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Brooklyn Heights Street Work Causes Worry About Cobblestones

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

A Brooklyn Heights reader wrote us this week about concern that Joralemon Street was about to lose the last of its beloved cobblestones, but it turns to have been a somewhat false alarm. The original email noted that there is no parking this weekend and that answers have not been forthcoming from the city. He writes:

I have a strong suspicion Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights is next. Between Hicks and Furman Streets, there are yellow placards on EVERY tree indicating NO PARKING from 6am 9/12 through 6am 9/15. That seems kinda strange. They have the DOT logo and the NYPD logo and all it says, “Vehicles will be towed at owners expense.” 311 had no info. NYPD had no info and I couldn’t find any way to contact the DOT directly. Sadly I fear we will be losing our cobble stones for some exotic asphalt.

As it turns out there is major working going on on the tunnel for the 4/5 lines that run under the street. He follows up and says: “They are doing major track work over three weekends in the coming months and this is one of them, they need to stage the new tracks and will be working 24/7 all weekend, and I was assured the cobble stones will be safe, albeit probably heavily damaged!!” Well, it’s way better than the original fear.

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