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Come See Inside Brooklyn’s “Big House”

By on January 27, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Crime, Events, Real Estate

Admit it: you’ve long itched to take a tour inside that magnificent building at 275 Atlantic Avenue, between Boerum Place and Smith Street. Well, now you can do it next Saturday, February 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and it’s absolutely free. The good news is brought to us by Community Board 2:

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) invites the community to attend an open house at the Brooklyn Detention Complex, more commonly known at the Brooklyn House of Detention or the “House of D’.”
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Cobble Hill Charter School Battle

By on December 14, 2011 in Cobble Hill, Education, Government

The battle over the issue of Charter Schools in NYC, has opened a new front in a proposal to create a school run by the the Success Academy in Cobble Hill.  The decision to accept the proposal is the subject of a hearing tonight, as reported by the NY Daily News and the New York Times.   Controversially, the hearing will be held in Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens.  Adding further controversy, proposed charter school will be sharing a location with both Brooklyn School for Global Studies and the School for International Studies 284 Baltic Street.   Is this a good idea for parents, children, and the neighborhood?

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P.S. 29 on List of Schools With Hazardous PCB Laden Lighting Fixtures

By on December 7, 2011 in Education, Health, News

We’ve received word from the office of Congressman Jerrold Nadler that P.S. 29 is on the list of schools, compiled by the City’s School Construction Authority, that have old lighting fixtures containing polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. These are carcinogens, and are considered especially hazardous to pregnant women. According to Dr. Maida Galvez, Director of the EPA Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, “The bottom line is that there’s no safe level of [PCB] exposure in pregnancy, period.” There’s more information here.

Next Monday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m., Congressman Nadler, along with representatives of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, NARAL, Planned Parenthood NYC and others, will assemble on the steps of City Hall to demand action to relieve this hazard to public health. For more information, contact kterenzi@NYLPI.org

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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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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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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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P.S. 29 Outcast – Providence Hogan

By on October 10, 2011 in Crime, Education, parenting

In an NYTimes article entitled, “The Outcast of Brownstone Brooklyn” a detailed examination of the negotiations concerning restitution in the now notorious PS 29 embezzlement scandal is provided.

Putting aside Ms. Providence Hogan’s admission to stealing $100,000 from the PS 29 PTA  to pay for rent, for her home and business, as well as fertility treatments, the question remains, when and if restitution will occur.  Alternatively, should she go to jail?  What do you think? Continue Reading →

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Time Running Out for AOL’s Patch?

By on October 7, 2011 in News

Hyperlocal sites like ours, South Brooklyn Post, Bococaland and Pardon Me for Asking run on passion of its editors and advertising from local businesses.  AOL’s Patch has attempted to tap into this market with mixed results at best.  Now word comes that site editors have reportedly had their budgets for freelance writers – the lifesblood of a true hyperlocal effort – cut drastically.

Today, respected techblog Gigaom asks – How long can AOL stay committed to Patch? Continue Reading →

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