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New Eatery ‘Pok Pok’ Brings Adult Slushies To Columbia Street Waterfront

By on May 3, 2012 in Bars, Columbia Street Waterfront, Hipsters

Imagine the childhood joy of a 7-Eleven slushie with the grown-up bliss of a little compulsory booze amid the concoction. A new restaurant on the Columbia Street waterfront, Pok Pok, run by James Beard award-winning chef Andy Ricker, is serving up the delectable beverages, courtesy of a barrel-shaped rapid-cooling contraption.

“It’s very unique,” manager Ryan Domingo tells the Brooklyn Paper. “People drink beer on ice in Thailand, but not like this.” The machine is reminiscent of those in wine stores that utilize a salt and ice solution around a bottle that chills it to perfection in about 4 minutes. Continue Reading →

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It Won’t be the End of the World

By on November 14, 2011 in Columbia Street Waterfront, News, Red Hook

This in from Notify NYC:

Notification issued 11/14/11 at 12:00 PM. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be testing their Early Warning Sirens at the Brooklyn Piers tomorrow, November 15, 2011 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM. These sirens may also be heard in lower Manhattan. This is only a drill.

The notice doesn’t specify which “Brooklyn Piers,” but we’re presuming they include ones adjacent to Columbia Street and Red Hook.

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BQE Focus of Tonight’s Cobble Hill Association Meeting

By on May 23, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Columbia Street Waterfront, History, Transportation

Tonight’s Cobble Hill Association Annual Meeting, to be held at LICH, Conference Room A (enter at the main entrance, 339 Hicks Street, between Atlantic Avenue and Amity Street) starting at 7:30, will feature presentations on the past–distinguished architectural historian Francis Morrone on the construction of “the ditch” that divides Cobble Hill and the Columbia Street Waterfront–present–an update on plans to reconstruct the triple cantilevered roadway that skirts Brooklyn Heights–and possible future–a look at the BQE Enhancement Study which considers ways to “fix the ditch”–of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The event is free and open to the public.

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Census Data Said to Show Columbia Street Waterfront City’s Gayest District

By on April 24, 2011 in Census data, Columbia Street Waterfront

According to census data, the Columbia Street Waterfront District has the highest percentage, 11%, of gay and lesbian “households” of any in New York City. This compares with 10% for Chelsea and 5% for the West Village.

Crain’s New York Business: [Columbia Street] doesn’t have a single gay bar. Nor do rainbow-hued flags flutter outside the café, the antique shop or any of the other new businesses dotting the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare. And, for the record, there are no plans to move Brooklyn’s annual gay pride parade there from its longtime route along Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue.
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