Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Cop Accused Of Not Helping Dying Girl Suspended
Cop Accused Of Not Helping Dying Girl Suspended
Officers have suspended five-year NYPD veteran Alfonso Mendez after he failed to perform CPR on a dying girl while her mother attempted to bring her to the hospital. Briana Ojeda, 11, had suffered an asthma attack on Friday evening, and her mother crashed her car into a parked car on Henry Street as...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Prospect Park Not Fining Unlawful Fishermen?
Prospect Park Not Fining Unlawful Fishermen?
Photo via NYDailyPhoto When it comes to fines, the Prospect Park Enforcement Patrol officers are slack on summonsing litterbugs, but have no problem ticketing an unleashed pup . And now according to the Brooklyn Paper , they turn a blind eye to law-breaking fishermen as well. The city has a “catch...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Brooklyn College Defends Controversial Book Choice
Brooklyn College Defends Controversial Book Choice
After being accused of attempting to indoctrinate students with a supposedly pro-Palestine book by alumnus Bruce Kesler, who wrote on his blog that he has written his alma mater out of his will , Brooklyn College is defending their now-controversial choice for their “Common Reader” program....
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Investigation Turns Up Porn On Judge’s Computer
Investigation Turns Up Porn On Judge’s Computer
Judge Gibbons, right, in a sketch from the Tarloff trial Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James D. Gibbons, who was appointed under Giuliani, resigned abruptly on Aug. 17. Today, the circumstances around the resignation were revealed: Gibbons had a possibly conflict-ridden relationship with a female Legal...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
No More Inmates For Markowitz’s Concerts
No More Inmates For Markowitz’s Concerts
Following the news that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has been using Rikers Island inmates to do his dirty work for years, the Brooklyn Paper reports that his chain gang may be going the way of the Canada goose. If his shows in Asser Levy Park are even allowed to go on next summer (neighbors...
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Posted by in New York on 08 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Brooklyn Bridge Construction Mess Begins Tomorrow!
Brooklyn Bridge Construction Mess Begins Tomorrow!
Say goodbye to those Manhattan-bound lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge, because they won’t be back until at least 2014 . The $500 million project will keep Manhattan-bound lanes closed from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays, 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Saturdays and 12:01 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sundays. As if that...
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Posted by in New York on 08 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Sweet Bike Path Will Connect New Brooklyn Bridge Parks
Sweet Bike Path Will Connect New Brooklyn Bridge Parks
Courtesy Brownstoner Brownstoner discovers (and the NY Post confirms ) that a new bike path will soon connect Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 to Pier 6. The pretty string of waterfront parks partially opened this spring, first with the expansive, hilly Pier 1 at Fulton Ferry Landing . This was followed...
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Posted by in New York on 08 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Bay Ridge Cafe Feeds Unemployed
Bay Ridge Cafe Feeds Unemployed
In the feel-good-story of the day (week?), the Daily News profiles Salvatore Forte, owner of Bay Ridge boutique and cafe Hom (aptly pronounced “home”), who has been giving free brunch to the unemployed since October. All it takes is a phone call ahead, and this is no soup kitchen fare—the...
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Posted by in New York on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments
How Much To Rent This Twig House?
How Much To Rent This Twig House?
            Well, you can’t really buy these houses, or rent them for that matter, but you can visit them! And that will just have to fulfill your fort-living fantasy. Environmental artist Patrick Dougherty has been at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden constructing these...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments
Tuesday Townhouse: Heights Townhouse Likes Its $12 Million Asking Price
Tuesday Townhouse: Heights Townhouse Likes Its $12 Million Asking Price
It was good to be a nineteenth-century sea captain in Brooklyn Heights. Make some money, build a nice house, maybe watch from beyond the grave a century and a half later as whoever owns that house now puts it on the market for millions of dollars. It worked for 13 Cranberry Street , and now 8 Montague...
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