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Brooklyn Bridge Park has recommended RAL Development Services and Oliver’s Realty Group to develop the project. Rendering courtesy of ODA/RAL Development Services/Oliver’s Realty Group

Some pointed opinions on a changing Brooklyn Heights

Many Brooklyn Heights residents, particularly old-timers, feel like their neighborhood is under siege: increased vehicular traffic and significant street blockage from construction and renovation. … Full Article
 
Patrick Chirico, owner of Wrecords By Monkey, poses with a clock his company has made from a recycled record at his production shop in East Williamsburg. Chirico gets his raw materials from the surplus of used-record stores. AP Photos/Mark Lennihan

Spinning vinyl into art: East Williamsburg shop recycles records for novelties

These vinyl records give "remaster" a new meaning. … Full Article
 
Members from various community groups listen to the proposed modifications to the General Project Plan presented by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation's Vice President for Real Estate David Lowin at the Community Board 2 meeting on Monday evening at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Eagle photo by Dipti Kumar

CB2 Committee approves Pier 6 Tower Plan on Brooklyn Bridge Park

Members of the Community Board 2 Parks and Recreation Committee on Monday voted 6 to 1 to approve the proposed modifications of the General Project Plan (GPP) that would allow affordable housing in/on the Pier 6 development. … Full Article
 
Green-Wood Cemetery plans to turn the Weir Greenhouse into a visitors' center. The Landmarks Preservation Commission told the project architect to rework the design for a new building (shown at right and behind the greenhouse) that would be part of the center.

A step forward for Green-Wood Cemetery’s proposed visitors’ center

It's a green light for Green-Wood's demolition of part of the Weir Greenhouse. The famed cemetery will send in the wrecking crew as part of a project to turn the greenhouse into a visitors' center. … Full Article
 
Karl Towndrow died at an unlicensed day care on Monday. Friends have started a fundraiser for the family. Photo courtesy of the Towndrow family/GoFundMe

Fundraiser for Brooklyn Heights baby who died in SoHo day care

Friends and co-workers have started a fundraiser on the GoFundMe website to help the Brooklyn Heights parents of a 3-month-old baby boy who died in an unlicensed SoHo day care on July 13 – his first day at the facility. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Bridge Park has chosen RAL Development Services and Oliver’s Realty Group to develop the project.

Letter to the Editor: Opponents of Pier 6 — What is your ‘real bone of contention?’

On July 9, I attended a presentation of the latest projections of revenue, maintenance and operations (M&O) costs and reserves by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation. … Full Article
 
Rendering courtesy of Marvel Architects

Full CB2 to consider Brooklyn Heights Library sale Wednesday night

On Wednesday, July 15, the full board of Community Board 2 will consider the recommendation of its Land Use Committee that the proposed sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library be approved, with three caveats. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Law School Dean Nicholas Allard said the school hopes to ease pressure some students feel to take any job just to pay loans and living expenses.

Brooklyn Law School: Jobless grads will get some money back

Brooklyn Law School (BLS) recently announced the launch of Bridge to Success, a new program designed to support graduates who may take longer in their  … Full Article
 
A cyclist died and several other people were injured in a horrific crash involving three vehicles near Barclays Center on Monday morning. Part of the bicycle can be seen stuck in the wheel of the out-of-control SUV. AKatzPhotos

Cyclist dies, six injured in grisly crash near Barclays Center in Brooklyn

A cyclist died and six other people were injured in a horrific crash involving three vehicles on Fourth Avenue between Atlantic and Flatbush avenues on Monday morning at roughly 7 a.m. … Full Article
 
Tina Turner, a 3-year-old pit bull/greyhound mix, enjoyed Hillside Dog Park on Friday. Photo by Mary Frost

When the chips are down, Squadron gets the bark to the park

Brooklyn dog owners have learned that when the chips are down, state Sen. Daniel Squadron is their man. Literally. … Full Article
 

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