Brooklyn Neighborhood

We didn’t want to go this way, but for the foreseable future you’ll need to be a registered user in order to post a comment.  Trolls have found us and for some reason are intent on interupting the kind of conversation that one might have at a general meeting or with a neighbor.  So please [...]

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Planners at the City of Portland’s Bureu of Planning are hard at work on a much-needed update to the Central City Plan.  The plan was last updated in 1988, and much has changed since that time.  It seems that mixed-use development and urban revitalization has happened along just about every major commercial street in the city.  [...]

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Portland City Commissioners have voted to spend $6.3 million dollars to help jump start the planned eastside extension of the popular Portland Streetcar.  Current plans call for a new line to be built from the existing line in the Pearl District, across the Broadway Bridge to the Rose Quarter and the Lloyd District before heading [...]

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Music, face painting and Spiderman 3!  For details visit the Park’s website or check out “Events Calendar” in the left hand column on this page.  See you there…

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Title: Brooklyn Action Corps Meeting
Location: SE Center @ Milwaukie
Description: Board of Directors meeting. Open to anyone, True Brew coffee free!
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2008-08-13

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The Portland Police Bureau is allowing residents to access a very current list of crime in the city via a new website.  Read what the Police Bureau has to say (I’ve given it a run and it’s pretty interest and a little disconcerting) after the jump… 

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SAVE THESE DATES! August 14th & September 7th
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 1 – 4 pm
The Brooklyn Action Corps sponsors the 7th Annual “ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN THE PARK”
Various activities have been planned such as the ever popular air bouncer, face painting, balloon man, petting zoo, banner making, raffle for great prizes and of course Ice [...]

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Over the last couple of years, the frequency of freight trains using the Union Pacific railroad tracks that run between the Brooklyn train yards and the OMSI area has increased dramatically. Federal legislation now allows communities to establish residential quiet zones to mitigate this unwanted noise. Let’s use the opportunity of the upcoming light rail construction to retrofit the crossings with upgraded gates so we can establish a residential quiet zone and finally get a good nights sleep.

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Commuters in and around the Brooklyn Neighborhood found an even worse than usual evening commute on Thursday, July 31st.  A large water main at SE 11TH Avenue and Tacoma streets, broke and caused an emergency closure of the aging Sellwood Bridge.  Traffic along Tacoma Street, Milwaukie Avenue, Powell Boulevard, McLoughlin Boulevard, the Ross Island Bridge and [...]

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Chester Yeom, the former operator of Brooklyn’s Milwaukie Market, has passed away.  Many area residents will no doubt remember Chester for his keen sense of humor and his collection of Polaroid pictures that he had taken over the years of his regular customers. 

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