June 14, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 24
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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick
Kicked out of Eden
Williamsburg: The only way to see a million-dollar sunset in Williamsburg is to own a million-dollar condo — because East River State Park closes before dark. Comments (3).
Two Trees chopped down
Williamsburg: The city hacked away at a developer’s plan to build a hotel near the Williamsburg waterfront on Wednesday, rejecting a proposal for an eight-story inn on North 11th Street. Comment.
Smackdown
Greenpoint: A gang of teenaged hooligans jumped three adolescents as they rode the L train on June 6. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.
Sunday blues
Williamsburg: A young woman fast asleep on Sunday morning in her ground floor room in one of the McKibben Street Lofts, awoke to find that two thugs had snagged some of her valuable loot. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct. Comment.
Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
For sale: Fourth Avenue’s old churches
Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge’s so-called “Faith Avenue” is losing its religion — yes, another church is considering selling to a developer. Comments (1).
Powers is out: Father/son showdown narrowly averted
Bay Ridge: Presumptive Republican congressional candidate Frank Powers dodged a bullet this week after his son, Fran Powers, failed to win the Libertarian Party’s nomination, thus avoiding the prospect of an ugly father-against-son race to succeed disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella. Comment.
A new Key Food?! But locals wish they could just keep their old one
Bay Ridge: While residents of the south part of Bay Ridge watch helpless as their beloved Key Food becomes a Walgreens drug store, a new Key Food is coming to the north part of Bay Ridge. Comment.
Coffee break
Bay Ridge: More than $40,000 worth of electronics was stolen from a deliveryman’s van while he was grabbing a cup of joe on 73rd Street on June 3. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct. Comment.
Bath break
Bay Ridge: A vicious thief broke into a 17th Avenue apartment, tying up the residents and demanding money on June 5. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct. Comment.
Brooklyn Heights–Downtown
Family jewels
Downtown: Two perps mugged a young couple on June 2 at the corner of Elm and Livingston streets, getting $6,300 in jewelry without a fight. Plus all the other crime from Downtown, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct. Comment.
Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill
Columbia Street wants normalcy
Columbia St Waterfront: After three years of rebuilding Columbia Street, work crews are finally down to the last few blocks — between Atlantic Avenue and Congress Street. But residents complain the city needs to step up street cleaning, restore bus routes and plant parking signs along the main drag. Comments (1).
Green on President Street
Red Hook: A vacant lot on Columbia Street is now the “urban meadow.” Several years in the making, a storefront-sized parcel of land at the corner of Van Brunt and President streets has been transformed into a grassy field dotted with wildflowers and a grove of dogwood trees. Comment.
Docs: LICH prognosis negative
Cobble Hill: Medical staff at Long Island College Hospital say the only way to save their institution’s body is to cut off its head. To rescue LICH from mounting financial losses and declining patient visits some doctors and nurses say the hospital should sever its connection with Continuum Health Partners, the company that manages LICH and several Manhattan hospitals. Comment.
Pouring it on: Smith Street developer seems likely to get all seven stories
Rezoning: The city is aiming to limit the size of new buildings on many blocks in Carroll Gardens, but it doesn’t look like the new zoning will be approved in time to force developer Billy Stein to reduce the scale of his controversial Smith Street project. Comment.
‘PAVE’ the way for Hook charter school
Red Hook: It’s official! A Red Hook public elementary school will share its building next fall with a new charter school, despite protests from some parents and teachers who did not want to give an inch, let alone a few classrooms. Comment.
Taking candy
Carroll Gardens: A villain stole a necklace from a toddler in a Lorraine Street playground on June 1. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct. Comment.
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
A veggie good solution
Fort Greene: Produce-starved residents of Fort Greene have a new option to get veggies by purchasing fresh crops directly from a farmer who will make weekly trips to Fort Greene Park. Comment.
Dealers ‘weed’ each other out
Fort Greene: A trio of armed bandits held five friends captive in a Lafayette Avenue apartment while the invaders looted the residence on June 6. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comment.
Park Slope
‘Fisching’ for love
Park Slope: Prolific architect Karl Fischer discovered a good way to win praise for a new design — make it good-looking and put it on an avenue lined by less-attractive buildings. Comments (1).
Some children left behind?
Park Slope: Parents at Park Slope’s most-coveted public elementary school say the city should remap the school’s zone to reduce crowding in their children’s classrooms. Comments (1).
A High Stakes loss near Yards
Atlantic Yards: Has Bruce Ratner’s failure to build Atlantic Yards claimed its first victim? High Stakes Cheese Steaks has closed. Comments (4).
BUSCEMI! Park Slope actor is ripped off by unidentified thief
Park Slope: The brother of renowned big-screen bad boy Steve Buscemi was the victim of an identity theft dating back to March. Comment.
Two collared in brutal beating on First Street
Park Slope: Three teens were arrested minutes after brutally beating a man on First Street on June 2, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
Little green schoolhouse?
Park Slope: Poly Prep gets kudos for its new environmentally friendly building on First Street in Park Slope. Comments (2).
