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its massive project in order to
win the local pol’s key vote. Alloy
Development agreed to cut
the fl oor-area ratio of the complex
— which contains nearly
900 apartments, roughly 200
of which are so-called affordable,
two new schools, and cultural
and commercial space
— from 18 to 15.75, and Councilman
Stephen Levin said the
shrinkage will result in a development
that can retain its
public benefi ts and is more appropriate
for the lot he previously
stressed must be transitional
between Boerum Hill’s
Brownstones and Downtown’s
skyscrapers
Promen-nada! Transit
leaders announced the Brooklyn
Heights Promenade might
become a speedway for Brooklyn
Queens Expressway traffi
c in order for the city to complete
its looming repair to the
roadway’s crumbling triple
cantilever. The plan to turn
the Promenade into a six-lane
speedway through Brooklyn
Heights for no less than six
years was one of two offi cials
announced they are considering
on Sept. 20, with the
other being to refurbish the
triple cantilever on a laneby
lane basis and close the
Promenade for a shorter period
of time. The city claimed
the latter option wouldn’t be
completed until 2029 — three
years after experts warned
the expressway would start to
crumble beneath the weight
of the thousands of trucks
that travel it daily. Sending
traffi c along the Promenade,
however, would allow the job
to fi nish by 2026, according
to offi cials, who claimed both
options would cost between $3
and $4 billion.
October
Not for teacher: Hundreds
of Brooklyn College students
demanded that school
offi cials fi re a faculty member
over his blog post defending
controversial Supreme Court
Justice Brett Kavanaugh — or
any man accused of sexual assault
during high-school years
— at an Oct. 4 protest. The students
insisted that the school’s
administration fi re Mitchell
Langbert, an associate professor
at the college’s business
school, after he wrote that
committing sexual assault in
high school is part of being a
man in a post shared amid the
Senate’s confi rmation of Kavanaugh,
whom federal offi -
cials ultimately swore into the
nation’s top court on Oct. 6.
COURIER LIFE, D 14 EC. 28, 2018–JAN. 3, 2019 DT
His two cents: Mayor De-
Blasio on Oct. 12 told WNYC
radio host Brian Lehrer that
he preferred the plan to turn
the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
into a speedway for cars
and trucks during repairs to
the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s
triple cantilever, worrying
locals that the city already
decided how to proceed with
the job even as other offi cials
claimed more options were
still on the table. DeBlasio,
who called his preferred option
the “Band-Aid approach,”
claimed it is the most time-effi
cient solution in explaining
his endorsement on Lehrer’s
program.
Parking it: Offi cials announced
the city will break
ground on a long-delayed
scheme to build a new Downtown
park and vending-machine
style parking facility beneath
it in January. Economic
Development Corporation bigwigs
— who are overseeing
the creation of Willoughby
Square Park and the garage
below it, both of which the city
promised to build when it controversially
upzoned much of
the neighborhood in 2004 —
said they plan to quickly advance
the project after the local
community board on Oct.
17 issued its second and fi nal
approval for a special permit
fi rst authorized 14 years ago.
News of the ground-breaking
followed a July announcement
that the garage’s developer
shrunk the facility from
three to two levels, reducing
its parking spaces from 694 to
467.
Feeling the heat: The
city’s Department of Buildings
on Oct. 11 issued violations
to the owners of Kings
Plaza Shopping Center for illegally
using its parking garage
to store cars for local dealerships,
a practice brought to
light when the September fi re
inside the mall’s garage damaged
more than a hundred
cars. The parking garage only
allows for shoppers and mall
employees’ parking, and not
for vehicle storage, according
to the garage’s certifi cate of
occupancy.
Brooklyn bomber: Federal
offi cers arrested a former
Brooklynite for allegedly
mailing no less than a dozen
bombs to news organizations,
politicians, and activists often
criticized by President
Trump. The suspect started
his alleged maniacal massmailing
on Oct. 22, sending a
homemade explosive device to
the home of billionaire George
Soros, a donor to Democratic
causes and frequent Trump
target.
Here comes L: Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
offi cials on Oct. 30 announced
they will stop Brooklyn–Manhattan
L-train service on
April 27, 2019, to begin their
15-month repairs of the subway’s
East River–spanning
tube — roughly six and a half
years after the infrastructure
sustained signifi cant damage
during superstorm Sandy.
November
Blue wave: The already
largely Democratic Brooklyn
turned even bluer on Election
Day, with voters electing
a handful of Dems to seats
long held by Republican pols.
JORDAN’S LOBSTER DOCK
celebrates its 80th year
Between the Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and Island Park, LI locations Jordan’s will sell over 20,000 pounds
of live lobsters this holiday season. Jordan’s is the largest exclusive distributor of Maine and Canadian Lobsters in NY.
With over 45 million pounds of lobsters sold since the first barrel traded hands on Bleeker Street NYC in 1938.
Jordan’s has two natural salt water refrigerated warehouses. One in Brooklyn, one in Long Island.
Each holds over 10,000 pounds of live lobsters.
Thanks to you, we have been servicing the New York market for 80 years. No order is too small at
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Take them live or, there is never a charge for steaming.
Thank you again For 80 Wonderful Years,
Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays
from all of us at Jordan Lobster
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Corner of 2771 Knapp St. & Belt Pkwy (Exit 9 or 9A)
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
GPS: 3165 Harkness Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235
Tel: 718-934-6300
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Tel: 516-889-3314
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SCARY: The Feds in October arrested
this former Brooklynite for
allegedly mailing bombs to Democratic
fi gures criticized by President
Trump. Broward Sherriff’s Offi ce
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