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 Williamsburg, Greenpoint waterfront.
_The non-profit Fifth Avenue Committee, which has campaigned against landlords trying to evict low income renters, can’t afford space on Fifth Avenue anymore. They are moving to the other side of Fourth Avenue and Degraw Street. Victims of the street’s gentrification, they will still be advocates for affordable housing in Park Slope.
_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.
_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.
_There have been a number of muggings between President and Ninth
Street
in Park Slope. The victims are women who are talking on their cell
phones. The suspect surprises them from behind, puts his hand over
their mouth and asks for money. According to the police, he hasn’t hurt
anyone; he just takes the cash and runs. The most recent incident was
on Tuesday at 4
p.m. on President Street on or near 8th Avenue. If you have any
information, please call the 78th Precint Pct., re: Pattern 29.
718-636-6484.
IT’S SUNDAY: Residents of South South Park Slope near Green-wood Cemetery are taking
action against developers that are rapidly transforming their
neighborhood into condoville. On Sunday April 9th,
10th at 1 p.m. there’s a march to save the character and history of
this neighborhood. March in
support of what the organizers are calling "contextual development in
the South Sourth Slope and display a "Not for Sale" sign. The march is
assembling at 15th St. & 7th Ave. at 1 p.m. and people will march
to the memorial in the cemetery to protest the proliferation of large
multi-story apartment buildings and to promote responsible housing and
construction. If people want more info go to the South South Slope Web site
_Around the World in 80 Days at Puppetworks. Weekends at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.
338 Sixth Avenue at 4th Street.
_The first Park Slope Kids Music Festival. This Sunday at Southpaw:
Wendy Gesanliter, John Carlin and Uncle Rock. Refreshments available.
4/10 at 11 a.m. 125 Fifth Avenue. $12 for kids, $6 for kids 2 and up.
Under that: free. concertforkids.com
_Frank London, trumpeter for the Klezmatics, leads kids at the Eldridge Street Synogogue
through a lesson on traditional Jewish melodies. Plus a tour of the
1887 synogogue and egg creams. 4/10 at 11 a.m. Reservations required.
12 Eldridge Street, near Canal Street. 212-219-0888 or
eldridgestreet.org. Admission is $8.
"Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival at BAM. 30 Lafayette Street.
_The National Ballet of Canada at BAM. "The Contract" a work
loosely based on the Pied Piper of Hamlin. 7:30
_Too Cool for Shul: Festival of Contemporary Jewish Music. Various artists at The BAMCafe.3 Weekends in April.
THIS SOUNDS COOL: "Step up to the plate" and experience the diverse menus
of Brooklyn’s world-class restaurants April 11-20, 2005. $19.55 prix fixe, in
the spirit of the world champion Brooklyn Dodgers. "Three courses, no
attitude on the side." Click here to see the list of participating restaurants
_April 20-24 the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival is coming
to the Brooklyn Lyceum. A rare screening of Indianna Jones: The
Adaptation is on April 23rd. You’ve probably heard about the kids who
made the shot-for-shot copy of Raiders back in the ’80s. Well, this is
it. And it’s a rare screening. at 9:15 p.m. 227 Fourth Avenue at Union
Street.
_Brooklyn Reading Works. Curated by Louise G. Crawford. APRIL 28 at 8 p.m. Pamela Katz reads: And Speaking of Love (Aufbau-Verlag) "a compelling and beautifully rendered novel about the astonishing life of Lotte Lenya," and poet Michelle Madigan Somerville reads from Wisegal
(Ten Pell Books) and newer work: "A multilingual hardrock
reverie…going upside your head to whisper whipsmart secrets about
cracked-out big-city survival.