How do you think the Atlantic Yards project will impact you, your family and your community? Here’s a chance to have your input included in the project’s Environmental Impact Study (EIS).

Thursday, June 16th 7pm, Iglesia Evangelica Latina
506 Bergen Street (between 6th Ave and Carlton Ave)

SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS: Brian Ketchum, Community Consulting Services; and Brad Lander, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development discussing the Atlantic Yards project in context of downtown Brooklyn development, and an overview of the State of New York EIS process “as it is likely to be applied to Atlantic Yards.” Sponsored by the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council.

UPDATE, Saturday, June 11, 2005, 1:15:50 PM: John Turturro, walking past the corner of President St. and Prospect Park West, gave a passerby directions to Ocean Parkway. He then proceeded in a northeasterly direction, toward Union St., where he waited briefly at the crosswalk, then crossed over to Grand Army Plaza.

PICTURED: Mr. Turturro, wearing sport shoes and pulling a grocery cart, interacts with fellow Brooklynites at the GAP greenmarket, still in full swing. Click here for full image.

STATUS REPORT: It has been nearly 1 year and 9 months since our last John Turturro update. As reported Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 03:51 PM, Turturro was spotted striding purposefully past the Blockbuster near Flatbush and 8th Aves., wearing a dangly earbud and engaging in an intense cell phone call. As he strode past, Turturro pinched the microphone component between his left thumb and index finger, drawing it closer to his mouth in an attempt to improve the call quality.

Heights Coffee, the new coffee house at 335 Flatbush Avenue (between Park Place and Seventh Avenue, next to Geido) is having an Open House tomorrow (June 16th) from 6-9 pm. The place is owned and operated by realtor Tony Atterbury of Slope Heights Realty. The storefront, pictured, is the same one formerly occupied by Slope Heights Realty, which has moved a few doors down the street.

TIP: Roy Frasier in the Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association newsletter. [Download PDF]