Free Screening of Brooklyn Matters Thursday
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There will be a free screening of Brooklyn Matters on Thursday (5/1), 7:30pm at Cobble Hill Cinema.
Cobble Hill Tree Fund Plant Sale

The Cobble Hill Tree Fund Plant Sale happens this Saturday (5/3, rain date 5/4) at Cobble Hill Park.
There Goes The Neighborhood Pics: Brooklyn Tattoo Party

The fantastic Pontani Sisters performed at Brooklyn Tattoo’s shingdig at Southpaw last Thursday night. The shop was celebrating its move to 99 Smith Street in Cobble Hill from Brooklyn Heights.
Note to Brooklyn Heights Blog Readers
It appears that our hosting company is having a huge outage this weekend and it has hit some of our sites including Brooklyn Heights Blog. For now, CHB seems uneffected.
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Cops Crack Down on Park Curfew

There was a time (we’re told) that quality of life in Cobble Hill meant a nice cold brew, a nice brisket sammich and the Mets on TV. Now it seems it means NO FUN FOR YOU. Or are we just over reacting to this item from the Brooklyn Paper:
Brooklyn Paper: Not a Walk in the Park…: Police swept through Cobble Hill Park at least twice last week, issuing summonses to several people for allegedly violating the park’s curfew.
Neighbors around the park, boxed in by Congress, Clinton, and Henry streets and the mews-like Verandah Place, complained of late-night carousing inside the park, leading to the police crackdown, according to a source in the 76th Precinct.
But one of the people snared in the dragnet said she and her husband were being quiet as mice and should not have been ticketed because their stroll was a victimless crime.
And while you’re at it… watch it with the open containers.
Flickr photo by urch
Farewell Shakespeare’s Sister
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Shakespeare’s Sister [270 Court Street] will be closing on April 30:
Brooklyn Paper: Such Sweet Sorrow: To be or not to be? — a Cobble Hill gift shop and gallery has gone with the latter.
Shakespeare’s Sister is going out of business after 15 years on Court Street.
The fault, dear readers, is not in their stars, but in the economy, said Gina Rosencrantz, an artist who manages the store between Butler and Douglass streets.
Well at least we’ll always have this Shakespeare’s Sister: Continue Reading →
What Do You Want on the Next Season of Housewives?
You’ve watched the finale and the reunion show. Are you ready to see the ladies of Real Housewives of New York City (featuring Cobble Hillbilly Alex McCord) come back for a second season? The show has been renewed and Bravo also plans a Real Housewives of New Jersey as well.
What do you want to see in the next series of RHNYC?
Comment away!
Update: Simon responds to “gay” accusations.
Cobble Hill Crabapples
From 66 Square Feet: This is at the entrance to Cobble Hill Park. Impeccably smooth, full, rounded blossoms on a curvaceously rounded tree. The Kate Winslet of trees.
Brooklyn Tattoo – Welcome to the Neighborhood Bash

CHB pals/Brooklyn Tattoo owners Willie Paredes and Adam Suerte are hosting a “There Goes the Neighborhood” bash this Thursday night at South Paw to celebrate the relocation of their business to Cobble Hill [99 Smith Street]. The show will feature both of Willie’s bands — Michael Pitt’s Pagoda and Activator.
Proceeds will go to the Studios in Schools program at P.S. 15 in Red Hook, where Adam’s mom once taught.
Official invite after the jump… Continue Reading →
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