Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Confidant

Aug 8, 2026

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7 min read

What will happen to Congress St.?

The City's latest idea to reduce traffic in our neighborhoods; Wet Hot American Summer celebrates a big birthday; a produce aisle chat with Confidant's co-owner/chef Dan Grossman; and an update on Darna Falafel's banned garden oasis bench

Julie Holstein

Logan Lane

Jul 12, 2026

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6 min read

BK news is even bigger news in Maine

Ward 6 checks out two local novelists; car-owners beware; you too can learn Mahjong! two historic schooners sink in Red Hook, and the debate about trendy floating restaurants; update about our waterfront coming this week.

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

What's a mile long, takes 6 minutes to bike and took 14 years to build?

Jun 20, 2026

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7 min read

What's a mile long, takes 6 minutes to bike and took 14 years to build?

Late minute Father's Day gift idea; big day of soccer in Red Hook; be careful where you park your car!

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Play in a band? The Cobble Hill Park summer music series needs you.

May 30, 2026

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5 min read

Play in a band? The Cobble Hill Park summer music series needs you.

Cobble Hill construction begins soon on new apartment towers; Red Hook FC plays today and needs your support; Res Ispa boutique set to open feels more Bleeker St. than Court St; Mamdani quietly says yes to the BMT (or at least I think); was that Matt Damon at Montero's?!

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Everyone is mourning Caputo's; World Cup watch parties in Brooklyn

May 2, 2026

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8 min read

Everyone is mourning Caputo's; World Cup watch parties in Brooklyn

Is there any substitute for Caputo's Black & Whites? more goals for our hometown soccer team; which books are hot right now? more apartment towers for Cobble Hill; is Tony's Chocolonely really the best?

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Help give away millions as the last day of participatory budgeting ends tomorrow.

Apr 18, 2026

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10 min read

Help give away millions as the last day of participatory budgeting ends tomorrow.

Nosy Neighbor answers a reader's question; hometown soccer team with a 3-1 win! Bar Ferdinando’s opens and readers' review Bar Bruno, the BK independent book crawl starts today

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

A famous director who lived quietly among us is selling his brownstown. And the Gilded Rose comes to CGs.

Apr 4, 2026

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15 min read

A famous director who lived quietly among us is selling his brownstown. And the Gilded Rose comes to CGs.

Meet Cobble Hill's oyster goddess, did someone say chocolate? it's the small victories that get me through the day, romance book meet-up in Carroll Gardens and more from Ward 6

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

Fake spring sucks and more from Ward 6 to warm up your day.

Mar 16, 2026

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14 min read

Fake spring sucks and more from Ward 6 to warm up your day.

Residents came out strong this week for each other and our communities. More restaurants open and close; Pure joy seeing Oscar-nominated neighbor in Gen X tribute band; what was that smell early Wednesday morning?

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

SPRING IS IN THE AIR, AT LEAST FOR TODAY, AND MORE NEWS FROM WARD 6

Feb 28, 2026

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17 min read

SPRING IS IN THE AIR, AT LEAST FOR TODAY, AND MORE NEWS FROM WARD 6

Decent landlords please stand up. New Yorkers vs. Bad Landlords hearing #1

Julie Holstein

Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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

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

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