Picture Of The Day: Back Yard Wisteria

In my friend's Carroll Gardens back yard.Wisteria in full bloom. ...

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Meet 76th Precinct's New Commanding Officer Jeffrey Schiff At Tuesdya's Community Council Meeting

Tuesday evening, the community will have a chance to meet Jeffrey Schiff, our new 76th Precinct Commanding Officer, at the precinct's monthly Community Council Meeting.Here are the details from the precinct: Please join us for the next 76th Precinct Community Council Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at 7:30 PM, at the 76th Precinct Station House, located at 191 Union Street, between Hicks Street and Henry Street. Meet the new Commanding Officer...

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Of "Pink Pond" And "Lavender Lake": Environmental Delegation From India Visits Gowanus Canal

Christos Tsiamis and Natalie Loney of EPA Region Two with members of the Indian DelegationProving once again that the Gowanus Canal , the first US Environental Protection Agency's Superfund site in New York City, is of global interest, a delegation from India toured the waterway this past Friday morning to learn not only about its industrial history, the level of pollution and of clean-up options, but to also gain further understanding of the Superfund...

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Dreaming Big: Community Envisions A True " Public Place" In Carroll Gardens

Public Place in Carroll GardensA view of Public Place from 4th Place in the  1930'sWhat is your vision for Public Place, the six acre brownfield site which runs along the Gowanus Canal and Smith Street in Carroll Gardens? That was the question posed to participants of a Community Mural Making Workshop with Artist Triada Samaras, and Carroll Gardens CORD/Coalition for Respectful Development on Sunday Afternoon. The free workshop event was...

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Picture Of the Day: Two Birds

Two birds.A simple little drawing on the sidewalk.The rain probably washed it away by now.President Street, along Carroll Park ...

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Annual Community Plant Sale To Benefit Cobble Hill Tree Fund

Here is an event for neighborhood gardeners.  The Cobble Hill Tree Fund is hosting their annual plant sale this Saturday, April 28th, from  10:30 to 3 pm in  Cobble Hill Park at Verandah Place.  The funds will be used to take care and planting  of neighborhood trees. ...

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Moonstruck: When Cher Walked Into Camareri's On Henry Street Twenty-Five Years Ago

(stills from the movie Moonstruck) I remember the day Cher and Nicolas Cage came to Carroll Gardens to film a scene for the movie "Moonstruck" as though it was yesterday.  This was back in early 1987,  and unlike today, film crews and big movie stars were a rare sight in the neighborhood.   So, there was much excitement about the fact that Cher and Cage had been sighted at Cammareri's, an old fashioned family-owned bakery...

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Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Takes Position That Total Elimination Of CSOs In Gowanus Canal Is Only Acceptable Solution To Problem. Passes Resolution.

At last night's US Environmental Protection Agency's Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group's (GAG) general meeting,  members voted to adopt a resolution that asks for a total elimination of New York City's Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) into the waterway.The resolution was drafted by the CAG's Water Quality/Technical Committee after an informational meeting with NYC Department Of Environmental Protection on April 3rd, 2012.  At...

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Picture Of The Day: Brownstone Clematis

Clematis climbing up the side of a brownstone stoop.Try as I may, mine never looks so lush. ...

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Community Board 6 Votes To Deny Sidewalk Café License For Buschenschank

(Buschenschank owners in front of CB6 Permit and License Committee last night)Members of Community Board 6 's Permits and Licenses Committee voted to deny a sidewalk café license for Buschenschank, the pseudo-Tyrolian beer pub at 320 Court Street at a meeting held at the Prospect Park YMCA last night. The establishment had requested a permit for an additional 18 tables and 48 chairs for the outside area. Several members of the...

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PS 29 Parents Rally Against Asbestos Abatement And Demolition. Want Postponement Of Work Until End Of School Year.

On Monday afternoon, parents and students of Public School 29 on Henry Street met in the schoolyard for a rally against recent construction on the old school building as well as a proposed asbestos abatement that was supposed to start on Monday.Though work on the façade of the building takes place after 3 PM when the children have gone home, a thick layer of dust has settled inside the school.  The dust is a source of concern for parents,...

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