Brooklyn while not always unwavering in its sanctity is impressively rich in its churches. In addition to being called the “City of Trees” and “City of Homes,” it’s also been called the “City of Churches;” lately, it’s more inclusively referred to as the Borough of Homes and Churches.” Most of these churches are Roman Catholic, [...]
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OLDE CONEY MOMENT
February 2nd, 2010
SUMMARY Section of Coney Island amusement area with Scoota Boats entrance (sign above: “Motor boats”) and several pedestrians in foreground and Virginia Reel and Wonder Wheel in background.
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LIGHTHOUSE UNDER THE GWB
January 3rd, 2010
The George Washington Bridge is another of New York’s busiest arteries, pumping Manhattan commuters back and forth on their way to New Jersey across the Hudson River. Those not intimidated by the bridge’s hustle and bustle might want to take a look down below, where they’ll be greeted by the strange sight of the Little [...]
CRATER’S OBLIVION Part 2
September 23rd, 2009
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Not until the disappearance of teamsters’ boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975, would a missing person’s investigation inspire as much publicity, allegations, speculation, innuendos, gossip and, of course, jokes. The confusion started almost immediately with none other than Mrs. Crater. When the Judge failed to return to Maine for 10 days, only then did she [...]
CRATER’S OBLIVION Part 1
September 21st, 2009
The expression “to pull a Crater” is now an obsolete phrase but it once meant to vanish or, in today’s eccentric phraseology, to go missing. In the 1930s/ 1940s, comedians were sure to get a laugh when using this line as part of a gag (or, its companion line, “Judge Crater, call your office!”), its [...]
COMPLACENT STORMS
August 22nd, 2009
Throughout the New York City region, approaching/ passing hurricanes are notorious for nothing more than intensified ocean swells, dangerous rip currents, closed beaches and increased humidity…along with endless sets of coastal advisories and flash flood warnings. This is usually what hurricane seasons consist of, in these parts, during the final weeks of summer as the [...]
THE MOB’S STILL ON THE DOCKS
August 12th, 2009
Formed in the early 1950s, and enabled by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 “to investigate, deter, combat and remedy criminal influence in the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor would forever end the mob’s rule of the docks; a “national disgrace,” as Eisenhower called it.
But while [...]
WRECKAGE OF LIBERTY TOURS
August 10th, 2009
The wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of [...]
LAISSEZ-FAIRE DISASTER
August 9th, 2009
The 1976 Piper PA-32R single engine plane and the Liberty Tours helicopter were flying dangerously close to one another but were apparently unaware of the danger. Moments before yesterday’s fatal collision, a fellow helicopter pilot radioed the pilot of the Liberty Tours chopper and warned him:”You have a fixed-wing [referring to the Piper] behind you.”
The [...]
LIBERTY TOURS/SMALL PLANE COLLIDE
August 8th, 2009
One person has died after a small plane collided into a helicopter over the Hudson, sending its passengers into the river. The accident took place around noon in the vicinity of 14th Street. The Daily News is reporting that the helicopter had five passengers plus a pilot inside. (The authorities are still trying to confirm [...]
PATERSON COOLING IT AT WTC
August 4th, 2009
Whereas New York’s Governor David Paterson’s leadership abilities have proven to be less than effective, he’s now involving himself in a project that has proved itself a spectacular chasm of ineffectualness: the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.
The governor will be personally involved in the ad nauseam talks between the developer and the owner of [...]
TATTOOS ON THE ISLAND
June 8th, 2009
Staten Island may not lay claim to many distinctions but can finally boast of one: Island Tattoo, New York City’s first tattoo museum. This is certainly a radical move for that ignored borough (suspected as being a covert part of New Jersey), often dismissed as lacking in the finer graces of NYC’s bohemian dwellings, commuter [...]
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- Lutheran Medical Center Appoints New Auxiliary Leaders March 11, 2010Auxiliary Board Members Re-elected On January 27, the Lutheran Medical Center Auxiliary re-elected its members of the board and appointed new leaders. The 120-member auxiliary appointed Josephine Cashman as president, who has served with the auxiliary for 13 years, Claireann Gent, a 27-year-veteran as first vice president, and Jane Kelly, who has been with t […]
- Stars To Align for Brooklyn’s Pink & Black Tie Gala March 11, 2010The Brooklyn Regional Office of the American Cancer Society (ACS) will be hosting a “starry night” on May 6, at its second annual Pink and Black Tie Gala. With a roster of celebrities donating their time and efforts to the success […]
- Atlantic Yards Opponents Protest Near Groundbreaking March 11, 2010Mock Funeral for the ‘Soul of Brooklyn’ By Jess Goodwin Brooklyn Daily Eagle PROSPECT HEIGHTS -- Protestors gathered Thursday outside Freddy’s Bar to hold a mock funeral for the “soul of Brooklyn,” in response to the Atlantic Yards groundbreaking nearby. After speeches were made by life-size bobbleheads of Borough President Marty Markowitz, New York City May […]
- Long-Awaited Groundbreaking Held for Atlantic Yards March 11, 2010Jobs, Housing and Basketball Are Seen in Brooklyn’s Future By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle BROOKLYN – “The next best thing to being at this groundbreaking will be going to opening day for the Nets at the Barclays Center.” Borough President Marty Markowitz spoke these words Thursday at the long-awaited groundbreaking for the Barclays Center, centerpiec […]
- Three Fires Plague Brooklyn; One Proves Deadly March 11, 2010Five Firefighters Injured in Devastation of Concord St. Home By Samantha Sherman Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn woke up on Thursday morning to the news that three separate fires had occurred in the borough, two in the downtown area. The third fire, at a brownstone at 732 Decatur St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, proved deadly, killing 35-year old David Ortiz and inj […]
- James Modafferi, Bay Ridge Film Center Owner, Dies at 66 March 11, 2010Longtime professional photographer James Modafferi, owner of the Bay Ridge Film Center, died last week of cancer. He was 66. The Bay Ridge Film Center at 9425 Third Avenue at the corner of 95th Street has been in business for decades. […]
- Suspect Charged in Brooklyn Hit-Run March 11, 2010A suspect in last month’s Brooklyn hit-and-run accident in Prospect Heights that left an employee of the Mayor’s Office in critical condition surrendered to police Thursday and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, according to the Daily […]
- Brooklyn Today: Thursday March 11, 2010 March 11, 2010Good morning. Today is the 70th day of the year. It is the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Ten terrorist bombs exploded on four commuter trains in Spain’s busy capital on this date, killing 191 people and injuring […]
- ‘Salt of the Earth?’ March 11, 2010No, Says Ortiz According to the Daily News, Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced a bill to ban the use of salt from New York City restaurants for health reasons. Some of the city’s top chefs, as could be expected, slammed […]
- EATS Brooklyn Food News March 11, 2010A new coffee house is rumored to be opening on Atlantic Avenue, called 139 @lantic. Tweeter ejcory posted a picture of a sign in the window, which boasts that the new shop will offer “exotic teas, Fair Trade coffee, live entertainment, interesting furniture, contemporary artifacts,” and “a unique atmosphere.” Under the large apartment complex at 725 […]
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- ‘The Demons’: 12-Hour Play, and Endless Bragging Rights March 12, 2010“The Demons,” a 12-hour production of a grim Dostoyevsky novel that will be performed only twice, may be the must-see show of the New York theater season. […]
- A Push for Binghamton to Exit Division I March 12, 2010A statement signed by 18 faculty members recommended a vote on whether Binghamton should remain in Division I after a scandal surrounding the men’s basketball team. […]
- Groundbreaking for Nets’ Atlantic Yards Arena March 12, 2010Officials portrayed the Atlantic Yards project, delayed for years by court fights and other obstacles, as a potent economic stimulus. […]
- Edwin Paraison, Haitian Minister, Courts Diaspora in America March 12, 2010Edwin Paraison, Haiti’s minister of Haitians living abroad, confronted the tensions between the Haitian diaspora and the homeland in his effort to harness help in the earthquake recovery. […]
- Cuomo to Recuse Himself From Paterson Investigations March 12, 2010Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo appointed an independent counsel, Judith S. Kaye, to take over his office’s investigations of Gov. David A. Paterson. […]
- Judith Kaye, a Veteran Judge, Becomes a Fledgling Prosecutor March 12, 2010Judith S. Kaye, who served on the Court of Appeals for decades, may bring added credibility to the state investigation of Gov. David A. Paterson. […]
- Rejected on Dance Floor, Man Beats Woman in Bar Restroom March 12, 2010After his advances were rebuffed, the man savagely attacked the woman, beating her as he tried to remove her pants, the police said. […]
- New York State Shuts Down LibertyPointe Bank March 12, 2010The bank, which had one branch in Manhattan and two in Brooklyn, was the first based in New York City to fail since 1999. […]
- NYC: Letterman, Clinton and Others: Sex, Power and Inequality March 12, 2010In the David Letterman case, the recurring examples of men in power seeking sex from subordinates were little discussed. […]
- Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims March 12, 2010A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials. […]
Media Matters
- Applesauce redux: Doocy endorses "treat them like dogs" health care reform fix
March 12, 2010Less than two weeks after Rush Limbaugh proposed eating "applesauce" as a solution for not being able to afford dentures due to lack of health insurance, Fox's Steve Doocy endorsed a veterinarian's idea to "fix" health care by "treat[ing] people like dogs." Limbaugh has also cited a lack of a "federal dog health c - Upping the double standard: Fox now asking if it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go"
March 12, 2010Despite presenting no evidence that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was personally aware of concerns regarding former-Rep. Eric Massa's behavior months before those claims were made public, Fox & Friends hosted a panel on March 12 to discuss whether it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go." But Fox news figures defended then-House Speaker Denn - Jamison Foser: Running with a bad crowd
March 11, 2010For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca - Glenn Beck: Behind the Music
March 11, 2010Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked popular music as "propaganda" that is helping to advance a progressive agenda and undermine America. Fox example, Beck warned that Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" is "about a progressive utopia" and that the Beatles' "Revolution" "spell[s] it all out" abou - Doocy baselessly claims Slaughter is angling to pass health care reform without a vote
March 11, 2010Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy baselessly claimed that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is offering a way to pass health care reform legislation "without actually voting on it." However, the House has already voted on and passed a health care reform bill, and a legislative rule reportedly under consideration would still require the House to vote o - Double standard: After defending Hastert over Foley scandal, Fox now attacks Pelosi over Massa
March 11, 2010Fox News has trumpeted stories that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff -- but not Pelosi herself -- may have been made aware of some concerns regarding Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) last year. However, following the revelation that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert had likely been personally informed of email then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sent to a congressional - Fox accuses admin of "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab" land
March 11, 2010Seizing on allegations made by Rep. Bob Bishop (R-UT), Fox & Friends accused the Obama administration of moving ahead with a "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab 12, 13 million acres, designating them as federal monuments." In fact, there is no such plan; the allegations are reportedly based on a "very preliminary - Cato's Tanner twists facts in NY Post op-ed on Dems "twisting arms" for health care votes
March 11, 2010Referencing HBO's "The Sopranos," Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner wrote in the New York Post that Democrats "are willing to use every trick in the book to get this [health care] bill passed." However, many of Tanner's allegations of suspect tactics by Democrats are not supported by the facts.Tanner baselessly claimed - Rove's anti-health care reform column full of misinformation
March 11, 2010In a March 11 Wall Street Journal editorial, Fox News Contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the Senate health care bill has "abortion-funding language," adds to the deficit and contains no immediate benefits. In fact, the Senate bill prohibits federal funding of abortion, contains numerous immediate benefits, and, according to the Congressiona - Hannity falsely claims that health care bill doesn't provide immediate benefits
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March 10, 2010Seizing on an absurd claim spread by right-wing blogs that President Obama wants to ban sport fishing, Glenn Beck stated on his Fox News program that Obama is attempting to prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing on some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, and great lakes "by executive order." In fact, there is no evidence of any such order, bu - Beck absurdly claims that alternative poverty measurement would classify him as poor
March 10, 2010Glenn Beck claimed that President Obama was drastically changing the poverty scale in a way that would effectively classify Beck as "in poverty" because other people in his community are wealthier than he is. In fact, the measurement would supplement, not replace, the poverty measurement currently in use, and it would not count Beck as poor. From t - Fox smears appeals court nominee as "biased in favor of sex offenders"
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March 10, 2010Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen falsely claimed that "all the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee" were asking questions similar to those posed by Liz Cheney's controversial ad campaign attacking Justice Department attorneys who previously represented terrorism detainees. In fact, Sen. Lindsey Graham -- a Republican member of
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