The leaders of a number of businesses urged Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter Thursday “to take immediate action” on public safety and other issues in New York City as part of dealing with the city’s longer-term economic concerns. Among the more than 150 people on the letter were the heads of Citigroup, Macys, … The post NYC business leaders send letter of concern to de Blasio appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.
Promenade’s Montague Street Entrance Being Cleared
This morning a crew from Everest Scaffolding has been busy removing planks from atop the sidewalk bridge covering the Montague Street entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The bridge is there to protect pedestrians from possible falling debris caused by inspection and repointing of Two Montague Terrace’s facade. Our surmise is that the work on the north facing facade been completed. It appears they are leaving the bridge covering the sidewalk on the Montague Terrace side.
NYC DOT Engineer Says Keeping Traffic Off Brooklyn Heights Streets High Priority
The Eagle’s Mary Frost has an excellent report on last week’s Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting. Here are my takeaways from the meeting:1. The featured speaker, DOT Deputy Commissioner Robert Collyer (photo) said at least twice that a primary DOT concern is keeping traffic off Brooklyn Heights streets during the BQE renovation.2. Mr. Collyer said that DOT is considering creating alternate routes for traffic during the BQE project that wouldn’t affect the Heights or other residential areas.3. One of the objectives of the BQE project, according to Collyer, is to “improve vertical clearances” on the highway. Some residents asked if this would necessitate raising the BQE roadways, thereby affecting…