This weekend is detour free on Bridge
This weekend there will be no overnight detours to Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Overnight Detours for Manhattan-Bound Traffic
Fri night/Sat morn (12/11): No closure
Sat night/Sun morn (12/12): No closure
Sun night/Mon morn (12/13): No closure
Mon – Thurs night (12/14 – 12/18): No closure
Brooklyn Heights Residents Unhappy With 40-Story Tower Plans
A developer’s plans to build a 40-story residential tower in Brooklyn Heights is being met by opposition from some local residents, the Brooklyn Paper reports.
An unnamed developer has offered to pay $75 million for part of a land located on Pineapple Walk close to Cadman Plaza West. That site is currently home to 370-unit residential building, and a few commercial buildings. The developer wants to demolish these commercial buildings and erect the new residential building in it’s place.
Historic Brooklyn District Fights Big Development
Areas which have always been known for their distinctive architecture, uniqueness and rich character are slipping away like mountainous terrain after a deluge. And New Yorkers are asking, what are our elected officials in Albany and New York City thinking?
CPN in Brooklyn’s highest Asthma rate, survey reports.
Brooklyn Heights has the highest asthma rate in Brooklyn, along with Sunset Park.
10 ways to help cope with asthma more effectively.
Brooklyn Heights co-op owners weigh developer’s 40-story tower plan on Henry Street
CPN Holiday Fund Committee Kick-Off
Holiday Fund Committee members Paula Pelliccia, Deb Murray with her two daughters and Tami Sheheri with her daughter get ready for the holiday fund collection to benefit our hard working staff! Be on the lookout for their communication.
Brooklyn Neighborhood Issues Event on Dec. 2nd. organized by State Senator Squadron.
Click here to participate:
https://www.nysenate.gov/initiatives/122-brooklyn-neighborhood-issues-town-hall
City Planning Commission Approves Library Project
The Commercial Observer reports that the City Planning Commission has, by a 10-0 vote, approved the deal by which the Brooklyn Public Library would sell the existing Brooklyn Heights Branch to the developer Hudson Companies, which will demolish the existing building (along, alas, with the perhaps less than artistically notable friezes on the facade that your correspondent nevertheless loves) and replace it with a projected 33 story residential and commercial building with a new library at the street and lower level. In the interim, Hudson would rent space at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Henry and Remsen streets, as a temporary location for the Brooklyn Heights Branch.
Helicopter Hearing Finally Set!
Helicopter noise getting you down? Here’s your chance to make your voice heard!
The date of the hearing is Thursday, November 12 at 1:00. A rally will be held beforehand at noon on the steps of City Hall.
-from Roberto Gaultier