Cobble Hill Blog

Seems like the karma train is pulling into McVanCordKempen station this week. Remember when McCord said that P.S. 29 (is that the public school in question here?) was their like 15th choice of school for lil Francois? Page Six (thanks KD for the tip) has a juicy tidbit about the reality star’s attempt at contrition:

NY Post: Page Six: Meanwhile, Alex McCord, the social-climbing wife of hotel manager Simon, got into hot water with the parents of her son Francois‘ public school in Brooklyn - and sent them all an apology letter for insensitive remarks she made on the show.

McCord was seen on air complaining that Francois didn’t get into their 12th or even 13th choice of school, offending parents of the Cobble Hill school where he eventually ended up. “It’s a great school” with “a strong PTA,” said one parent.

McCord told us, “We did send out a clarification letter - not an apology. We noticed that parents were jumping on a rumor mill and not coming to us for clarification, so we just wrote down a short note saying, ‘Hey this is what’s going on.’ The response was 100 percent positive.”

So, P.S. 29 parents — what did the letter say?

Flickr photo by dinelleworlddomination

Outgoing CHA President Murray Adams discusses many things with the Brookly Eagle today including the Cobble Hill trench:

Brooklyn Eagle: Q. As a longtime resident and community leader what is your view on “the trench or the ditch”? Should it be covered over?
A. The Cobble Hill Association has been very involved with the “Fix the Ditch” movement and I was pleased that Nydia [Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez] was able to secure $1 million funding for further studies. However, I am not sure anyone is using the funds. The Mayor’s recent PlaNYC called for covering it over and putting a lot more housing there. Maybe that much high-rise housing would be too dense. Anyway, you should speak with Frank Manzione who has some good solutions as well.

Flickr photo by mr. seymour

CB6 met last night and spent most of their time listening to whiners whine about what a nuissance Union Hall is to them. This only proves one thing to folks in Cobble Hill — Park Slope is full of wussies. Read more »

Eater reports that Chicory [243 Degraw Street] has closed: Read more »