By Stephen Jacob Smith 2/28 10:42am

Historic Hysteria

Brooklyn politicians hope that landmarking LICH will keep SUNY Downstate from closing it.

Can Cobble Hill Landmark Its Hospital Into Staying?

Cobble Hill really wants to keep its hospital. Ever since the State University of New York trustees voted unanimously to close the Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, local politicians—and just about everyone else involved—have been desperately trying to keep the medical center open. A group of unions and doctors won a temporary reprieve, but the prognosis for the hospital is not good.

SUNY chairman H. Carl McCall claims that “There is no plan whatsoever with respect to real estate,” but local councilman Brad Lander, who represents the 39th District, snaking from Cobble Hill to Borough Park, thinks otherwise.

“It’s hard to pin down motives,” Mr. Lander told Crain’s New York Business, “but it doesn’t seem like all the avenues have been explored to make this facility profitable and have it continue to function as a hospital.” He estimated the value of the real estate at $500 million, if converted to housing, as is allowed by the current zoning designation. Read More

By Staff 10/12/06 12:30pm

Public Meeting for Piers

The New York City Economic Development Corporation will hold a scoping meeting tonight at the Long Island College Hospital at 6 p.m. for the planned development on Piers 7 through 12 on the Carroll Gardens and Red Hook waterfront. The E.D.C. has some grand plans for the development–from parks to housing and waterfront access. Read More

By Staff 7/31/06 10:32am

Atlantic Yards Hearings

The latest round of public hearings will take place this Thursday, Aug. 3, in three separate locations, all at 6 p.m. Here’s the lowdown:

  • Brookyln Community Board District 2:
    Long Island University
    Health Sciences Center, Room 119
  • Brookyln Community Board District 6:
    Long Island College Hospital
    339 Hicks Street, Conference Rooms Read More

    • By Staff 7/07/06 12:35am

    Accident in Red Hook After D.O.T. Turns Head, Ignores Pleas


    Firefighters clean blood off the street.

    Last night around 10 p.m. at the intersection of Van Brunt and Wolcott streets in Red Hook, a woman was struck and thrown by a gray minivan that had just turned out of the Fairway parking lot five blocks away, according to witnesses. The van was heading north Read More

    By Daisy Carrington 7/03/06 12:00am

    Clara Ruby Fass

    June 4, 2006

    4:45 a.m.

    5 pounds, 14 ounces

    Long Island College Hospital

    After only three hours of labor, Monica Grandy Fass, a 39-year-old psychologist, has a new little angel-faced analysand! “It was a surprise,” said delighted dad Mark Fass, 36, Ms. Grandy Fass’ husband of three months, a reporter for The New York Law Read More

    By Daisy Carrington 10/10/05 12:00am

    Hazel Virginia Phipps-Miller

    July 16, 2005

    12:13 p.m.

    8 pounds, 8 ounces

    Long Island College Hospital

    After 30 hours of labor culminating in a C-section, Sarah Phipps, who teaches second grade at St. Ann’s in Brooklyn, has a very special little new charge to share with her husband of two years, Lloyd Miller, 31, leader of the Deedle Read More