Joe Maniscalco
The Archive
CB15 will give auto shop owner gas pains over filling station proposal
July 13, 2010 | 10:11pmA local auto reprair shop is making Theresa Scavo’s Spidey sense tingle!LS Auto Clinic on Avenue Z says that its efforts to renew a lapsed variance is just an attempt...
A Shore problem
July 13, 2010 | 8:44pmThe death of a 52-year-old Batchelder Street man killed while exiting his car on Shore Boulevard in Manhattan Beach on Monday night has sparked new calls for safer streets.Brian Waldman...
Bloomy to Marty: Keep those concerts down!
July 13, 2010 | 4:09pmOn the eve of the first summer concert in Asser Levy Park, Mayor Bloomberg warned Borough President Markowitz that if the music gets too loud, Thursday night’s concert would be...
Benefit concert booted from Asser Levy band shell — citing same law Marty flouts!
July 9, 2010 | 4:09amA concert promoter who hosted an autism benefit last Friday was barred at the last minute from rocking the same band shell in Asser Levy Park where Borough President Markowitz...
Brighton Beach says it needs more parking
July 6, 2010 | 2:29amThe only municipal parking lot in bustling Brighton Beach has become a battleground between jealous short-term users and privileged permit holders — and some say the only solution to the...
Male call!
July 6, 2010 | 2:08amResidents living around King’s Chapel Church on Quentin Road say that the U.S. Post Office has turned their mail route into the Homecrest proving grounds — and washout letter carriers...
Boardwalk boards would make good wood
June 29, 2010 | 1:58amLast month’s nor’easter put a beating on the Sheepshead Bay footbridge, and one local official wants to see it rebuilt on the cheap — with free wood from the Riegelmann...
Wildlife Refuge hosts trucks and cranes
June 28, 2010 | 7:36pmParts of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge are being used as a staging area for Department of Transportation Belt Parkway bridge reconstructions — making it look like a containment area...
Getting in the Dorinson
June 23, 2010 | 1:19amA neighborhood civic group that claims it has been purposely locked out of a city panel for years is touting the appointment of one of its own this week as...
Jersey's longer wood could save boardwalk
June 22, 2010 | 2:41pmBack away from your concrete mixers and take a road trip to the Jersey shore.That’s the advice Coney Island gadfly Judd Fischler has for Parks Department officials bent on using...
Lawsuit seeks end of Marty's summer concerts
June 22, 2010 | 2:41pmOpponents of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s proposed $64-million amphitheater in Asser Levy Park sued to block the Beep’s annual summer concert series because its amplified sound is too close to...
Butt we love to smoke!
June 15, 2010 | 3:03amCarrying buckets of used butts, anti-smoking advocates rallied on the boardwalk in Coney Island last week against smoking in city parks, saying our local beaches, while excellent for extinguishing cigarettes,...
New marina plan makes waves in Sheepshead Bay
June 14, 2010 | 11:25pmA plan to build a private marina in Sheepshead Bay has some residents worried that their waterways will be clogged with sand.The Breakers condominium complex at 3128 Emmons Ave. has...
Lundy's home to become home to surf and turf
June 14, 2010 | 9:47pmSurf and turf is coming back to Lundy’s.Lundy’s house, that is.The owner of the home that once belonged to restauranteur Irving Lundy — who ran Lundy’s, the nation’s largest seafood...
Canned for their opinion
June 7, 2010 | 8:49pmTwo sacked members of a local panel say they lost their seats because they refused to mimic the pols who appointed them — and one of the lawmakers admits it.Both...
No wood equals no cash, say boardwalk businesses
June 7, 2010 | 5:03pmBoardwalk-based businesses say the city might as well fit them with cement shoes if it plans to replace the wood they know and love with cement.“If there’s no boardwalk we...
Luna Park boss: We'll be ready!
May 21, 2010 | 4:08amNever mind all the construction cranes and mud, Luna Park operators say that they will be ready to welcome Coney Island thrill seekers to the amusement park starting at 11...
Group worried about Nostrand Bus Rapid Transit
May 18, 2010 | 10:14pmA local panel is not convinced that a new, quicker Nostrand Avenue bus will benefit the community.Members of Community Board 15 told MTA officials this week that despite claims of...
Heavy metal machers eye Marty's amphitheater for Iron Maiden and Metallica
May 14, 2010 | 4:13amCome on, feel the noise, Coney!The concert promotion firm that backs heavy metal super-groups Iron Maiden and Metallica now wants to produce shows at Borough President Markowitz’s proposed $64-million amphitheater...
Long road to rehab on Ocean Parkway bike lane
May 11, 2010 | 4:08amIt took six years to build Ocean Parkway’s famous bike lane in the 1870s, but it’s taken twice as long, and $10 million, to fix it — and the work...