April 21, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 16
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Bay Ridge–Bensonhurst
Ridge on a slippery ‘Slope’
Yellow Hooker: Is Bay Ridge becoming the new Park Slope? And what will it mean for Dyker? Comment.
Condos for Christ?
Bay Ridge: Is the physical structure of a church sacred ground that should be preserved at all costs? Or is it merely mortar and stone that has nothing to do with its congregation’s larger mission? Comment.
Hurst to city: Don’t dump trash on us!
Bay Ridge: Angry Bensonhurst residents made a stink about a proposed garbage-transfer station on the shore of Gravesend Bay — but city officials say they’re pushing on with the plan. Comment.
Bay Ridge’s Boys (and Girls) of Summer open the season
Bay Ridge: The Boys — actually, the boys and girls — of Summer have finally taken the field for the 68th Precinct Youth Council’s baseball league. Comments (1).
Brooklyn Heights–Downtown
Where’s the beef? It’s all over the place on Montague Street
Downtown: The Montague Street hamburger wars have begun! A new joint, Five Guys, will soon open right near two beloved neighborhood greasy spoons, Grand Canyon and Happy Days. Comment.
Tall tower, high rents
Downtown plan: Talk about the Manhattanization of Brooklyn: A new mega-development slated for the booming border of Fort Greene and Downtown is being built by the same real-estate giant that built a luxury Xanadu with a Whole Foods in the lobby on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Comment.
Jewish crêpes?
Downtown: Can a French delicacy — made by an Israeli — make it on Brooklyn’s meanest street? Comment.
Delay, thy name is Duffield
Heights Lowdown: Our columnist on the latest effort to save some historic — and possibly slave-linked — houses on Duffield Street. Comment.
You won’t go hungry
Downtown: The toughest corner in the history of Brooklyn Heights — the so-called “Corner of Cranberry” on Henry Street — is about to welcome some new victims … er, tenants. Comment.
Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill
Fire on the Gowanus
Carroll Gardens: The merry pranksters behind David Letterman’s late-night hijinks have drafted their own “top 10 list” for what they want from the city — and there’s only one entry: stop the proposed residential rezoning of the area around the Gowanus Canal. Comment.
A canal runs through it
Carroll Gardens: Profiles of some Gowanus Canal–zone businesses that would be affected by a city bid to encourage residential development along the waterway. Comment.
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
A ‘historic’ effort
Fort Greene: Fort Greene and Clinton Hill activists are pulling out all the stops to protect the “character” of their rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods. Comment.
Offer adds up to mulch
Greene Acres: Win a free composter … and a free lesson on how to use it! Comment.
Tall tower, high rents
Downtown plan: Talk about the Manhattanization of Brooklyn: A new mega-development slated for the booming border of Fort Greene and Downtown is being built by the same real-estate giant that built a luxury Xanadu with a Whole Foods in the lobby on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Comment.
Park Slope
One driver for the bike lane
PS … I Love You: Our columnist, a renowned leadfoot, supports a city plan to add bike lanes to Ninth Street. Comment.
The 411 on 7th from 10th to 12th
Park Slope: In the past week, Seventh Avenue between 10th Street and 12th Street is buzzing with new activity. Comment.
