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Post #21: Heartbreak Holiday Dance and so much more on this V-Day weekend

Feb 14, 2026

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11 min read

Post #21: Heartbreak Holiday Dance and so much more on this V-Day weekend

Is the Court St. Redesign getting a Redesign? Businesses file an appeal; the karaoke queen of Montero's; Paulie Gees is coming to Gowanus; live in a rental ripoff? Mamdani needs to know and hip-hop at Borough Hall

Julie Holstein

Artists

How to survive the coolld weather and so much more.

Feb 7, 2026

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16 min read

How to survive the coolld weather and so much more.

Post #20: Wuthering Heights is all the rage, year-round outdoor dining is almost back, the most popular books in our corner of Brooklyn and an entire Cobble Hill block has a new owner

Julie Holstein

ICE

Post #19: My local celebrity big-ish reveal, birds as therapy, a former Nat Geo photog. shares his favorites, NYC should be more like Bogota? BK n'hoods rank high for air pollution

Jan 31, 2026

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16 min read

Post #19: My local celebrity big-ish reveal, birds as therapy, a former Nat Geo photog. shares his favorites, NYC should be more like Bogota? BK n'hoods rank high for air pollution

R.E.M is not A Tribe Called Quest and other adventures as a young journalist

Julie Holstein

photography

Post #18: A new pickleball club on Van Brunt; Elon Musk Leaves Red Hook; help stop another Ryder Cup chopper invasion!

Jan 24, 2026

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14 min read

Post #18: A new pickleball club on Van Brunt; Elon Musk Leaves Red Hook; help stop another Ryder Cup chopper invasion!

Remember that gawd-awful Ryder Cup weekend when hundreds of helicopters flew non-stop above our Brooklyn neighborhoods because people paid $1200 for a 12-minute flight to the Long Island golf tournament?

Julie Holstein

Artists

Sanitation trucks as roving works of art.

Jan 18, 2026

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16 min read

Sanitation trucks as roving works of art.

Ward 6: #17 ALL THOSE NEW DISPENSARIES, EXPLAINED

Julie Holstein

News

Jan 11, 2026

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7 min read

HNY! WELCOME TO WARD 6 IN 2026

"It will still be Montero - same name, same everything. Karaoke and all..."

Julie Holstein

JOBS

"Around here after 4pm, it all turns into bedlam” (DOT survey)

Dec 21, 2025

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14 min read

"Around here after 4pm, it all turns into bedlam” (DOT survey)

WARD 6 #15: MAYOR-ELECT MAMDANI HAS A JOB FOR YOU; DID YOU SAY CROISSANT? THE CITY CLAIMS HELICOPTERS ONLY FLY OVER WATER AND A BIG WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Another tipster told me Madewell will move into the space, which I immediately responded with an eyeroll and a groan. “It’s better than a bank,” she aptly said—yes, but tough, tough news.

Dec 13, 2025

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17 min read

Another tipster told me Madewell will move into the space, which I immediately responded with an eyeroll and a groan. “It’s better than a bank,” she aptly said—yes, but tough, tough news.

In this week's post #14: Two big scoops; a warning after the closure of a Brooklyn private school for two days; a packed CB6 meeting about you know what (hint: 2-wheels), a Gen X guide for the holidays and a world with less trucks.

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

IN THIS WEEK'S POST#13: WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS TOLD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT ITS WATERFRONT PLAN; SAUNA COMEDY; A LOCAL MOM TAKES ACTION; SOULCYCLE FOUNDER DISCOVERS CHILL

Dec 6, 2025

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15 min read

IN THIS WEEK'S POST#13: WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS TOLD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT ITS WATERFRONT PLAN; SAUNA COMEDY; A LOCAL MOM TAKES ACTION; SOULCYCLE FOUNDER DISCOVERS CHILL

“Residents and container cranes [at the proposed BMT] do not mix, except where these cranes are painted fancy colors and frozen like dinosaurs on display.” (Cong. Nydia Velazquez)

Julie Holstein

IN THIS WEEK'S POST #12 (gulp): COME ONE, COME ALL TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS OR EXPRESS YOURSELF!

Dec 1, 2025

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5 min read

IN THIS WEEK'S POST #12 (gulp): COME ONE, COME ALL TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS OR EXPRESS YOURSELF!

TONIGHT! It's that time... Did you know Kane St. and Congress St. will be the entrance and exits for the proposed waterfront development with 20 new apartment towers?

Julie Holstein