Helen Klein
The Archive
Peru is as close as Sunset Park
March 23, 2011 | 11:59pmYou want fries with that?That may be the last thing you’d expect when venturing out to a Peruvian restaurant, but the biggest, most delicious surprise of Pio Rio Riki is...
Ridgites: No way trash is getting picked up six times a week
March 8, 2011 | 8:11pmLocals say the city is lying when it claims it is picking up garbage from public trash cans six times a week, and the proof is piling up around trash...
Another Bay Ridge church to be demolished
March 1, 2011 | 9:05pmAnother one of Bay Ridge’s beloved old churches is going to be demolished for development — and locals aren’t happy.Salam Arabic Lutheran Church on Ovington Avenue, which was recently sold...
You'll say yes to Nyonya, a palace of Malaysian cuisine
February 15, 2011 | 5:33pmThe complex flavors and textures of Malaysian cuisine are relatively unknown, even in Brooklyn’s expansive culinary universe.This is food that is as familiar as it is surprising, evoking memories of...
¿Fiesta fantástico? Head to Flatbush for Mexican victuals
February 15, 2011 | 4:36pmForget the generic versions of peppers and tortilla you’ll find in your local C-Town; for Brooklyn cooks, Flatbush is the gateway to Mexico.In groceries and bakeries off the Newkirk Avenue...
State money is saving grace for historic Brooklyn schoolhouse
February 11, 2011 | 3:41pmA historic but dilapidated schoolhouse in the heart of Brooklyn that has been falling into disrepair for years because of neglect by the city’s Department of Education could have a...
Fort swings open the gate to community events
February 11, 2011 | 3:41pmLocked down since 9-11, Fort Hamilton Army base’s new leadership has made good on its promise to open it back up to the public — and some say it has...
GOP Chairman Eaton takes bite out of Young Republicans
February 11, 2011 | 3:41pmTalk about twisted trunks.Brooklyn’s Republican Party establishment is suddenly waging an insurgent battle against the GOP’s own youth group.Kings County GOP Chairman Craig Eaton announced last week that he had...
New group would 'take back borough'
February 11, 2011 | 3:40pmLeaders of civic organizations from across Brooklyn say they want to take back the borough from bureaucrats and developers — and they’re going to start a new group to do...
Ridge leaders do what they do best — lead!
February 1, 2011 | 7:02pmBay Ridge activists gathered together to celebrate their achievements last Saturday at an annual event whose guest list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the neighborhood.About 150 community luminaries braved...
Revived Loews Kings to bring more traffic: study
January 31, 2011 | 2:29amA revitalized Loew’s Kings Theater is going to make traffic worse on nearby streets, and the city admits it can’t fully solve the problem.The study by the Economic Development Corporation,...
They were 86th!
January 25, 2011 | 11:43pmFirst you saw them, now you don’t.New tiles that appeared — then disappeared — from the 86th Street subway station had members of a local panel wondering whether shoddy workmanship...
Look out, below! City plants trees in Ridge's 'Dead Man's Hill'
January 25, 2011 | 10:39pmNow, it’s really “Dead Man’s Hill”!The city has planted trees at the bottom of a popular Bay Ridge sledding, turning the slope from a place for a fun day in...
Marine Park parents poised to fight new JHS plan
January 24, 2011 | 10:05pmParents and elected officials are blasting the city’s plan to put an elementary school inside Marine Park JHS a few years after they killed a similar plan in the same...
Ten years later, Newkirk Plaza to get $200,000 fix-up
January 24, 2011 | 8:53pmThe MTA will approve plans to finally install benches, bike racks and planters at the Newkirk Plaza shopping mall, putting to use the $220,000 allocated for the project more than...
Cops: We'll monitor, mentor young criminals
January 22, 2011 | 5:35amPolice in East Flatbush say they can combat youth-on-youth crime — and bring a stop to future killings — by monitoring and mentoring youthful perpetrators in hopes of getting them...
Ridge state senator on track with MTA
January 22, 2011 | 5:05amBrooklyn now has a direct line to the MTA.State Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) has been appointed to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Capital Program Review Board by senate Majority Leader...
New School for Kensington, but where?
January 17, 2011 | 8:17pmThe city wants to build a new school on Caton Avenue between E. Seventh and E. Eighth streets in Kensington, but some members of the local school board say that’s...
Truck sleepovers irk residents
January 11, 2011 | 4:45pmSeventh Avenue near 92nd Street has become a truck stop, say angry residents who are demanding somebody tells the drivers who park there at night to move along.“It started with...
Trucks — not shoppers — get parking spaces along Church Ave.
January 10, 2011 | 3:10pmShoppers will be banned from parking along portions of Church Avenue during weekday mornings as the city moves ahead with a plan to create truck loading zones along the commercial...