NY1 catches up with Brooklyn Heights residents who are still struggling with noise from renovations on the Brooklyn Bridge:
About Homer Fink
The moniker is the “nom de blog” of Brooklyn Bugle Media founder John Loscalzo, who took it from a novel he read while growing up in Queens, NY. It was called, naturally, The Adventures of Homer Fink by Sidney Offit.“Loscalzo” may be familiar to those who grew up during the “alternative rock” era. He spent most of the 80s and 90s on great radio stations like WNYU, WPDH, WRCN, WDRE and WXRK (K-Rock) in New York as well as KROQ in Los Angeles. Loscalzo has also held executive positions at Billboard Magazine, Sony, CBS-TV and MTV.Loscalzo and the staff of Brooklyn Heights Blog were recognized by the Brooklyn Heights Association with a Community Service Award in 2011.Author Archive | Homer Fink
LPC Approves Building Plans for Empty Hicks Street Lot
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the LPC has approved plans for a development on Hicks Street after being rejected previously:
Area Man Gets Local Papers to Freak Out Over “Lack of Security” at Monroe Place Brownstone
Both the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper covered the outrage of Monroe Place resident Jeffrey Smith over what he claimed was the lack of security at a brownstone currently under renovation. Jared Kushner bought 38 Monroe Place and several other properties here to convert into McMansionstones (hey think that will catch on?) recently. […]
Heights Preservationist and Former LPC Write Stern Op-Ed About Pierhouse Blocking Brooklyn Bridge Vista
Heights Preservationist Martin L. Schneider has written an op-ed for the NY Daily News along with former LPC commissioner Beverly Moss Spatt expressing their strong opposition and outrage over the height of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse condo.
Give the Gift of Movies Filmed in Brooklyn Heights
Stuck on what to get your Brooklyn Heights obsessed friend/family member for the holidays this year? Or wondering what entertainment you can offer your Thanksgiving guests? Behold! Our list of films shot in Brooklyn Heights – you can sit around the flat screen and marvel at the local sights included in each. Here’s our list […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Study to Pier 6 Critics: Towers Pose No Problems
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation will release the findings of its impact study regarding new housing at Pier 6. SPOILER ALERT: If you’re against the towers you might just be SOL:
Morris Adjmi Will Design Condos to Replace the Brooklyn Heights Cinema
JMH Development and Madison Estates, who purchased the Brooklyn Heights Cinema location at 70 Henry this week, are planning to build …wait for it… condos on the site. A spokesperson for the group writes that they will ” be bringing a Morris Adjmi-designed boutique condominium development to the historic neighborhood.” The developer’s spokesperson tells BHB […]
The Clark Street Subway Station Now Has 3 Working Elevators
According to a BHB reader, the middle elevator at the Clark Street subway station is now operational. It’s been out for a while and for a time it felt like it might never come back. Have you taken a ride on the newly fixed elevator? What was it like…like magic? @bkheightsblog elevator at Clark street […]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema Site Sells to Developer for $7.5 Million
The site of the now closed Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street, has sold to a developer for $7.5 million the NY Daily News reports. NYDN: Brooklyn-based Madison Estates and JMH Development are the new owners of the two-screen Brooklyn Heights Cinema, the cute one-story white brick theater at 70 Henry St. between Cranberry and […]
Goodbye, Brooklyn Heights: 33 Things I’ll Miss About the ‘Hood
BHB Guest post By Whitney Matheson This week I’m packing up the cozy Brooklyn Heights apartment I’ve called home for the last six years. Though I’m incredibly excited about the changes ahead – I got a job teaching journalism in Tennessee – I’m sad to leave the neighborhood I’ve grown to love so much. The […]
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