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Brooklyn Daily: Saturday, Sep. 30, 2006

Brooklyn nabes to state: Scrap Yards study

Web exclusive

By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: Just hours before the close of the public comment period for the Atlantic Yards draft environmental impact statement, leaders of 28 Brooklyn neighborhood groups went to the Manhattan headquarters of the Empire State Development Corporation and demanded the state agency scrap its flawed DEIS of Bruce Ratner’s $4.2-billion mega-project. Comment.

Lesbians moving out of ‘Dyke Slope’

By Ariella Cohen
As the Park Slope mommies, daddies and Bugaboos multiply, a fringe group that once dominated a piece of the neighborhood has taken itself back to the fringe. Comments (1).

Our invitation to Ratner

Editorial: We ran into Forest City Ratner Vice President Bruce Bender in front of Park Slope’s PS 321 the other day. We’ve known Bender for a long time and we like talking with him — even though he goes to town on us like we were a Peter Luger porterhouse. Comment.

Fourth Avenue on the rise

By Ariella Cohen

Yassky axes archaic laws

By Dana Rubinstein
It his first major act since losing the race for Congress, City Councilman David Yassky (D-Park Slope) is taking aim at so-called “ludicrous” laws, which prohibit such “crimes” as washing laundry after midnight or hosing the crud off sidewalks in the morning. Comment.

The breast is the best

By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: So, it’s okay for mothers to spend billions of dollars a year at Toys “R” Us, but they’re not allowed to breastfeed on the premises — it’s offensive, too sexual and not appropriate for children. Comment.

Vito’s virtual friends

By Dana Rubinstein
If MySpace were a high school, Rep. Vito Fossella (R-Bay Ridge) would be the captain of the football team. That’s how wildly popular the Republican Congressman is on the social networking site. Comment.

Downtown BID-ing for the future

By Ariella Cohen
Downtown plan: A coalition of local property owners wants to clean up a gritty corner of Downtown Brooklyn through the formation of a new business improvement district. Comment.

Vito, Steve on the issues

By Dana Rubinstein
Voters in Bay Ridge are finally going to get the chance to hear from Rep. Vito Fossella and his Democratic challenger Steve Harrison. They’ve agreed to debate four times in the coming weeks — twice in Bay Ridge and twice in Staten Island. Here’s a preview. Comment.

Atlantic Yards Countdown

Atlantic Yards: The Empire State Development Corporation invited Brooklynites to comment on the agency’s draft environmental impact statement for the Atlantic Yards project by the end of the public-comment period on Sept. 29. We asked our readers to send copies of their testimony to newsroom@ brooklynpapers.com. Here is this week’s response. Comment.

Coffee war!

By Gersh Kuntzman
Brooklyn Angle: Talk about a brew-ha-ha. Coffee-and-scone lovers in Park Slope and Cobble Hill — whose caffeine cultures are as different as surfer dudes and stockbrokers — were rocked this month to wake up and smell this coffee: each neighborhood’s best-loved cafe had opened in its rival’s turf. Comment.

Will anti-Yards fight go on?

By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards appears headed for approval later this fall, but opponents say they’ll just take their fight to the courtroom. Here are two legal strategies. Comment.

Cruise bus snub drives them mad

By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: The city’s new cruise ship terminal is starting to cause some rough waves in Red Hook. Comment.

Let’s get it on!

By Dana Rubinstein
They’ve sniped at each other all summer, but now Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) and Democrat Steve Harrison are on a collision course for the first of four debates next week. Comment.

City follows Ratner lead

By Gersh Kuntzman
Atlantic Yards: Just weeks after Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner floated a plan to trim the size of his 8.65-million-square-foot mega-project by 6- to 8 percent, the City Planning Commission rubberstamped that notion on Wednesday. Comment.

A DECADE OF GOOD ’EATS’

By Tina Barry
If your idea of heaven is a vast room where chefs stand side-by-side dishing out great fare, then consider the revolving door of the Brooklyn Marriott your Pearly Gates. Comment.

Bowing to Bruce

By Ariella Cohen and Christie Rizk
Atlantic Yards: Update: See breaking story. Comment.
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