March 1, 2008: Vol. 31, No. 9
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Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick
Everyone in the pool — for real
Williamsburg: This time, the restoration of the McCarren Park Pool is really going to happen. No, really. Comments (1).
Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
SI Dems want Harrison
Bay Ridge: Steve Harrison, who came closer than any Democrat before him in defeating the city’s only Republican congressman two years ago, won the endorsement of the Staten Island Democratic Association by a landslide vote of 42-6 last week. Comments (3).
Pols claim that ‘Victory’ is at hand!
Bay Ridge: New statistics from the city Fire Department show that a state plan to close Victory Memorial Hospital would seriously jeopardize health in Bay Ridge, a group of lawmakers said last week. Comments (1).
Another death at Ridge hotel
Bay Ridge: A hotel cleaning woman discovered the body of a 52-year-old man, his mouth covered in duct tape, in the bathtub of Room 221 at the Best Western Gregory Hotel in Bay Ridge on Monday afternoon, cops said. Comments (1).
Park Slope
Stomach pains for 7th Ave eateries
Park Slope: The neighborhood’s collective stomach is growling. Seventh Avenue — once Park Slope’s restaurant strip, but since supplanted by hipper Fifth Avenue — is losing restaurants at a rapid clip as rents climb and restaurateurs, who operate at notoriously thin profit margins, fail keep up. Comments (4).
Nancy Nancy is gone, gone
Park Slope: Nancy, Nancy — Fifth Avenue’s favorite novelty shop — is the latest casualty of over-the-top real estate prices in Park Slope. Comments (2).
