The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is hosting the DUMBO Family Fest, previewing the new views and parkland to come to Brooklyn Bridge Park. The party, co-sponsored by One John Street, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 pm in the John Street and Main Street sections of the park. The … Read More →
“This could be the next South Street Seaport.” That is the way Stuart Venner, owner of 71 Atlantic Ave., referred to the potential development happening around his building, as quoted in a recent New York Times article. Venner’s property is part of a group of seven buildings on Atlantic Avenue below Hicks Street that has agreed to … Read More →
A group of 70 high school and college students from Brooklyn had an opportunity to have “Lunch with a Judge” with Hon. Deborah Dowling as part of the Kings County Courts Student Employment and Internship Program on Tuesday. The program, which has lasted for more than 20 years now, picks kids nominated by local community … Read More →
Award-winning Brooklyn writer Helen Phillips will soon release “The Beautiful Bureaucrat” (Henry Holt; on sale Aug. 11) — a book that traces the story of Josephine, a newly married young woman who is relieved to finally have a job after a long period of unemployment and a string of bad luck. In a windowless building … Read More →
A public hearing on the proposed 31- and 15-story residential towers at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be held this Thursday, July 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. at St. Francis College, Founders Hall, 180 Remsen Street. The addition of the two towers has galvanized intense opposition from groups including the Brooklyn Heights Association, … Read More →
A preservationist group fighting to preserve the view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is headed back to court with what it says is new evidence revealing Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. (BBPC) and developer Toll Brothers “misled the public” about the height of the Pierhouse hotel/condo complex at Pier 1 in Brooklyn … Read More →
The Rev. Franklin Goldthwaite Sherrill II, rector emeritus of Grace Church-Brooklyn Heights died on Sunday. He was 87 years old and was a resident of Moultonborough, N.H. Sherrill’s death was announced to the Brooklyn community in a special notice from the current rector, the Rev. Stephen D. Muncie, on Sunday evening. Fondly known to this … Read More →
Christina McDowell was born Christina Prousalis. After her father, Tom Prousalis, was arrested and imprisoned in the wake of the conviction of Jordan Belfort (the “Wolf of Wall Street”) she had to change her name to be legally extricated from the trail of chaos that followed. McDowell has penned a memoir, “After Perfect” (Gallery Books), which … Read More →
On Thursday, a Brooklyn judge signed an order finalizing the State University of New York’s (SUNY) sale of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to developer Fortis Property Group. The approval, after years of litigation and community opposition, clears the way for the development of the former hospital site in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The site includes … Read More →