Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) says it will vote next Tuesday on a revised plan to develop two residential towers in the park at Pier 6. The city released the tweaked plan on Wednesday. It lowers the number of affordable units (to 100 from 117) and increases the number of market-rate condos and rental units. … Read More →
Since April 13, hundreds of Verizon workers from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union have been on strike in front of the Brooklyn Heights Verizon store at 146 Montague St. For more than three weeks, the protesters have picketed, marched and chanted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the store’s business hours, … Read More →
Despite reports of polling snafus at various sites across Brooklyn, Primary Day voters at 101 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights had no problems casting their votes Tuesday afternoon. One poll worker told the Brooklyn Eagle that she was surprised by how slow it was. “This is as crowded as it’s been all day,” she said, pointing to … Read More →
From Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced today that Mark Baker has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors. Baker succeeds Nancy Bowe who has chaired the Conservancy’s board since 2011. Baker will lead the Conservancy in its ongoing efforts as the lead nonprofit citizens group working in support of the … Read More →
Famed traffic planner and former city official “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz told Brooklyn Paper Radio on Monday that the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s (BQE) half-mile triple cantilever section — which runs between Atlantic Avenue and the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn Heights — is in need of major work. The BQE is a triple cantilever — meaning the Promenade, northbound highway … Read More →
To the Editor: I was startled by the nasty and insinuating tone of the March 24 “Howe’s Brooklyn” column in the Brooklyn Heights Press. The editors seem to have bought into the outrageous and personally motivated campaign, including by current leadership of the Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA), against the Pier 6 housing. To descend to such … Read More →
An editorial that appeared in the Brooklyn Heights Press back in November 2015 says it all. My friends from Brooklyn Heights and I are reprinting those words here, as a reminder that Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrong about Pier 6. Readers seeking other assurances that the Pier 6 plan smells bad can find confirmation … Read More →
The shutdown of the Brooklyn Heights House Tour, which has brought in almost a third of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s (BHA) revenue for more than 30 years, has caught the attention of news outlets including the New York Times. First reported by the Brooklyn Eagle, the abrupt end of a long-time staple of the Heights (officially called the Landmark … Read More →
No, wait — the Watchtower’s Brooklyn Heights headquarters is worth a bundle after all. The office complex at the foot of Columbia Heights with the famous red neon “Watchtower” sign on it is indeed likely to fetch “well over $300 million” when sold, the New York Post is reporting. In a recent story, the newspaper had cited … Read More →