BROOKLYN WEATHER: Wake up and smell the snow. Getting up to 33 degrees. More Brooklyn weather here.
Alternate-side-of-the-street-parking suspended but you still have to feed the meters.
CITY NEWS: City unveils plans for a waterfront park
underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. The first public meeting for a Brooklyn
Bridge Park in nearly three years was held Tueday. Unveiled were the
new designs for the more than one-mile long waterfront park that
stretches under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, boasting
spectacular views and lots of amenities including playing
fields, recreated natural areas, 10 acres of river that will be
available for kayaking, playgrounds, dog runs. Read all about it.
_Many in NYC are waiting to hear what the Supreme
Court has to say about the eminent domain case in New London, CT. The
case questions whether a city can seize a person’s property and
transfer it to private developers whose project could, theoretically,
boost an ailing economy. This could have ramifications for the Atlantic
Yards development… Read all about it.
_NYC
Transit handed out more than 20,000 MetroCards to city police officers
Thursday, in direct response to a deadly shooting inside a Manhattan
subway station last weekend.
Officers picked up 24,000 additional "Police Pass" MetroCards this
morning. This is in addition to the 15,000 cards the NYPD already
distributes to officers. The head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it responded quickly to the NYPD’s request for more cards. The NYPD is also trying to educate officers who are not familiar with the transit system. Read all about it.
BROOKLYN BEAT: Human torso found in a Brooklyn recycling
plant. The remains were found around 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Rapid
Recycling Corporation in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read all about it.
_The Brooklyn dance floor where "Saturday
Night Fever" was filmed is on the auction block. Bids at e-bay are
expected to exceed $80,000 for the lighted Bay Ridge dance floor where
John Travolta’s character, Tony Manero, strutted his stuff. The club,
"2001 Odyssey" (renamed "Spectrum" after the movie was made) is
closing.
_Five Brooklyn bike riders are suing the city
over bumps on the Williamsburg Bridge. The cyclists claim they were
hurt when their bikes hit metal plates that are part of the bike path
on the bridge. Cyclists say these metal plates make the commute
difficult. The five riders who filed the law suit say they suffered
injuries from broken bones to fractured eye sockets. One rider said he
shattered his pelvis. They are suing for $2 million each. Read all about it.
_Brooklyn preservation activists are calling
upon Ikea to save Brooklyn waterfront architecture that dates back to
the Civil War. The Municipal Art Society unveiled two alternative
plans on February 14th that would ensure that two dry docks and
buildings would not be destroyed to make room for the new Ikea in Red
Hook.
AMERICAN GIRL DOLL IN THE NEWS: Marisol, the new
Mexican-American American Girl Doll, is causing some controversy.
Actually it’s the book that is sold with the doll that has community
activitsts in Pilsen, a Hispanic community in Chicago, up in arms.
"While it is delightful that the company has decide to create a
Mexican-American doll, I find it insulting to the neighborhood that she
has to move to the suburbs to be safe," said Juan Guzman, vice
president of the Mexican Fine Arts Museum located in Pilsen: Read all about it.
VACATION NEWS FLASH: There’s a Children’s Winter Festival
daily in Prospect Park at the Audubon Center. Daily: Films, Nature and
Crafts, and Storytelling. More information here!
TODAY: Laurie Anderson performs her one woman with violin show, "The End of the Moon" at BAM 2/22 – 3/1. According to The Yellow Rabbit: " Part travelogue, part personal theory, history and dream The End of the Moon looks at the relationships between war, aesthetics, spirituality and consumerism. Anecdotal, wide ranging and epic, this original work also
features her new music for violin and electronics. Of The End of the Moon Anderson writes,