now a Conversion?
Rose Plaza: Not Coming Soon to a Waterfront Near You?? Brownstoner reports this morning that 484 Kent Avenue has a DOB permit to convert the top two floors of the building to 30 residential units. The ground floor will remain as warehouse use. Presumably, this means that the grand plans for Rose Plaza – and…
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Why Brooklyn Lives Up To The Hype
Gothamist has a sure-to-linked-to (and debated) list of 100 reasons why Brooklyn lives up to the hype. We do seem to be living in a moment of Brooklyn triumphalism, so it’s to be expected there’s a backlash against Brooklyn’s hyped hip cachet. But what’s remarkable is that as overhyped and overmarketed as Brooklyn gets, it…
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Wednesday is Parking Day at City Council
The City Council’s Transportation Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday to consider a slew of parking-related bills. One that stands out is Int. 372, sponsored by CM Levin, which would suspend alternate side of the street parking on blocks surrounding a film shoot. So if the orange cones go up, you won’t be stuck…
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Sizing Up the East River Ferry
Like everyone else in the known universe (or so it seems), I’ve been riding the East River Ferry a lot this week. I was a long-time user of the NY Water Taxi, which ran the East River commuter route until the beginning of May1, and I plan on using the ferry when I can to…
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NEWSFLASH: Bedford Avenue Station is Crowded
The MTA has released its station ridership figures for 2010. As always, this was a big day around Brooklyn11211 (and at Second Avenue Sagas). The big news – which should be a surprise to absolutely no one – is that the Bedford Avenue station continues to add riders. In fact, we broke 7,000,000 riders in…
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Urban Oyster Launches Immigrant Foodway Tours
Urban Oyster kicks off its Immigrant Foodways tours of the Moore Street Market this weekend. The tours will start at Williamsburg Walks on Bedford Avenue.
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Williamsburg Walks Activities
Williamsburg Walks is coming up this Saturday (and next). WW has just posted the lineup for this year’s programming. The biggest news is that the event now extends all the way to McCarren Park.
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Domain Name For Sale
In case you haven’t heard, the postal service is splitting off half of the 11211 zip code into a new zip code (11249 – doesn’t exactly roll trippingly off the tongue). This is happening because there are so many new dwelling units west of the BQE that the post office can’t keep to its delivery…