neighborhood watch

Dumbo Gets All Historical

Brooklyn Heights: Neighbors are riled over rumors of the murder of a century-old elm tree. [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Bushwick: If you press a buzzer and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? [Newyorkshitty]
Carroll Gardens: Don’t mess with the garden diva. Just don’t. [McBrooklyn]
Cobble Hill: Will chain stores make this place more like the LES than the West Village? [NYT via A Brooklyn Life]
Coney Island: Thor Equities tries to get all groovy in promoting its new attractions that no one seems to like. [Kinetic Carnival]
Dumbo: The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 8-0 to consider the whole neighborhood for landmark status. [Dumbo NYC]
Upper East Side: Sometimes a bookstore can make you forget what a giant expense hole we live in. [Around the Block on the Upper East Side]

Dumbo Gets All Historical