Cobble Hill

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

Henry Public

Cheer on our hometown semi-pro soccer team today! More celebrities bid adieu and so did cabs on Clinton St.

Apr 11, 2026

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16 min read

Cheer on our hometown semi-pro soccer team today! More celebrities bid adieu and so did cabs on Clinton St.

Henry Public or LI Bar? Taxpayer money wasted on an empty Pre-K building and the local dad who won't stop until it opens, nearly 18K new millionaires in NY, custom-sneakers come to C. Gardens and Strong Place says goodbye to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

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

Dog poop

Just in time for a blizzard: Ward 6 with all of your local news.

Feb 21, 2026

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15 min read

Just in time for a blizzard: Ward 6 with all of your local news.

BK Councilmembers take on the dogs. "Pick up your fxxxxxx shit!" "Scoop your poop!"

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

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