Brooklyn Heights Blog

Internet “sensation” Bob Trucken Hat recently shot this strange video at Siggys on Henry Street.  The series is a hobby of film exec Marcus Vannini.

Tickets on sale NOW for new additional tour added 3/7/10 at 11am. Buy tickets here!

The  first “official” Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour will take place on Saturday March 6, 2010 at 1pm.  Tickets are  SOLD OUT .

We’ve taken our cue from Radiohead for this installment - pay what you want for your ticket.   Tickets are on sale now at Eventbrite.

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There are times when you can’t tell if the things you read are from The Onion or The Brooklyn Eagle. Today’s item, about the owner of Montague Street Bagels posting an apology for a NYC DOH mandated anti-smoking poster displayed in the store, is real: Read more »

A disturbing dispatch just arrived in the BHB Inbox.  Our tipster claims that there’s a mentally ill person who follows and stalks people on Hicks Street.  She alleges that the 84th Precinct is familiar with this individual (he was once  picked up running naked on Hicks Street) and that he supposedly robbed a neighbor at gunpoint last year.

The full email after the jump. Read more »

photo by jason puris

A FedEx truck ran into 128 Willow Street around  3:45 pm, according to several BHB tipsters.  The Brooklyn Eagle reports that one pedestrian was injured and taken to Long Island College Hospital, however BHB has learned that the victim was actually taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

More photos after the jump. Read more »

Sign up now for Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights walking tour on February 27 at 1pm.

We’ll tour notorious addresses in the neighborhood and share some interesting tales of  ”unknown” Brooklyn Heights history.

This is a test run of Homer’s first walking tour so space is very  limited. Tickets for this maiden voyage are free.  However you must register for a ticket at Eventbrite to attend.

NOTE: This is a walking tour.  If you are unable to stand or walk for 90 minutes this event is not for you.   Some of the subject matter is “R” rated, so attendees should be 17 or older.

Dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.

Brooklyn Heights resident Tina Nole tackles the question: Who is cheaper, Gristedes or Peas N Pickles?

I recently found myself without a job after the demise of Air America media, which means I have entirely too much time on my hands, and well you know what they say about idle hands (I don’t either but it has something to do with the devil).

Being that I’m curious, bored and now poor I figured I’d use my
time wisely by doing some neighborhood investigating. My first mission: to satisfy something I’ve been curious about for a while – is there really any difference, price-wise, between the three markets closest to my apartment; Gristedes, Peas N Pickles, and Hans Market on Clark. So, with my newfound boredom - I mean free time I set out to scratch my curious itch.

I based my study on just a few essential items I like most: Read more »

The Brooklyn Eagle reports that today’s evacuation of the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse may have been caused by a computer repairman’s bag being mistaken for a bomb.  Occupants were asked to leave the building after a woman found the bag outside the courthouse and an x-ray revealed wires inside.

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BHB Photo Club pic by onmontague