Brooklyn Heights-DUMBO, NY|News|
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade May Get Expansion, City Says
A final decision about the overcrowded walkway won't come for another two years.

Reach Noah at noah.manskar@patch.com
Noah Manskar covers all things New York City for Patch, writing citywide stories about crime, politics, the subways and much else. He came to Patch from Blank Slate Media, where he covered community news and local politics in Nassau County, Long Island. He has won six awards from the New York Press Association and the Press Club of Long Island, including a first-place honor for a story about allegations of sexual abuse against the former president of a prestigious Catholic high school.
Noah grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2015. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with his partner, Claire, and their cat, Martha Washington.
A final decision about the overcrowded walkway won't come for another two years.

Here's what you need to know to prepare for the flakes.
The mayor was scheduled to host a town hall in Manhattan on Thursday and appear on "The Brian Lehrer Show" Friday morning.
A Staten Island woman has a dark spot in her left eye shaped like the partially eclipsed sun, CNN reported.
The Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program made payments to 189 people who were abused by priests.
Officials worry the legislation would let anyone bring a dangerous weapon into crowded places like Times Square.
Immigration agents make it even harder for immigrants to navigate the justice system, lawyers and immigrant-rights activists said.
About 75,000 New Yorkers were living in shelters or on the streets in 2017, a new federal report says.
The hyperlocal Brooklyn publisher says it will shut down at the end of the month without more revenue.
Another top Christmas town is a just a train ride away from Manhattan.
The pair tried to buy gold coins with the money to cover up the crime, prosecutors said.
Get in the Christmas spirit with a drink from one of these merry watering holes.
The public radio station pulled two of its top hosts from the airwaves as it investigates allegations of "inappropriate conduct."
"The communication, certainly, to me is unacceptable," Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson said.
Edward "Super Ed" Carillo was part of a ring that sold fentanyl and crack cocaine.
The case could force the president to address sexual assault allegations in an open court.
The officer shot the man once in the chest, police said.
The bill that passed Congress on Wednesday will be a bad deal for nearly 700,000 New Yorkers, officials say.
The phone number that birthed the iconic tune has been dragged into the lawyers' feud.
Harvey Weinstein's downfall has encouraged more rape victims to come forward, police officials said.