BROOKLYN WEATHER: What’s it gonna do today? Check here for Brooklyn weather.
OTBKB SCOOP: At 2 a.m.
Thursday morning, a man climbed up a fire escape to the window of a 9-year old girl’s
bedroom, with the intent of kidnapping her robbing the apartment. The girl said, "Who are you?" and the man said "Nobody," and ran away. He has not been found. Helicopters flew over Third Street and news
and police vehicles were in the vicinity of the apartment building just
up from 6th Avenue on Third Street all day. According to the New York Daily News,which has an article about the attempted robbery in today’s edition, burglaries have become increasingly rare in Park Slope, where the
number of break-ins has dropped by 17% this year compared with the same
period in 2004. Burglaries are also down 17% citywide, police
statistics show.
CITY NEWS: April 15 is not only tax day. It’s also the 90th anniversary of Billie Holiday’s birthday and WKCR 89.9 FM is playing her music for 15 days straight or 360 hours.
_NYC to recognize same sex unions performed in other states. This means that same sex couples could get married in Toronto and be recognized as married in New York City, even though same sex marriage is not allowed here.
_A, B, C and D train service is back to normal after a subway tunnel fire Thursday afternoon.
_The MTA has decided NOT to
close subway booths. According to New York 1, the 169 booths set to be
closed will remain open but the attendants will still be out in the
station acting as customer service representatives. Subway booths will
remain accessible to the clerks so that they can use the phone to call
police or fix metro card problems.
_The federal government issued report saying that the city’s bridges are structurally inadequate or obsolete.
_Children age seven and younger must be buckled into a car seat in New York State. This is up from age four.
BROOKLYN BEAT: State legislators propose bill to provide affordable housing on Brooklyn waterfront.
_In Greenpoint Brooklyn, home of the city’s largest Polish community,
mourners gathered at a park near the St. Stanislaus Church on Driggs
Avenue to watch the funeral of the Pope. St. Stanislaus Church on
Driggs Avenue, on a large screen television.
_Brooklyn community groups are protesting a proposed high-rise condo that would block the view of the Statue of Liberty and the NYC skyline from historic Battle Hill in Green-Wood Cemetery.
_Judith Zuk, 53, the president of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens is retiring at the end of June. There’s a profile of her in today’s New York Daily News. During her 15 tenure she oversaw the renovation of the Japanese Tea House, Lily Pond Terrace, the Rock Garden, the Fragrance Garden, the Francis Milner Children’s Garden and the Rose Arc Pool, and opened the Discovery Garden.
_There was a fatal accident on the Belt Parkway at 4 a.m. Thursday morning.
_Brooklyn Assemblyman
William Colton introduced a bill called "Terri’s Law," that would make
it illegal in New York to remove a feeding tube. Read all about in at New York 1.
_Senator Charles Schumer is asking the government to reopen the
investigation into the Rockaway crash of American Airlines Flight 587 Read all about at New York 1.
_Packages of pound cake sold at the T&H Supermarket on 86th
Street in Brooklyn were recalled because a milk ingredient was not
listed on the package. It could lead to a serious or fatal reaction in
someone allergic to milk. Read all about in at New York 1.
_Last Monday night the City Council held
its first public meeting on the city’s Greenpoint-Williamsburg
waterfront rezoning plan. Much of the crowd, which didn’t fit in the
room, held its own rally outside on the steps of City Hall, and the
majority of the people there wanted the plan thrown out.