NY City News Service » Brooklyn http://nycitynews.org A Product of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en ARTIST’S ODD ICON GOES CONDO http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/27/artists-odd-brooklyn-icon-survives-by-going-condo/ http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/27/artists-odd-brooklyn-icon-survives-by-going-condo/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:35:06 +0000 drew.geraets http://nycitynews.org/2007/04/13/artists-odd-brooklyn-icon-survives-by-going-condo/ Almost every day for the past 28 years, Arthur Wood has hoisted himself to the upper stories of his Clinton Hill home to hammer, paint, and weld an unfinished dream he calls Broken Angel. Although he wears his own hard hat, he has never labored at a construction site or adhered to blueprints. (more…)

]]> http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/27/artists-odd-brooklyn-icon-survives-by-going-condo/feed/ MAJOR NEWS FOR MAJOR OWENS http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/06/major-news-for-major-owen/ http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/06/major-news-for-major-owen/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:17:40 +0000 Eric http://nycitynews.org/2007/04/19/major-news-for-major-owen/ After serving 24 years in Congress, newly retired Rep. Major Owens is determined to keep making news. Owen plans to launch his own newspaper, called Dollar News, within the next few weeks. The paper, which in keeping with its name will cost $1, will tackle financial and social issues, the 70-year-old former Brooklyn lawmaker said. (more…)

]]> http://nycitynews.org/2007/03/06/major-news-for-major-owen/feed/ SKATING RINK EYED FOR POOL http://nycitynews.org/2007/02/12/skating-rink-eyed-for-pool/ http://nycitynews.org/2007/02/12/skating-rink-eyed-for-pool/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:51:06 +0000 Eric http://nycitynews.org/2007/02/12/skating-rink-eyed-for-pool/ It looks like the first water to fill McCarren Park Pool in decades will be of the frozen variety: The City Council has ponied up $300,000 to help turn the Greenpoint swimming hole into a part-time skating rink. (more…)

]]> http://nycitynews.org/2007/02/12/skating-rink-eyed-for-pool/feed/ NETS TO CAST GARDEN SHADOW http://nycitynews.org/2006/12/29/nets-to-cast-garden-shadow/ http://nycitynews.org/2006/12/29/nets-to-cast-garden-shadow/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:02:50 +0000 Eric http://nycitynews.org/2006/12/29/nets-to-cast-garden-shadow/ BROOKLYN - The Atlantic Yards development will cast shadows over a longtime community garden, a state report has found, confirming fears of local residents concerned their oasis will lose sunlight. ]]>

BROOKLYN - The Atlantic Yards development will cast shadows over a longtime community garden, a state report has found, confirming fears of local residents concerned their oasis will lose sunlight. (more…)

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WEDDED MISS: The departure of Brooklyn wedding dress emporium Kleinfeld has hurt other bridal businesses on Fifth Ave.
BY NADIA ZONIS
NYCity News Service | Published in the New York Daily News
BROOKLYN – Elite Photography has moved to Third Avenue. Charmete is offering wedding gowns, shoes and accessories for 50% to 75% off. Galleria Jewelry has slashed prices on its entire stock by up to 50%.
A year and a half after wedding superstore Kleinfeld fled to Manhattan, the businesses along the once-strong miniature bridal row on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge are hurting.
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STOP AND SHOP: Officials want to make Brooklyn’s Grand St. a retail destination.
BY GEORGIA KRAL
NYCity News Service
BROOKLYN — Newcomers to East Williamsburg seem to be spending more money in trendy local bars than in old mom-and-pop stores – prompting a push by local business boosters to revitalize and promote the struggling Grand Street shopping strip. (more…)

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TRASH TALK: Mel Gagliano is fighting plans to put a garbage station near his marina.

BY ANDREW HAWKINS
BROOKLYN — Mel Gagliano looks out over the sparkling waters of Gravesend Bay at the elegant sailboats, fishing boats and yachts tied to the docks of his marina, and wonders if his two children will ever grow up to enjoy what he has worked so hard to preserve.

Less than 100 yards to the north, at Shore Parkway and Bay 41st Street in Bensonhurst, is the center of Gagliano’s agitation: an empty lot of cracked concrete and weeds, surrounded by a high fence and barbed wire.

There, the city plans to build one of five marine waste-transfer stations, a sort-of driveway for giant trash barges to load up on refuse brought in from all five boroughs. And all within shouting distance of Gagliano’s Marine Basin Marina. (more…)

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