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Mulchfest 2012 – January 7 & 8

By on December 28, 2011 in Events

This just in from the Cobble Hill Tree Fund:

Neighborhood HOLIDAY TREE RECYCLING

In Cooperation with Mulchfest 2012 by City of New York/ Parks and Recreation Department

Saturday, January 7 and Sunday, January 8, 2012

Drop off your Holiday trees at the location below.

Wreaths and garlands cannot be accepted. Please remove lights and decorations.  No artificial trees!

Location: Cobble Hill Park: Clinton and Verandah Place

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

MULCH BAGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WISHING TO TAKE MULCH FOR THEIR GARDENS OR TREE PITS.

Trees will not be accepted after the scheduled times.

Sponsored by:

Cobble Hill Tree Fund ,  Cobble Hill Association,  Friends of Cobble Hill Park, and  Boy Scout Troops 213 & 815

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Ames Racks Up $1600 Bar Tab During Brooklyn Inn Wake for Bored to Death

By on December 24, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents

The NY Post reports on the huge bar tab author/Bored to Death creator/Boerum Hill resident Jonathan Ames racked up during Thursday’s farewell wake/shiva for the cancelled HBO show:

NY Post: “Bored to Death” creator Jonathan Ames racked up a $1,600 bar tab by throwing a boozy wake for his canceled HBO show Wednesday. “Welcome to the premiere — I mean, the funeral,” Ames told one of many well-wishers who packed Boerum Hill’s Brooklyn Inn after he tweeted followers to come “at 10pm & i’ll buy you a drink!” The turnout surprised Ames. “I was not expecting this. I’m gonna lose a lot of money,” he joked, adding, “Everyone gets one drink. Don’t abuse the privilege.” The writer earlier treated the show’s crew to brews at nearby 61 Local. Borough President Marty Markowitz called during the Brooklyn Inn bash to say he wanted pictures for his newsletter. A flack said Markowitz and his wife were “huge fans” and “very disappointed and angry” the show was scrapped. Ames ambled out at 1:30 a.m. in search of an ATM: Like many Brooklyn hotspots, the Inn is cash-only. Stars John Hodgman and Heather Burns were on the scene. Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis were in LA.

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Brooklyn Paper on Sadie’s Kitchen but is it in Cobble Hill or Carroll Gardens?

By on December 7, 2011 in Cobble Hill

Pink dot is Sadies, area in green is Cobble Hill, red Carroll Gardens

The Brooklyn Paper writes about the newly opened Sadie’s Kitchen at 243 Degraw Street.  The paper does create some “confusion” in that it identifies the establishment as being in both Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.

Using our nifty color coded Cobble Hill or not Cobble Hill map, we’ve determined that Sadies is, in fact, in Cobble Hill.  Thus making the Brooklyn Paper half right (insert snarky comment here). Continue Reading →

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Carroll Gardens Holiday Tree Lighting Friday 12/9

By on December 7, 2011 in Carroll Gardens, Events

This just in from the Carroll Gardens Association:

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa, come join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season at the 5th Annual Columbia Waterfront District Tree Lighting Event. The festivities start at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at the Human Compass Garden, located at the corner of Sackett and Columbia Streets. This year’s event will feature live Holiday Jazz Music by the Less Magnetic Band and an assortment of free refreshments from local restaurants and businesses.  Santa Claus will also spread more cheer by handing out toys to children at the event.

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Curbed Gives Flavor Paper National Props

By on December 2, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Fashion

The national edition of Curbed takes a look at Cobble Hill’s Flavor Paper.  While we don’t heart being called the “hinterlands” it’s great to see a local business get a big look like this: Continue Reading →

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CHA Prexy Says Dumping of BQE Reno Plan is “Pathetic”

By on December 1, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Government

The NYS Department of Transportation trashed plans for a $280 renovation of a portion of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway this week.  That announcement has community leaders here fuming.

“We were told by the state that the BQE was in danger of collapsing in the 80s,” CHA President Roy Sloane tells 1010 WINS. “It’s also pathetic that they put all these years and effort in, spent money on all sorts of designs and are now dropping it.”

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The Only Success at Proposed Cobble Hill Charter School – Overcrowding?

By on November 30, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Education

The proposed charter school at 284 Baltic Street could end up being an overcrowded mess according to opinions expressed at a public meeting held Tuesday night.  Earlier this week NY Assemblymember Joan Millman came out against the plan. Continue Reading →

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Eat Pie and Shop for P.S. 29 on December 4

By on November 17, 2011 in Events

Eat, PIe and Shop returns to P.S. 29 on December 4. Read the presser after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Cobble Hill Singer-Songwriter Moves on Up to… Boerum Hill

By on November 3, 2011 in Celebrity Residents, Real Estate

The NY Post talks apartment hunting with singer-songwriter Caithlin De Marrais (of Rainer Maria fame) who recently moved to Boerum Hill: Continue Reading →

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#OccupyWallStreet Feasts Cooked in Boerum Hill

By on November 3, 2011 in Food, Hipsters

The Brooklyn Ink reports on where the Occupy Wall Street protesters are getting some of their meals:

Brooklyn Ink: Food for Occupiers in Zuccotti Park is being cooked in Boerum Hill and East New York, shipped to Lower Manhattan in donated vans and, occasionally, yellow taxi cabs.

The amount of food required to meet demand has reached a peak since the protests began in mid-September, Chef Eric Smith said. The voluntary kitchen staff, constantly shuttling food in from Brooklyn, is now preparing three meals a day for nearly 2,000 people.

Sean Dolan, chief cook at the protest, says one problem organizers face is an inability to “discriminate” between protestors and freeloaders.

“Rich people can come looking like homeless men, protestors can come in suits,” he explained. “We have to serve everyone.”

 

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