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Holy Moses! Highway Planners Considering Condemnation of Brooklyn Heights Residences

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Published June 12, 2010 at 6:03 p.m.

State Department of Transportation officials studying ways to improve the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which is cantilevered on two levels below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, then curves to the northeast near Middagh, Willow, Poplar and Hicks streets, are considering a scenario under which widening of the highway would necessitate taking some residential buildings near Middagh and Willow [ ... ] ...

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Pier 1 in the Morning

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Published June 12, 2010 at 11:05 a.m.

Runners pound the pavement as M/V Ambassador, a self-unloading dry bulk cargo ship, passes under the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, heading seaward after discharging a cargo of Canadian crushed stone at Brooklyn Navy Yard ...

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Brooklyn man nabbed in slay of mother of 7

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Published June 12, 2010 at 12:58 a.m.

A 29-year-old Brooklyn man was collared for the wild shootout that left a Coney Island mother clinging to life for nearly two days before her death Friday, cops said ...

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MEAN STREETS: Highway robbery! State is mulling taking Heights homes for BQE repair

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Published June 11, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Classic brownstones and other homes in historic Brooklyn Heights may be demolished by the state as part of the long-overdue effort to shore up and modernize the aging Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, state officials revealed this week ... State transportation planners are currently considering several ways to implement a $300-million reconstruction project of the triple-canitlever

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MEAN STREETS: Fix the BQE? Here are three ways

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Published June 11, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... The Brooklyn Paper ... A plan to make long-overdue repairs to the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway by tearing down historic homes in Brooklyn Heights is just one of several options that state officials are considering. Here are all the alternatives so far: ... • Work with what we’ve got: Improve the existing highway from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street, a lower impact remedy that would spare the taking of property, but would not fully meet state design

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MEAN STREETS: The road ahead

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Published June 11, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... It’s going to take more than a decade to fix the stretch of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, a substandard roadway that is well past the end of its lifespan. Here’s how that process began and will roll on: ... • 1997: Analysis of the problem began ... • Now though October: Proposals for the roadway’s rescue are developed ... • 2012: The final proposals are

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Coney comes up aces on boards

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Published June 11, 2010 at 8:28 p.m.

Not for nothin', but tell me somethin' I don't know. Brooklyn's Coney Island is one of the 12 best beach boardwalks in the country, according to the swells at Travel and Leisure magazine ...

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Brooklyn Heights Church Tour Saturday

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Published June 11, 2010 at 7:11 p.m.

Alex Herrera of the New York Landmarks Conservancy will be giving a guided tour of Brooklyn Heights’ churches this Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m ... Cost is $15 and the tour begins at Plymouth Church on Orange St. between Hicks and Henry ... Click here for more information ...

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BHA Celebrates Whitman; Calls for House History Photos, Stories

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Published June 11, 2010 at 6:08 p.m.

From the Brooklyn Heights Association:On Thursday, July 1, as part of our Centennial Celebration, the BHA will collaborate with ISSUE Project Room for a special outdoor performance, “I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn.” This free event will channel the psychedelic spirit of poet, journalist, humanist and Brooklynite Walt Whitman, set against [ ... ] ...

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Two Heights Residents Join CB2

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Published June 11, 2010 at 4:29 p.m.

John Dew, Chairperson of Community Board 2, an independent city agency that provides local review of land use and other applications, the city budget and municipal service delivery for Brooklyn Heights and nearby neighborhoods, welcomed three new members of the Board, two to replace outgoing members whose terms have expired and one to fill the [ ... ] ...

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