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Cobble Hill Charter School – “Meh?”

By on November 3, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Education

The NY Daily News reports on all that fuss around a charter school in Cobble Hill:

NY Daily News:  Success Charter Network CEO Eva Moskowitz‘s plan to bring a new charter school to Brownstone Brooklyn is getting mixed reviews.

In recent weeks, Moskowitz has been pitching Success Academy Cobble Hill to the booming population of young families in Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Carroll Gardens using a slew of community meetings and flyers.

Network officials last night handed out flyers at the annual Halloween parade in Cobble Hill Park.

But the former councilwoman isn’t always getting the warm reception she wants for what would be SCN’s second school in an upper-middle class neighborhood.

An initial meeting held last week at a house on Bergen Street was filled with 18 receptive parents who wanted to learn more about the proposed school.

“You’ve got a lot of schools here that aren’t working for a lot of families,” Moskowitz told the group last Wednesday night. “We see our schools as identifying talent and nurturing that talent.”

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Terror from the PJs?: Cobble Hill Man Jumped by “Boo Crew”

By on October 25, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Crime

Just one day after the NY Times wrote a veritable kumbaya story about how Warren Street (between Bond and Nevins) continues to thrive and grow in that shadow of two housing projects, comes a disturbing story via the Brooklyn Paper.

A Cobble Hill man was walking on Boerum Place towards Bergen Street  and a hoard of local teens.  One of the group accosted him, yelling “Boo”.  The amplitude of the youth’s taunt nearly knocked the victim over.  When he confronted the thug, he was met with a big fat knuckle sandwich: Continue Reading →

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Cobble Hill Couple Featured on Clean House New York

By on October 25, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment

The Style Channel’s Clean House New York features Cobble Hill couple “Josh and Millie” this week. Read more at Brooklyn Heights Blog.

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#Bored to Death Season 3 Episode 3 Open Thread

By on October 24, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment

This week’s episode of Bored to Death has many twists and turns but it will probably go down in history as coining the phrase “baby cocaine”.

One of the episode’s main plotlines begins when Ray (Zach Galifianakis) visits Cobble Hill Park with his son Spencer.

Watch the episode? Comment below!

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Proximity to the PJs Doesn’t Hurt Boerum Hill Block

By on October 24, 2011 in Real Estate

The New York Times looks at one Boerum Hill block that seems to defy real estate market trends:

NY Times: Warren Street between Bond and Nevins offers many of the things well-off buyers seek in brownstone Brooklyn: a pastoral, leafy feel; long rows of 19th-century town houses; proximity to transportation and charming little restaurants; young families on the block.

But the block also has something that those buyers have traditionally seemed to avoid: two large public housing projects that stand tall at either end, to many New Yorkers enduring symbols of danger, social dysfunction and blight. The map showing the neighborhood on the Web site of the Boerum Hill Association — a group dedicated to preserving and enhancing “the unique qualities of our neighborhood” — includes Warren Street but runs up and around to Wyckoff at points to cut the projects out.

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Ryoko Returning to Brooklyn Tattoo

By on October 20, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment

This just in from our pals at Brooklyn Tattoo [99 Smith Street]:

Our prodigal daughter Ryoko is coming back to NY from her travels in Europe. She is only here from the middle of Dec to the beginning of Jan, so if you are looking to finish something, add, or get something new,check with us quick, she is sure to book up quickly.

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Find Out Why You Should Never Date a Smiths Fan, Friday at Book Court

By on October 20, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment

Former MTV music maven (and Homer’s pal) Courtney E. Smith will be discussing her book Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time tomorrow (10/21), 7PM,  at Book Court [163 Court Street].

Smith’s book gives some solid advice to young female music fans just discovering music beyond Miley Cyrus.  Ironically, Smith warns her audience to steer clear of dating fans of… The Smiths saying Continue Reading →

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Recycling Event at P.S. 29 Sunday 10/23

By on October 18, 2011 in Events

This Sunday (10/23), the Cobble Hill Association will hold a recycling event at P.S. 29: Continue Reading →

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Researching Your Home’s History; Cobble Hill Association Starting Wiki

By on October 18, 2011 in History

CHB pal/historian Francis Morrone spoke last night at a Cobble Hill Association event informing residents on how to research their home and their neighborhood’s history.

Residents were also urged to begin contributing to the Cobble Hill wiki site to add their own facts about the area. Continue Reading →

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Enjoy Franco/American Arts This Weekend

By on October 18, 2011 in Events


This just in from the folks at Wall and Bridges about their cool French flavored event this weekend: Continue Reading →

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