Brooklyn Heights: Brooklyn Heights’ state Sen. Marty Connor (though for how much longer?) graced the Brooklyn Historical Society’s library benefit on Wednesday night and did the grip-and-grin as he handed over a big ceremonial check. Everyone had a great time. …
Looking to get some money without breaking the bank? The fee at the ATM at Forager’s on Front Street is only 99 cents. That’s a bargain compared to the $3 fee at the Chase branch on the corner of Front and Jay streets. …
Joe Chan, our favorite Downtown Brooklyn ambassador, cares about the kids. At a cocktail party at the Brooklyn Marriott last week, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership president announced a free summer enrichment program for students from the Farragut and Ingersoll houses. …
Cobble Hill: Accidents keep piling up at the dangerous westbound Brooklyn–Queens Expressway entrance at Columbia Street, monitored by unofficial safety inspector (and blogger) Werner Cohn. He has recorded nine accidents between April 4 and 13, including three on April 7. …
Developer Billy Stein, the man behind the contentious project to build the seven-story “Oliver House” at 360 Smith St., has created a Web site for construction status reports. Visit www.oliverhousebrooklyn.com to stay up to the minute or e-mail comments. …
Red Hook: Hey, people, stop overlooking one of the best weekend brunch options: Tini on Van Brunt Street. Locally raised eggs are cooked up on a hotplate (of all things) and served with Provencal potatoes and lip-smacking bread for only $9. But space is limited at the café, which is near Coffey Street. …
Park Slope: Our pal Lenore Arons, who was behind last year’s “Dining out for a cure” anti-cancer fundraiser, is back this year with a new way of stamping out the disease. On selected Saturdays from now until June 14, Arons has convinced area wine stores to devote a portion of their sales to the fight against breast cancer. The next one is April 26 at Slope Cellars on Seventh Avenue between 14th and 15th streets. For more info, e-mail Lenore at walkingwithlenore@att.net. …
The door and the heated patio are now up and in place at Barrio, the restaurant that will take over the jinxed Seventh Avenue site from the defunct Tempo Presto (and Mojo Cafe before that). …
Weirdest news of the week: A guy named Emmanuel is now hawking BBQ out of a what appears to be a Yugoslavian wedding hall on Third Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets. It’s a weird location and a weird building, but the BBQ is most welcome! …
Need a plant? Need to have fun with dry ice? You can accomplish both goals at the PS 107 Science Day on May 3 at the Eighth Avenue school. Our green editor (no, he’s not an environmentalist; he just doesn’t shower often enough) will be manning a table. In a related story, kids from the school will have their loyalties tested, because while Science Day is going on, the school’s beloved music teacher, Miss Suzy, will be playing at Symphony Space in Manhattan. …
Rocker Freedy Johnston gave what may turn out to be the concert of the year, rocking Southpaw with a unique concert that featured every song off his seminal album, “Can You Fly.” Sure, he messed up the words in “Tearing Down this Place” and “Bad Reputation,” but it was a great show. …
Not to be outdone, PS 321’s second annual Walk-a-thon was all set for Friday morning. The event encourages kids to keep the planet healthy. …
Last year, marchers raised $25,000 for these organizations. …
Williamsburg: Our drinking buddies at the Brooklyn Brewery hosted a victory party on April 13 to celebrate the state’s decision not block a powerplant in a Williamsburg park. “Powerplant Pilsner” has a nice ring to it. …
Four kids from the Beginning with Children Charter School swept a math competition for city charter schools. Now these seventh and eighth graders head to the charter school championships June. …
Bay Ridge: Beloved comic David Brenner — the thinking man’s Seinfeld — will headline Lutheran Medical Center’s 125th anniversary dinner dance on May 10. True, the event is in Gaphattan, but it raises money for a good cause: Lutheran Hospital ER department! Our pals at Forest City Ratner are also supporting the gala, which honors Nets CEO Brett Yormark. …
Battle of the political clubs: The United Progressive Democratic Club will hold its annual dinner-dance at Rex Manor on 60th Street on May 1. Not to be outdone, the Brooklyn Young Republicans will host “Rockin’ for Our Troops,” a benefit for the USO, on May 3 at Peggy O’Neill’s in Coney Island. …
Our state Senate pal Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) is calling on Ridgites to provide feedback about problems with neighborhood roads. Our guess: 90 percent of the complaints will pertain to curb cuts.
