OTBKB is giving away copies of Lynne Greenberg's book, The Body Broken, a memoir about chronic pain and one woman's recovery from its devastation. Email me at louise_crawford(at)yahoo(dot)com with your address and you will receive a book. Do it fast. I... »
Have you ever looked up Park Slope on Wikipedia? I have. It's a fairly generic description of our neighborhood with some good local history. It includes sections like: early history, 19th century development, baseball, crash of United Flight 826, bligh... »
This weekend check out the Brooklyn Israel Film Festival at Kane Street Synagogue. I just got this email form the co-director of the festival. I thought that your readers may want to know about this very popular festival. We just had a huge crowd tonig... »
The Brooklyn Heights Montessori school in Cobble Hill Brooklyn runs a much admired program called The Little Room for 3- and 4-year-olds with speech and language delays The Little Room started out as a small room in the school's Bergen Street building ... »
As reported in the Brooklyn Paper, there is now a white painted ghost bicycle chained to a street sign on the corner of President Street and 8th Avenue near the site where Cobble Hill resident, Jonathan Millstein died in September. Cycling activists lo... »
Brooklyn Paper had this breaking story about Long Island College Hospital: The state Department of Health has turned down Long Island College Hospital’s request to close its maternity, pediatrics and dentistry divisions in what the hospital’s managemen... »
Today New York City Councilmembers Bill de Blasio and David Yassky will endorse the "Gowanus Summit." These are, apparently, principles for responsible development of the Gowanus Canal area. Just in time for City Planning Commission Chairperson Amanda ... »
As reported on WNYC, doctors from Long Island College Hospital are trying to break free from the parent company that wants to close the maternity ward and sell off property. Both sides are appealing to the state Health Department to restructure the eco... »
Save the date: September 14th, 2008 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cobble Hill Park FREE, to participate simply email your full name and daytime telephone number to CobbleHillBikeRide@gmail.com http://cobblehillassociation.blogspot.com/2008/08/join-cobble-hill-bike... »
Local elected officials and community activists called on Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to reconsider its decision to shut down its maternity ward, and create a long-term plan for combating its financial problems. LICH is run by Continuum Health ... »
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