New Tennis league starting May 15
Josh Guttman | May 7, 2008
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I came across this new tennis league starting up May 15. Since I’ve been wanting to get more serious about tennis this spring and play more matches, I’m hoping the league gets lots of interest. If enough Bergen Carroll-ers sign up, we could organize a local Brooklyn branch which would be ideal.
FYI - I signed up as advanced. If you wanna play me, join the same league. Technically, I’m probably advanced-intermediate, but I’m betting that most players overestimate their skills:)
Sphere: Related ContentFrom the Desk of Marty: Newark–Brooklyn Smackdown!
Julia Lipkins | May 2, 2008
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Yesterday, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey reported that NJ Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek is working with Newark Mayor Cory Booker to “assemble a group of investors to buy the Nets and move the basketball team to Newark.” Unnamed sources also told the paper that Booker discussed the Newark deal with an official at Forest City Ratner – the developer behind the Atlantic Yards project.
A long-time supporter of the Atlantic Yards project, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz released a statement about the Star-Ledger’s report:
After years of obscurity mired in the Meadowlands, the Nets are ready for a slam dunk in the Brooklyn big leagues—who knows, maybe the Devils want to lace up and come here too! If my esteemed colleague Cory Booker in Brooklyn’s ‘western suburb,’ a.k.a. Newark, New Jersey, is looking for a professional basketball team, maybe he should ask the Knicks. But seriously, I own a Brooklyn Nets jersey and I’m ready to suit up and cheer for our new ‘dem bums’ in Brooklyn’s fabulous new Barclay’s Center.
Booker was none to pleased that Markowitz called Newark a “western suburb.” In response, Booker said:
I yield to…Marty Markowitz, my esteemed colleague in the “eastern suburb” of Newark a.k.a Brooklyn, and would like to officially challenge him with the remaining shreds of my athletic pride to a one and one basketball game to battle for the Nets!
Markowitz replied, “…I am only 5-foot-5…I’ll accept the challenge only if I can have a ringer play against him.”
Maybe Markowitz could expand his list of classified ads to include a “proxy/ basketball star.”
Sphere: Related ContentFrom the Desk of Marty Markowitz - Joey Riley
Julia Lipkins | April 1, 2008
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Tonight is your last chance to eat a three-course, prix-fixe menus for $23…and also not gain a pound in the process. BP Markowitz who says, “one of the reasons I’m fat is because I go home, eat and fall asleep” proclaimed that “anyone who participates in Dine in Brooklyn has nothing to worry about…This week is calorie-free.”
Between meals, Markowitz took the time to name a baby kangaroo at the Prospect Park Zoo. “Riley,” as seen below, is the third kangaroo to be born in Brooklyn.
From the Desk of Marty Markowitz
Julia Lipkins | March 13, 2008
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On January 6, 2007, The New York Times editorial board wrote the following:
“Gov. Eliot Spitzer is fond of saying that you can’t change the world by whispering…The goals he has set may be daunting to the old guard in Albany, but anything less from this governor would have been a grave disappointment.”
On March 12, 2008, Marty Markowitz said the following:
“In what can only be called a personal failure and tragedy, Governor Spitzer leaves office with great promise unfulfilled. As we move forward, I join all Brooklynites and New Yorkers in supporting our soon-to-be-Governor David Paterson. David and I served together in the Senate, and I have no doubt this Harlemite born in Brooklyn will prove to be a very effective Governor—by bringing people together, working with both Democrats and Republicans, and restoring people’s faith and trust in Albany.”
From the Desk of Marty Markowitz
Julia Lipkins | March 8, 2008
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From the Desk of Marty Markowitz is a new Bergen Carroll series concerned with all things Marty. We’ll cover Marty as he dances, drinks and campaigns for higher office.
Below we see Marty, the lovely Mrs. Jamie Markowitz and crossword junkie Will Shortz (who allegedly is “the only person in the world to hold a college degree in Enigmatology”)
Sphere: Related ContentMarch 3, 2008
BP MARKOWITZ, WIFE JAMIE WELCOME INTERNATIONAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE TOURNAMENT TO BROOKLYN
Photo by Stephen Lipuma
In photo : BP Markowitz and wife Jamie welcome crossword puzzle enthusiasts to BrooklynOn Friday, February 29, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and wife Jamiewelcomed to the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament founded and directed by Will Shortz of The New York Times. Organizers say it was the largest turnout in the competition’s 31-year history.
“Brooklyn is home to the very best crossword competitors out there—including my wifeJamie, who can tackle the New York Times puzzle with the best of them. I welcome the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and its hundreds of participants to the ‘big time’ after 30 years in Connecticut. If the clue for ‘1 across’ is ‘the best place in the world to hold a crossword tournament’—the only correct answer is ‘Brooklyn!’”
Bergen Carroll needs writers!!
Josh Guttman | February 7, 2008
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You might have noticed the recent slow-down in articles on Bergen Carroll. It’s because nearly all our writers parlayed the exposure they received from Bergen Carroll and were lured away by bigger NYC publishers. If you live in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook or Boerum Hill, have a pulse on what’s happening in the ‘hood and like to put pen to paper (or words to website), please get in touch about joining the sexiest local blog in New York City. We’re at josh [at] bergencarroll [dot] com.
Sphere: Related ContentIt’s Super-Duper Tuesday - We Endorse OBAMA!!
Josh Guttman | February 5, 2008
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Today’s the big day when 20 states, including New York, hold their primaries. So get out to your local polling stations and vote!! It’s more important than ever this year.
Bergen Carroll has followed the primary from day 1 and believes in supporting a candidate that will do the most to reform politics in Washington and fix the damage that’s been done over the past eight years, righting the ship that is our country. We believe that candidate is Barack Obama. He represents the most objective, independent, open-minded leader who will weigh both sides of every disagreement and work to make good, informed decisions. He’s the least wed to special interests of the candidates before us and represents a fresh face that our country so desperately needs, both at home and abroad. We also believe he’s the most electable Democratic candidate, who can draw votes from both sides of the aisle. He has the rare and gifted ability to inspire brilliance in others, and to restore the sense of pride of living in America. We endorse Barack Obama for president!
Sphere: Related ContentFormer Boerum Hill resident, Heath Ledger, found dead in Soho
Josh Guttman | January 22, 2008
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Actor Heath Ledger, formerly a resident of Boerum Hill with ex-wife Michelle Williams, was found dead in his Soho apartment today. He was 28. Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said. According to [NY Times]:
Sphere: Related ContentAt 3:31 p.m., according to the police, a masseuse arrived the fourth-floor apartment of the building, at 421 Broome Street, between Crosby and Lafayette Streets in SoHo, for an appointment with Mr. Ledger. The masseuse was let in to the home by a housekeeper, who then knocked on the door of the bedroom Mr. Ledger was in. When no one answered, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened the bedroom and found Mr. Ledger naked and unconscious on a bed, with sleeping pills — both prescription medication and nonprescription — on a night table. They moved his body to the floor and attempted to revive him, but he did not respond. They immediately called the authorities. Mr. Ledger met the actress Michelle Williams while filming ‘’Brokeback Mountain.” The two actors fell into a romance and moved to Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, where their comings and goings were widely noted by the celebrity press. They had a daughter, Matilda Rose, who was born on Oct. 28, 2005.
Honoring MLK in Brooklyn
Josh Guttman | January 21, 2008
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Several events are scheduled to honor Martin Luther King today. BAM is hosting a tribute with several local politicians, including Chuck Schumer, Mayor Bloomberg and Yvette Clark, at an event that begins at 10:30a. OTBKB posted a day-long series of events at Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope that includes meditation, prayer and yoga.
His "I have a dream" speach is as inspirational today as it was in 1963:
Brooklyn writers donate anthology proceeds to fight Ratner’s Atlantic Yards
Josh Guttman | January 8, 2008
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Media Bistro broke the story today that the contributors to the anthology Brooklyn Was Mine (Brooklyn-based writers Jennifer Egan, Lara Vapnyar, Jonathan Lethem, Darcey Steinke, and Darin Strauss) plus fifteen others decided to donate all the book’s proceeds to the non-profit organization, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. Full disclosure: four of the writers are on the DDDB advisory board. This is a great gesture towards Brooklyn and one which I personally support. Opposition to Forest City Ratner’s proposed $4 billion Atlantic Yards development remains as strong as ever and even seems to be growing in recent months. These writers characterized the Atlantic Yards project as "overwhelmingly dense, grossly out-of-scale with its surrounding neighborhood," and disruptive to longstanding communities. The development is currently held up in court. Incidentally, DDDB published The Unity Plan for Vanderbilt Yards yesterday as an alternative to Atlantic Yards. The rendering looks nice and certainly, much more in scale with the surrounding area. What do you think about Atlantic Yards?
