Dr. Maddox Doesn’t Work Here Anymore
Dr. Walter Maddox doesn’t work here anymore. Over the years, he kept threatening to retire, but I don’t think anyone took him seriously. I didn’t. I thought he would always be there, especially...
View Article76th Precinct Crime Blotter
The Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights Blogs are starting a new weekly feature to bring you the local police precincts’ crime logs every Tuesday. We’ll cover the 76th precinct in Cobble Hill (at CHB) and...
View Article76th Precinct Crime Blotter
So far we just have one crime report for the neighborhood, but we’ll update the post later this week if we hear of more. Columbia Heist A perp burgled a woman’s Columbia Street apartment while she was...
View Article76th Precinct Weekly Crime Blotter
76th Precinct Crime Blotter Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens There was quite the crime at a Fourth Place apartment building this week — a perp ransacked four apartments and tried to burgle two others,...
View Article76th Precinct Crime Blotter
Here’s the week’s crime blotter for Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, and some Carroll Gardens. The list includes crimes from the last two weeks. Home-burglar Burglars broke into at least two homes last week,...
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Update: We just spoke with the officers at the 76th precinct, and have the following two crimes to add to this week’s blotter: House arrest A perp broke into a President Street house on March 23 while...
View Article76th and 84th precincts’ Crime Blotter
Here’s a round-up of last week’s crime in the Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Boerum Hill area: A perp broke into a woman’s jeep on April 2, after she parked it overnight on Tompkins Place, between...
View Article76th and 84th Precincts crime blotters
It was a quiet week in the 76th precinct, and there weren’t any crimes at all in the Cobble Hill area. The 84th Precinct blotter did have a few incidents in the Boerum Hill area, and for incidents in...
View ArticleWeekly crime blotters
There were some crimes along the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill borders this week, which are recapped at Brooklyn Heights Blog. Included are a bank robbery and two subway thefts. In other...
View ArticleBrooklyn’s Dom DeLuise Dies
Comedian Dom DeLuise, who was originally from Dyker Heights has died. He was 75.
View ArticlePolice Blotter 5/6/09
The big news this week was the arrest of three suspects in the recent robberies in Brooklyn Heights and the nearby stretches of Cobble Hill — but there were also other robberies and car thefts. And in...
View ArticleCrazy Joe Gallo walking tour
Freebird, a club based in Red Hook that meets to discuss how novelists and short story writers have employed the post-apocalyptic tale, is sponsoring the Crazy Joe Gallo walking tour through Red Hook...
View ArticleKitchen Nightmares in Clinton Hill
Photo from Filming in Brooklyn. Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares has been filming at Mojito in Clinton Hill for the past few weeks, and Filming in Brooklyn has some pictures of the foul-mouthed chef...
View ArticleDonate your books, help the libraries
Brooklyn Public Library and Better World Books host the Great American Book Drive on the Plaza at Central Library on Saturday, May 16th from 10am-3pm. The Great American Book Drive is a to turn...
View ArticleUnofficial Trader Joe’s staff concert tonight
This interesting tidbit arrived in our tips mailbox today: Tonight at Goodbye Blue Monday, there’s a showcase of (almost) all bands from Trader Joe’s Brooklyn (click here for info). Maybe people would...
View Article76th and 84th Precinct Police Blotter 5/19/09
There were two shocking crimes in the neighborhood this week — a violent mugging and a subway slashing. First, three punks mugged a 56-year-old man on May 13, punching and kicking him before stealing...
View ArticlePortSide NewYork fundraiser tomorrow
Tomorrow, June 13, is the first-ever fundraiser held by PortSide NewYork, a young, innovative non-profit organization with diverse programs are about water and the waterfront. PortSide NewYork plans...
View ArticleAtlantic Antic festival this weekend
This Sunday, October 4th, is the 35th annual Atlantic Antic. The street festival will run on Atlantic Avenue from Hicks Street to Fourth Avenue from 10am to 6pm, rain or shine. Amongst the food,...
View ArticleOpen Thread BoCoCa
Flickr photo by beau-dog Got something to say? Have a story suggestion? Gotta get something off your chest? This Open Thread is for you – Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Carroll Gardens! Comment away!...
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