From Vittles Vamp:
Word on Smith Street is that Flatiron Lounge cocktail maven Julie Reiner is planning on opening up a new mixology hot spot in the hipster heart of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
Archive | October, 2007
Vittles Vamp: B’Hill Booze Getting Upgrade?
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Riders to B63 – You Suck!
The Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives have given the B63 bus a “Pokey Award” for being the slowest bus line in Brooklyn. Way to go!
Flickr photo by c-weiss
CHA Meets with Special Guest
Brooklyn Eagle: Community boards and their continued relevance in the era of 311 were the topics of the General Membership Meeting of the Cobble Hill Association, held at Long Island College Hospital on Oct. 29. But before an introduction to Community Board 6’s new chairperson, Richard S. Bashner, and a talk by, and question-and-answer [...]
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Michelle Williams Buggin’ Out of Boerum Hill?
Page Six reports today that Michelle Williams is about to bolt the Boerum Hill brownstone she shared with Heath Ledger. (The paper refers to their nabe as Cobble Hill… ah semantics!):
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Carroll Gardens’ Nick Monte Dies
Nick Monte was from Carroll Gardens and swam in the St. George Hotel’s saltwater pool when he was kid. He grew up to revamp Gurney’s in Montauk and make it one of the best oceanside resorts in the county:
New York Times: Nick Monte Dies at 90: Mr. Monte bought the inn for $200,000 in 1956 [...]
Open Thread Weekend
Here’s an open thread to talkback to us about anything you like including:
Buying a building with tenants
Ellis G – Hero or villain?
DeBlasio flip flop on Walentas
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NY Times: Pesky Tenants Can Slow Sales
The NY Times has a story today about how buildings that come with rent controlled or rent stabilized tenants can be hard to sell or a bargain depending on how you look at it:
NY Times: When the Price Inclues Tenants: But prospective buyers apparently did not see such opportunities in a three-family, four-story brick town [...]
“Outlaw” Artist Nabbed by Cops
The Brooklyn Paper reports on Cobble Hill’s “outlaw” artist Ellis G and his recent run in with the law:
Brooklyn Paper: Second Chalker Nabbed by Cops: The city’s crackdown on sidewalk chalk “vandals†is officially out of control! It was bad enough when the Sanitation Department threatened the parents of a 6-year-old Park Slope girl with [...]
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Cobble Hill’s $8.75 Million Townhouse
Brownstoner reports on a townhouse for sale in the nabe for $8.75 million. It over looks Verandah Park:
Brownstoner: House of the Day:Â Holy Moly! This has got to be the nicest house on the market right now. It’s a 25-foot-wide Greek Revival house overlooking Verandah Park in Cobble Hill with a stand-alone carriage house in [...]
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