From Brooklyn Heights Blog: This dispatch in from a BHB reader: As of tonight ambulances are not allowed to bring patients to LICH – the hospital is on permanent diversion. Is it closing? While there’s no word on whether LICH is closing, sources confirm to BHB that SUNY has instructed EMT to not send patients [...]
Cobble Hill Resident’s Petition To Save Pacific Green Gourmet Tops 700 Signatures
Cobble Hill resident Carl Foner’s Change.org petition asking J. Crew not to displace the Pacific Green Gourmet store at 151 Court Street has now reached over 700 signatures. He’s now launched a companion Facebook page to spread the work and to garner support.
Lululemon Opens in Cobble Hill
Yoga pants monger Lululemon opened Friday (6/14) at 166 Smith Street. Folks on the Twitter seemed excited about the store as well as snacks (from purveyors such as Ted and Honey and Van Leeuwen) available at the celebration.
BookCourt Gets A Bar
Who said the book business is dead? BookCourt, according to reports, will soon be adding a bar:
Fundraiser to Save LICH Tomorrow Evening
Concerned Physicians of Long Island College Hospital are hosting their first “Atlantic Frantic Fundraiser” with food, drinks, and entertainment tomorrow (Friday, June 14) from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 320 Atlantic Avenue (between Smith and Hoyt streets). The suggested minimum donation at the door is $50. Proceeds will fund the Concerned Physicians’ legal challenge to [...]
The Eva Peron Cocktail Or Don’t Cry For Me, Krescendo
Krescendo on Atlantic Avenue is know for its great pizza and celebrity ex-chef Elizabeth Falkner. But another one of its founders is a well known and respected mixologist:
The NY Times Reports On Beastie Boy Mike D’s Cobble Hill Home And Twitter Has Something To Say
Beastie Boy Mike D has a pretty nice place in Cobble Hill. The NY Times interviews the music icon and his filmmaker wife Tamra Davis – who does an online cooking show – about life in the area. One thing mentioned in passing in a photo caption , the “Brooklyn Toile” Flavor Paper the Beastie [...]
Contact Cuomo to Save LICH
The Brooklyn Heights Association urges us all to write, call, or e-mail (or all three) Governor Cuomo asking his help to save Long Island College Hospital. While acknowledging that there are allegedly seven suitors possibly interested in buying LICH, nevertheless: SUNY Downstate has failed to turn over the LICH financial records parties have requested. Moreover, [...]
Japan Coast Guard Training Ship Kojima Visits Brooklyn
The Japan Coast Guard training vessel Kojima (PL 21) is moored at Pier 7, near Atlantic Avenue and Columbia Street. Your correspondent got this photo this morning from Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park. I’ve found no indication on the web of how long she’ll be here, but she spent Tuesday through Saturday at her last [...]
Cobble Hill Blog Open Thread Wednesday 6/12/13
Let’s get the party started — what’s on your mind? Something to plug? A burning issue got you bugged? Comment away!
Lululemon Opens In Cobble Hill This Friday
Sure Lululemon may have just lost its CEO, sending its stock plummeting as we speak but come this Friday (6/14) Cobble Hill will be blessed with one of its stores at the spanking new 166 Smith Street. Have no fear, those transparent yoga pants are so totally not available anymore. Here’s the full rundown from [...]
Cobble Hill Filmmaker Launches Documentary “Mettle” About Those Who Earn A Living Collecting Cans
Cobble Hill resident Andy Arrow recently completed a documentary called ‘Mettle‘, about people who earn their living by collecting recyclables, and how they are “cited, or even arrested, for picking up trash from the sidewalk.” Arrow has a Kickstarter campaign underway to “raise awareness and to fund a premiere event.” In the trailer above, our [...]
Cobble Hill Man Starts Petition To Save Pacific Green And To Stop J. Crew
Last week, Cobble Hill resident Carl Foner commented here that he’s started a petition to save Court Street’s Pacific Green Market [151 Court Street] from being replaced by a J. Crew store. The building’s landlord has agreed to let the retailer move in early next year. At the same time, the market has offered to [...]
Only Children Get Spotlight at Book Court
As a companion to Frank Bruni’s recent article on The Gift of Siblings comes One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One. The author, Lauren Sandler, is an only child, and herself the mother of one. She’ll be appearing at Book Court at 7 pm tomorrow (June [...]
Don’t Freak Out: The Long Island Restaurant Sign Is Being Cleaned
CHB pal and neighborhood racounteur EJ Cory tweeted Saturday morning that the Long Island Restaurant’s iconic neon sign had disappeared from the corner of Atlantic and Henry. Don’t fear friends. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the sign will return soon: Brooklyn Paper: Permits on the building say the sign was removed so it could be [...]
So It Begins: Work Starts On The Townhouses Of Cobble Hill
BuzzBuzzHome reports scaffolding is up and work has begun on the Townhouses of Cobble Hill at 110-126 Congress Street:
Seven Suitors For LICH?
The Daily News quotes State Senator Marty Golden as saying SUNY Downstate indicated there are seven potential buyers interested in Long Island College Hospital. SUNY won’t identify them, or confirm the number, although it does say they’re “all in the health business — not in real estate.” The News story darkly hints that this is [...]
J. Crew THIS — Pacific Green Determined To Fight The Power
The Real Deal reports that the owners of the Pacific Green Market at 151 Court Street have offered to match the reported $520K annual rent that J. Crew is ponying up to move into the space early next year.
CHA: Hicks Street Neckdowns Are Here
The Cobble Hill Association reports that the DOT’s “Northbound Traffic Calming” plan for Hicks Street has materialized in the form of neckdowns:
London’s Bike Share Chief Says Negativity Will Go Away, While Some Challenges Won’t
London’s Bike Share czar, Nick Aldworth, has some advice for New Yorkers on both sides of the Citi Bike Share scheme. Streetsblog reports on Animal New York’s interview:
Krescendo Announces New Chef Replacing Elizabeth Falkner
Last month, Krescendo’s Chef Elizabeth Falkner announced she was leaving the Boerum Hill eatery. Today, Eater reports that a successor has been named:
It’s Official: J. Crew Is Court Street Bound
Racked picks up a WWD report confirming that, as previously rumored, J. Crew will be moving into the Pacific Green location at 151 Court Street. RELATED: Tale Of The Tweets: Cobble Hill Freaks Out Over J. Crew Both Ways The clothier is expected in open shop in Cobble Hill early next year and has reportedly [...]
The Rebirth (And Now ‘Mystery’) Of 374 Pacific Street
In 2010 five neighbors of Bruce Marlow’s brownstone at 374 Pacific Street received $1 million dollars to compensate for the owner’s long term neglect of the property. Now, Curbed reports that the building, which was purchased at auction for a little over $1.3 million, is on the block for $7.9 million. One interesting issue – [...]
Tale Of The Tweets: Cobble Hill Freaks Out Over J. Crew Both Ways
When news broke over the weekend that Court Street’s Pacific Green may soon be nudged out by preppie clothing store J. Crew, locals took to Twitter to express their joy or disgust. Behold their joy and/or their rage:
Racked: Drybar May Be Coming To Cobble Hill
Drybar, the blowout only salon, may be coming to Cobble Hill. Well, that’s if you believe the owner’s tweet and this post on Racked. And, hey, why wouldn’t you? RELATED: Cobble Hill Freaks Out Both Ways Over J. Crew Racked: Yesterday, Twitter went a little crazy with the news that J.Crew is coming to Cobble [...]
Cobble Hill’s Werner Cohn Featured On Streetsblog
We’ve been a fan of Werner Cohn for years here at CHB, mostly due to his BQE Watch blog which for a couple of years dutifully chronicled accidents on the highway near Atlantic Avenue. Over the weekend, Brooklyn Spoke tweeted a photo of Cohn, 87, picking up a Citi Bike at the docking station on [...]
Cobble Hill Association Scores Win For Pedestrians
This dispatch just in from the Cobble Hill Association about a new traffic signal coming to the neighborhood:
An Atheist in the FOXhole Tonight at Book Court
Tonight at Book Court The “Fox Mole”—whose dispatches for Gawker made headlines in Businessweek, The Hollywood Reporter, and even on The New York Times website—delivers a funny, opinionated memoir of his eight years at the unfair, unbalanced Fox News Channel working as an associate producer for Bill O’Reilly. Here’s a Tweet from the appearance: Full [...]
Pedal To The Meddle: NY Daily News Piles On Citi Bike Share Hate Train
The New York Daily News reports today on some of the hiccups users experienced this weekend as the Citi Bike Share program opened up to all users on Sunday. A few folks mentioned are from our neck of the woods: NYDN: But some of the new blue cycles were already missing pedals. One broken bike [...]
Why Krescendo’s Chef Elizabeth Falkner Turned To Pizza And Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue’s Krescendo opened by Chef Elizabeth Falkner and two partners earlier this year has already worked its way onto the Top 10 lists of many pizza lovers. But what led to the formerly San Francisco based celeb chef’s relocation and refocus before announcing her departure last month? Bay area blog 7x7SF provides some insight in a recent Q&A:
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