BROOKLYN WEATHER: What’s it gonna do today? Check here for Brooklyn weather.
CITY NEWS: Tolls rise on all MTA bridges and tunnels: tolls on the Triborough, Whitestone, the Throgs Neck and the Queen’s Mid-town and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels have gone up 50 cents from $4.00 to $4.50.
_From WNYC RADIO: "The city has a new weapon in its never-ending battle against rats a
federally funded institute to teach the craft of rodent eradication. Plans
for the Rodent Integrated Pest Control Academy were announced at a
hearing before the City Council’s health committee yesterday.
The
academy will train exterminators from the Health Department and other
city agencies. A three-year, 600-thousand dollar grant from the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will fund the school. Among
the skills to be taught will be the proper placement of rat poison
which one health official says has to be inserted deep inside rat holes
otherwise the rats "will throw the bait back out." Those rats!
_From Sunday’s Daily News: "When confronted with the litmus test for politeness – giving up a
subway seat to a pregnant woman – New York straphangers passed with
flying colors. Each quest ended successfully with an unsolicited offer of a seat,
usually in a matter of seconds – except for the No. 7 line where our
volunteer had to wait three long minutes. The Daily News checked the courtesy of subway riders with the help of a
six-months pregnant mom from the Bronx, who boarded trains on the five
busiest lines during two rush hours last week."
_FDNY allocates $1.4 million to increase diversity in the department.
_Landmark Commission to determine the fate of the interior,
including the lobby and the Palm Court) of the Plaza Hotel. Good luck
Eloise.
_Rockefeller Center to re-open observation deck, which has been closed for 19 years.
BROOKLYN BEAT: A alleged drunk driver flipped over the median on the Belt Parkway and killed another driver at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning. The driver was arrested and charged with DWI.
_Brooklyn Democratic leader faces corruption charges.
_OTBKB Scoop: An
underground electrical fire had residents of First Street between
Eighth Avenue and the Park out on the street at 11 p.m. Saturday night.
It sounded like loud drumming, but it was the smokey underground fire
that was causing lights to flicker in many residences. Squad 1 and
other local fire houses were on the scene within minutes of being
called by OTBKB.
_Two former NYPD cops face extradition on mob activities. They were ordered Friday night back from Las Vegas to Brooklyn. Read all about it at Brooklyn Bomb Shelter
IT’S MONDAY: Barbes presents "The Grapes of Wrath," as part of their Monday night Labor Film Series. 7 p.m. Live music follows. 9th Street at 6th Avenue.
_"The Role Anger Plays in Your Life as a Parent" is today’s Parents Talk at Families First. 250 Baltic Street. $15.
Pre-registration necessary. (718)237-1862. Go, god damn it!
WORTH TAKING A LOOK: The SECOND GRADE ART SHOW at Starbucks. Seventh Avenue between 1st and
Garfield Place. The children’s Romare Bearden-esque cityscape collages
will be up all month.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: "Fifty Years After the
Brooklyn Eagle: How City Papers Cover Brooklyn," a forum at Brooklyn
College. In the Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library. 1:30
– 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternnon.
At BAM, "Play Without Words" a dance-theater piece by Matthew Bourne. Starts March 15th through the 29th.
_BROOKLYN FREE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE on Saturday March 19th From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the school: 260 16th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. Writes school director, Alan Berger: “See first hand
the only school in New York City where students self direct their own learning and have an equal say in running the school. brooklynfreeschool@msn.com
_Composer and Park Slope resident, Louis Rosen and vocalist Capathia Jenkins perform their collaboration based on the work of Maya Angelou. This Sunday at Joe’s Pub at 6 p.m. (see Hand-Picked below).
NEW SNEAKERS: On Saturday March 19th: the Brooklyn Half-Marathon starts on the boardwalk at Coney Island at 8 a.m. Run or come cheer your friends and neighbors.
_Jack Rabbit’s beginner and intermediate RUNNING WORKSHOPS are starting up in March. Great coaches, great people, great
motivation: the course will, without
a doubt, improve your running. Think about it. See Brooklyn Fitness on
the side panel.
Slope Sports sponsors a
weekly group run on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. Meet at the Grand Army
Plaza entrance of Prospect Park. They will be running the
Bridge-to-Bridge Run, which goes over the Brooklyn Bride to Chinatown.
And back to Brooklyn by way of the Manhatttan Bridge. This scenic route
is approximately 9-10 miles
HEAR/SAY:
Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet.
It’s also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed. – Charles
Schulz, Peanuts