Here is our last installment of 5 Questions with the District 39 Candidates, with Democratic nominee Brad Lander. Don’t forget to vote on this coming Tuesday, November 3rd. Continue Reading →
Archive | October, 2009
5 Questions with Brad Lander
Kane Street pumpkin lineup
Photo from Brownstoner.
That’s a whole bunch of pumpkins! And who knew they could atrophy?
Brownstoner: It’s time for what’s become an annual Cobble Hill tradition: the great Kane Street pumpkin line-up. Every year (except one) since 1998, local artist Jane Greengold along with home owner Chip Gray have carved 100 or so pumpkins to line the fence of 176 Kane Street at the corner of Strong Place in Cobble Hill. They’re lit on Halloween night and then left their to atrophy and die. As the tipster who sent this in wrote, “It’s a very temporary, very local work of public art.”
Carroll Gardens rezoning approved
The City Council voted 48-0 yesterday to approve a rezoning plan for Carroll Gardens. Led by the Department of City Planning, the rezoning aims to protect the row house character of the neighborhood by introducing a contextual zoning district with height limits of 50 feet, and 70 feet where those heights already exist. Continue Reading →
Halloween Funtivities
Check out these fun Halloween events going on tomorrow and on the big day, Saturday, October 31. Continue Reading →
F train weekend shuttles take a break
…for now. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the track work that has required the complete shut down of the line has been reduced for the winter. But it’s too soon to celebrate: the work that’s being done is part of a project that will continue over the next 2-3 years.
The $250-million Culver Viaduct construction project, which is the true source for all the weekend inconvenience, is far from over. The project will have F trains on the fritz between the Carroll Gardens and Fourth Avenue Stations until at least 2012.
That work is expected to help the notoriously poor F train at least achieve parity with the rest of the system. State Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn Heights) received so many complaints about the line earlier this year that he got the MTA to conduct an in-depth analysis and commit to improving the little engine that can’t.
Squadron said that riders should start seeing improvements in November, and more significant improvements beginning next year
Henry Public is Paper’s bar of the week
Photo, Paper magazine.
Henry Public is Paper Magazine’s bar of the week. If you haven’t seen it for yourself yet, check out the piece for some good shots of the interior.
Outfitted in the old-timey goodness we know all too well, Henry Public, from the owners of Brooklyn Social, brings saloon style and mixology to Cobble Hill. Gleaming white enameled wall panels, sourced from an old butcher shop upstate, were the starting point for the gastropub’s antiqued-out decor, upon which were layered various decades, some neighborhood-specific history, and a little FDR just because. A former TV repair shop, the space is fully transformed with a zinc-topped walnut bar and cozy booths in the front room, and vintage-reproduction greyhound wallpaper dotted with portraits celebrating old school locals (Walt Whitman, Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass) in the back. With the exception of the Eagle’s Dream ($10)–a milky-looking, frothy concoction with a tinge of lemon and creme de violette–the cocktail list is full of original recipes. Some are inventive takes on old favorites, like the Brooklyn Ferry ($11) which throws a little absinthe into the Manhattan mix. Others, like the Patience ($11), echoing the chill of autumn air with the crisp bite of fennel and champagne with brandy, take a cue from the season. You’ll find the predictable grass-fed Pat La Frieda “hamburger sandwich” ($13) on offer here, but instead branch out with the excellent turkey leg sandwich ($12) and an order of the delicately sweet Wilkinsons ($9). Attentive service and upbeat music that’ll having you tapping a foot round out the cozy, inviting vibe that has already made Henry Public a neighborhood favorite.
5 Questions with David Pechefsky
Our 5 Questions with the District 39 candidates continues, today featuring Green Party candidate David Pechefsky. Continue Reading →
Accessible interior design on Atlantic Avenue
The Daily News features a Designer Showcase piece on B. Moore, an interior designer who prides herself on putting her clients’ wishes before her own style, and has developed low-priced programs to make her services more accessible. Barbara Moore, the interior designer behind the company name, has her showroom and office space at 385 Atlantic Avenue, a building she’s owned for four years and renovated to open her showroom last fall.
Her easy, elegant ways are as much about her as the spaces she designs. For $500, she and her staff will come to your Brooklyn house (it’s $750 in Manhattan or Queens) for two hours to answer questions, walk through the space, suggest room layouts, assess furnishings and accessories, and define specific design needs.
“It’s really whatever the person wants,” says Moore. “It can be about color, antiques, about not knowing what to keep or get rid of, or scale of objects. That’s a big reason people need interior help. Scale, or the size of objects, can make or break a room.”
If customers like what they hear, Moore can design their home one room at a time, working within most budgets.
5 Questions with Joe Nardiello
With election day only a week a day, we provided a chance for the three candidates for the District 39 City Council seat to answer the same 5 questions. Today, we’ll start with Joe Nardiello, the Republican nominee. Continue Reading →
McCord-Van Kempens to Brooklyn: Take Your Man to the Doctor!
Nabe residents Alex McCord and Simon Van Kempen of Real Housewives of New York City joined Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at Borough Hall this afternoon to urge citizens to “Take Your Man to the Doctor”. Read more at Brooklyn Heights Blog.
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