...to found a new church. (The First Presbyterian was moving to their present edifice on Henry near Clark Street...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

Beecher’s death March 8, 1887 at 124 Hicks St. brought profound sorrow to the whole nation. His dying words were “Now comes the mystery...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

#1: “In answer to Henry J. Hughes about Gaab’s bakery: It was situated on the corner of Hicks and DeGraw on the northwest side; I know quite well, as I went to P.S. 13 on DeGraw above Hicks and passed there four times daily.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

...bakery.’ In the years I knew of it, first it was on the corner of Woodhull St. and Hicks St. and then some time before the last World War it moved up to 69 Woodhull...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

...Hicks St. and then some time before the last World War it moved up to 69 Woodhull St. which was a few doors up from Hicks St. and next to Christy’s saloon...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

— The Gaab Family, 344 Ovington Ave.”

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

Red Hook Community Justice Center is located at 88 Visitation Pl., Red Hook.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

The Landmarks/Land Use Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6, representing Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Park Slope, will meet on Thursday at 6 p.m. at P.S. 32, 317 Hoyt St.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

The meeting will feature several presentations. Representatives of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development will be on hand to discuss the new plan to develop Public Place, the city-owned six-acre parcel at the corner of Smith and Fifth streets.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

In addition, an application for various façade alterations and new building entrances at 138 Court St. will also be discussed.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

...Journal reporter, will discuss the works and sign copies. Hosted by the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St. RSVP requested. For information or to RSVP, contact Avery Eli Okin, executive director, Brooklyn Bar...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

The property, at 9517-37 Kings Highway, was sold for $3.95 million, or $183.72 per square foot, according to partner John Ciraulo, who represented the seller, along with brokers Ernesto Rivera and Rene Santiago.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

...that people who flock to Olafur Elliasson’s waterfalls will stop by the market at Plymouth and Main streets, to make up for those would-be shoppers who will be away in the...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 24, 2008.

It’s official. Harlem has been legitimized by the society folks. According to Anita Sarko over on the New York Social Diary, “Harlem is no longer scary.”

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 24, 2008.

Mosquito The Health Department has detected West Nile virus in New York City mosquitoes for the first time this season. The virus, isolated in Port Richmond, Staten Island on June 18, has arrived earlier than usual. No human cases have been detected. The Health Department will start dispersing aerial larvicide in non-residential areas of Staten Island, the Bronx and Queens to reduce mosquito populations. Surveillance and control efforts will continue through the summer.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 24, 2008.

A Manhattan jury is deliberating the fate of an ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a Columbia University graduate student for nearly 19 hours.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Leading up to tonight’s scoping meeting of the Coney Island revamp, various advocacy groups and others are staking out positions on the city’s plan, a few of which have ended up in our inbox.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Batali protégé and Iron Chef co-star Anne Burrell fetes her new Food Network show, Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, at her tasty little West Village watering hole Centro Vinoteca with a viewing for friends and foodies.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

“The Brooklyn Brewery was a confirmation of the American Dream,” co-founder Steve Hindy wrote in a commentary released today by the Center for an Urban Future called "Trouble Brewing."

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

A trio of mimes, dressed up like tall, white palm trees, were moving around quite admirably on stilts. Yet slinky model Heidi Klum was the one complaining about blisters during a lavish party at Seagram’s Plaza along Park Avenue on Monday, June 23, celebrating the erection of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Dubai.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Which brought us to the host, developer Donald Trump. “The building is going to be something the likes of which has never been done before,” he said of the soaring, sailboat-style glass tower, which recalled to this reporter the Cooper Square Hotel now looming over the Bowery.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

, in the lobby of 1 Centre Street.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Three minutes younger than his sister, with whom he was raised in Greenwich Village, the fair-skinned Mr. Johanssen was recently anointed a “Hot Bachelor” by People. New Yorkers who have met him say he is polite, a Mets fan, a good-looking guy who wears jeans and a T-shirt off duty and often uses words like “Dude,” “Dawg” and “Bro.”

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

The mysterious Mr. Johansson became an intern at Mr. Stringer’s office right after graduating from the University of Vermont. Once promoted, he was assigned to community boards 2 and 4, which cover the West Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

The mysterious Mr. Johansson became an intern at Mr. Stringer’s office right after graduating from the University of Vermont. Once promoted, he was assigned to community boards 2 and 4, which cover the West Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

The mysterious Mr. Johansson became an intern at Mr. Stringer’s office right after graduating from the University of Vermont. Once promoted, he was assigned to community boards 2 and 4, which cover the West Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

The Frying Pan along the Hudson River was temporarily closed as the owners were unable to obtain the proper leasing permits. Now that the permits have been submitted Frying Pan workers prepare minor renovations at its location at Pier 66 along the West Side Highway in preparation for its opening by the end of the week.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Tuesday, the agency's acting commissioner, Robert LiMandri, testified at a House hearing in Washington in light of the two recent fatal crane accidents on the Upper East Side.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Didier Pawlicki, owner of La Sirene in Tribeca, has mixed feelings about restaurant website Yelp.com where user reviews can be flawed but still make a huge impact on business.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

WHERE: In Good Company Workplaces, 16 W. 23rd St., 4th floor

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on June 24, 2008.

34 Van Dyke Street

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on June 24, 2008.

transfer for the B77 Bus to corner of Van Dyke & Dwight Street, Red Hook

Published by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on June 24, 2008.

George Gurley loves the concept of Roosevelt Island so much he thinks they should create 20 more of them and believes someone may steal his idea and make a fortune.

Published by Roosevelt Island 360 on June 24, 2008.

His athleticism, deep compassion and ceaseless dedication to the NYPD made fallen officer and Staten Island resident Russel Timoshenko a role model to all who knew him. Future generations of soccer players will be reminded of the heroism that cost the young cop his life last year after a Parks Department soccer field in Midland Beach was renamed in his honor.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

Euripides’ The Bacchae—that hymn to faith, filicide, and the dangers of drink—enjoyed its first performance some 2,400 years ago. But John Tiffany, a remarkable young director, has given this ancient tragedy an utterly up-to-date production, which he remounts at the Lincoln Center Festival.

Published by Village Voice on June 24, 2008.

The truck went on to hit three other vehicles, including a police car, after spinning the Fung Wah bus, which had been parked illegally to pick up Boston-bound passengers on the Bowery at Canal Street, police said.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

Victims and passers-by called 911 and cops arrived as Martin was assaulting his final victims - the eighth woman and her daughter - at 96th Street and Park Avenue, the sources said.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

June 24, 2008 -- The US Supreme Court yesterday delivered a major blow to opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, refusing to hear a legal challenge over the use of eminent domain to make way for the $4 billion plan.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

Strand Annex at 95 Fulton Street

Published by The Real Deal on June 24, 2008.

There are still some loft residences available at The Adagio, a 9-story residential condominium building with 41 units at 243 West 60th Street.

Published by nycblogestate.com on June 24, 2008.

Recent construction mayhem has only underscored the problem. On Friday a worker was injured in a 30-foot fall from the Statue of Liberty; on Saturday, one worker was electrocuted at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and another was injured in a fall at a First Ave. construction site. Yesterday a building collapsed in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

Recent construction mayhem has only underscored the problem. On Friday a worker was injured in a 30-foot fall from the Statue of Liberty; on Saturday, one worker was electrocuted at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and another was injured in a fall at a First Ave. construction site. Yesterday a building collapsed in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

The little bit of heaven - 6 pounds, 7 ounces and 15 inches from head to toe - was born on the East Broadway F train platform with the help of more than a dozen concerned New Yorkers.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

Cheap condos are hard to come by in Dumbo. The least expensive Dumbo condo on the market (and not in contract) is at 100 Jay for $599,000, a StreetEasy data set compiled by Dumbo NYC shows. The lowest-priced listings ranged from $686 per-square-foot to $745 per-square-foot. Ten months ago, a similar survey showed units on the market for $475,000, though the per-square-foot price was over $800. 

Published by The Real Deal on June 24, 2008.

The L.A. Times takes a lengthy look at gentrification in Bed-Stuy in a piece that focuses on how (or whether) the opening of the Mynt, the luxury rental on Nostrand and Myrtle, is changing the area.

Published by Brownstoner on June 24, 2008.

What: Get an update on the proposed sale of 21.29 acres of Con Ed property at 18-01 20th Avenue (M 3-1 Zoning District); buyer/developer Steel Equities for FedEx ground facility.

Published by Joey in Astoria on June 24, 2008.

Where: Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria Heights

Published by Joey in Astoria on June 24, 2008.

"Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election" opens Tuesday at the Museum of the City of New York, focusing mainly on the Empire State's unique role in presidential politics, especially in the years 1868-1892, when every Democratic presidential nominee was a New Yorker. Among them, only

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

Williams, 31, was tried on 71 counts that included attempted murder, kidnapping, arson, rape and sodomy, committed, Prunty said, after he forced his way into the woman's Hamilton Heights apartment on April 13, 2007.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

The victim, indentified as Vincent Cruz, was found with a gunshot wound to the head on Eldridge Street in the Bowery.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

Police said a gunmen somehow got into the man's Hamilton Heights apartment on West 150th Street.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

The trial of an ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a Columbia graduate student is expected to go to the jury Tuesday.Defendant Robert Williams was tried on 71 counts, including attempted murder.Prosecutors said Williams carried out a 19-hour reign of terror on the woman after getting inside her Hamilton Heights apartment.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

On Monday, he promoted himself in front of the Charles Schwab building at 50th Street and Park Avenue.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

Nine stores in Chinatown have been shut down for selling counterfeit merchandise, according to the New York Police Department.

Published by WNBC on June 24, 2008.

A Columbia University professor who became the center of attention after a noose was discovered hanging from her office door has been fired after allegations of plagiarism.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

Last year, Americans spent $29 billion on candy - up about 3% from the year before, according to the National Confectioners Association. Dylan's flagship store, at E. 60th St. and Third Ave., did about $4 million in sales last year, according to Hoover's.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

Charlie Shin, manager of Nut Castle on Broadway and W. 39th St., said candy stores aren't completely immune from tough times, though.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

A Columbia University professor who became the center of attention after a noose was discovered hanging from her office door has been fired after allegations of plagiarism.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

Police say the 37-year-old woman was attacked Sunday morning while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queens side of the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

The Fire Department said the accident occurred at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Brooklyn Heights.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 24, 2008.

Authorities say about 13 units were evacuated inside a six-story building on Barnes Avenue in the Morris Park section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

Police say the teen's body was found outside 205 Eldridge Street just after 2 a.m. He had been shot once in the head.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

The victim was shot once in the torso inside Apt. 4C at 466 West 150th Street at around 3:20 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

A Columbia University professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office doorway has been fired after allegations of plagiarism.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

A construction worker fell to his death this morning while working at the new JetBlue terminal at Kennedy Airport.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

The 37-year-old woman was attacked while walking with her 13-year-old daughter near the Queensborough Bridge.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on June 24, 2008.

A little before 6 p.m. Friday, Corey Rosalli, 18, and Christopher Nerenbery, 19, both of Maple Parkway in Mariners Harbor, were caught as they used spray paint to tag a railroad overpass at DeHart Avenue, cops allege.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

Cops made another arrest Saturday, accusing 16-year-old Anthony Nicoletti, of Wadsworth Avenue, Fort Wadsworth, of scratching his tag into a wall of the security office at South Richmond High School Mount Loretto on June 6.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

Police allege that Kevin Finley, 19, of the 100 block of Harrison Avenue in Port Richmond, spotted his former girlfriend hanging out with the 22-year-old victim on the corner of Post and Port Richmond avenues on May 27.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

Police allege that Kevin Finley, 19, of the 100 block of Harrison Avenue in Port Richmond, spotted his former girlfriend hanging out with the 22-year-old victim on the corner of Post and Port Richmond avenues on May 27.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

RVP is seeking talented and skillful artists with additional skills and energy to support an emerging theatrical organization: skills sought include but are not limited to public relations, administrative, internet marketing, set and lighting design, sound, music, etc.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on June 24, 2008.

Bravo's Shear Genius stylists will give New Yorkers free blow-outs in Times Square today. [The Cut]

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Brooklyn moms and their offspring have been enjoying the Y for a century and a half, but never has parenthood taken so many blows to its reputation. Childless adults across Brooklyn mock their neighbors' choice to settle down and start families. Looks of disdain are aimed at young couples rocking their babies to sleep while they enjoy a cocktail on Park Slope patios. Moms and dads struggle with baby carriages on the subway and are often dismissed as merely being in the way.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Here’s Michael Bloomberg speaking at the opening of the new exhibit, “Campaigning for President,” at the Museum of the City of New York.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved revised plans for a massive development at the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg, Brownstoner reported just before noon after blogging live from the hearing all morning. Most importantly "the sign will live," said an architect for the project.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

Paul Francis, the director of State Operations for Governors Paterson and Spitzer, has resigned, the governor’s office announced today. In the Paterson administration, Mr. Francis provided oversight to many key development projects in the state, trying to sort out the mess at Moynihan Station, among others.

Published by The New York Observer on June 24, 2008.

A roadblock to a $4-billion project to reshape downtown Brooklyn fell after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by property owners and tenants who would be evicted during construction, a spokesman for the developer said Monday.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the 13 plaintiffs on the appeal said he plans to sue in state court, which could further delay the Atlantic Yards development.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Monday, a 57-year-old woman was killed and several people were injured when a dump truck careened into the back of a Fung Wah bus in Chinatown. The accident came after a weekend where four cars rammed into pedestrians over the course of two days, hitting 22 people and seriously injuring seven.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

Teachers College administrators said in a letter to faculty Monday that professor Madonna G. Constantine's appeal of the plagiarism charges has been rejected. It says she has been suspended indefinitely.

Published by amNY.com on June 24, 2008.

A Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, yesterday hosted Senator Schumer for the official ribbon cutting of the new 50,000-square-foot offices in Chelsea Market, at 111 Eighth Ave. The new office will complement Google's 500,000-square-foot office space on Eighth Avenue.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

When compared to the overall scores for the school districts in which they are located, some charter schools — such as Bronx Preparatory in the South Bronx and the KIPP Infinity school in Harlem — had as much as double the portion of students scoring proficient in math and reading.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

A smaller group of charter schools performed worse than their districts. The Ross Global Academy Charter School, which is housed inside the Department of Education's headquarters at Tweed Courthouse and has suffered high teacher and principal turnover, underperformed its district's average by about five percentage points on the state reading test, though its students performed above the city average on the test.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

An ex-convict accused of raping and torturing a graduate student for 19 hours should be convicted of attempted murder because he tried to burn her alive to stop her from identifying him, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday. The blaze in the Columbia University student's upper Manhattan apartment was set as the finishing touch on what an assistant district attorney, Ann Prunty, called Robert Williams's "one-man, 19-hour crime rampage."

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

A 22-year-old man was stabbed multiple times on 45th Street and Seventh Avenue yesterday. The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, and is in critical condition, police said.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

More than 1,000 new recruits filled Harlem's famed Apollo Theater for the start of a four-day program, called Advancing Community Trust, that focuses on issues such as diversity and the department's stop-and-frisk policy, which critics claim singles out minorities.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

The New York Aquarium is mourning the loss of a Pacific walrus named Ayveq.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

A scheduling oversight will result in the convergence of two orchestras performing free concerts tonight in Central Park.

Published by New York Sun on June 24, 2008.

At Public School 175 in Harlem, Mr. Bloomberg declared that it was a “wonderful day for New York” and added that with a “dramatic upward trend” over the last six years, public schools in the city were now “in a different league.”

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

“New York looks a lot like Shanghai,” said Fu Jiang Li, 47, as he studied the bronze peace sculpture with its knotted gun barrel on United Nations Plaza. He should know, because that’s where he’s from. “But China has only one Shanghai — and America has so many big, modern cities.”

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

The Columbia University professor who gained widespread attention last fall after a noose was found hanging on her office door was fired on Monday after months of wrangling over charges that she plagiarized the work of two former students and a former colleague.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

Just before 8 a.m. on Monday, a commercial dump truck came off the bridge and into this tumult, and the rest was pandemonium. It rammed a parked bus at Canal Street and the Bowery, sending the bus hurtling onto the sidewalk, clipping three vans, felling a traffic light and a fire hydrant and crashing into the front of a bank.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

The court declined to hear an an appeal by property owners and tenants whose homes and businesses are scheduled to be taken over to make way for the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

George Carlin is not the most famous graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx. But he is without doubt the most famous Hayesman who never graduated.

Published by New York Times on June 24, 2008.

Firefighters found a mailbox ablaze late last night in Meiers Corners. Located at the corner of Willowbrook Road and Sheraden Avenue, the mailbox sits on the sidewalk in front of PS 54 and next to a fire hydrant.

Published by SI Live on June 24, 2008.

The highest "Waterfall," between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn, measures 120 feet. The widest, pouring from underneath one end of the Brooklyn Bridge, spans 80 feet.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

A Queens dad trying to beat the heat at Rockaway Beach was arrested and hauled off in handcuffs - while his family and friends looked on - for wading ankle-deep, into the water.

Published by New York Daily News on June 24, 2008.

June 24, 2008 -- The Bronx's IS 218 is one of the city's highest-ranking dual-language schools, having earned an "A" for its overall performance last year.The Bronx's IS 218 is one of the city's highest-ranking dual-language schools, having earned an "A" for its overall performance last year. But that grade may be in jeopardy this year because of the school's mixed results on third- through eighth-grade math and reading tests.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

Principals credited factors like teacher quality, class size and curriculum. But they acknowledged the cash may have played a role. "I think it had a little bit of effect," said Principal Virginia Connelly of The Bronx's JHS 123, where 25.1 percent of seventh-graders improved in English and 27.6 percent improved in math.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.

Twenty-six of 35 schools in the payment program saw an increase in fourth-graders' English scores. In math, 24 schools had an increase. PS 64 Principal Susan Litrico Pappas said the cash provided motivation, but that more credit should go to another part of the program - periodic assessments of student skills and needs.

Published by New York Post on June 24, 2008.