Cobble Hill Blog

In case you were curious, Norah Jones now has three windows on the side of her townhouse on Amity Street. Four more to go to make the seven (reduced from her original request for ten).

On Monday, City Council voted to ban security gates that completely shield commercial storefront windows and doors from view (as in the left photo above). The only roll-down gates that are permitted are the type that allow passers-by to see inside store windows (as in the right photo above). Luckily, all businesses affected - including [...]

The Daily News spoke to Brooklyn small business owners who were left with no choice but to vacate the their space due to inflated rents. Mentioned in the article are Kyung Dong Oh and his wife Kyung Ja Oh, who closed the doors to their Cobble Hill dry cleaners for good in March of last [...]

Following last week’s seizure of Tasti D Lite on Court Street, there’s now a large sign in the window that says “Closed, Thank you for your patronage.” Well, there go the two fully-punched cards I have waiting to be traded in for free medium-sized frozen confections. I’d like a self-serve fro-yo place take over the [...]

The Landmarks Preservations Committee will not reconsider their approval of Norah Jones’ window installment, despite complaints from neighbors that the windows are inconsistent with the building’s architecture and the demand for a public hearing.
YourNabe: Commission spokesperson Lisi de Bourbon told this paper Wednesday that there are no plans to hold a hearing on the Amity [...]

Norah Jones obtained approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to install ten windows to a windowless brick wall of her brownstone on Amity Street, which has the Cobble Hill Association furious, as they claim that the windows are inconsistent with the building’s 19th-century, Greek revival architecture. The CHA insists that a decision of this caliber should have [...]

This past weekend, the New York Times Real Estate section featured an article on living in Boerum Hill: the history, the shopping, the schools, and the cost. There’s very little (if any?) negatives about he area mentioned, so the article really just serves to bolster the neighborhood’s reputation as one where purchasing is becoming more [...]

Enrollment at Brooklyn Friends School is at an all-time high, leading the school to look for a new location for their preschool and lower school building outside of their current Pearl Street campus in Downtown Brooklyn. A site being considered at the corner of State and Hoyt Streets has angered a local homeowners group called ”Keep [...]