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Carroll Gardens archive

Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Hot Smith property

Boerum Hill: Talk about a fixer-upper! This sealed-up building on a hot Smith Street corner will someday be more than just a dead zone, thanks to a just-announced plan by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to sell it to the highest bidder. Comment.

Give it up

Carroll Gardens: Two men mugged a woman on Degraw Street. Plus all the other crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.

No end to BQE crashes in sight

Cobble Hill: The state has no plans to improve a dangerous entrance to the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway despite an accident rate that’s six times higher than average, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. Comments (2).

Hare today — and tomorrow?

Carroll Gardens: A Carroll Gardens church is reviving a secular Holy Week tradition — a visit from the Easter bunny — after a one-year hiatus. Comment.

All drawn out

Cartoon: The Red Hook food vendors are saved – and Sen. Chuck Schumer, a supporter, is overjoyed! Comment.

The Red Hook vendors are back!

Red Hook: The famed food Latino vendors will return to Red Hook Park this spring, ending months of indigestion caused when the Parks Department invited outside operators to bid on the decades-old taco, empanada and papusa destination. Comment.