NBC’s crime drama, “The Mysteries of Laura”, shot on Cranberry, Henry and Orange Streets Friday night (11/7). We caught their support vehicles preparing to take over Henry Street around 5:30pm. By 8:30, traffic was rolling down Cranberry Street while the production shot in front of number 80. FX’s “The Americans”starring neighborhood resident Keri Russell, shoots […]
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
Gramercy Park’s Friend of a Farmer Is Expanding to 76 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights
The folks at Gramercy Park’s Friend of a Farmer tell BHB via Twitter that they’ll be opening an eatery here in Brooklyn Heights. The new outlet will move into 76 Montague Street, the former site of Design Within Reach which closed in February. Assuming that the new restaurant will have similar offerings as the Manhattan […]
Will There or Won’t There be a Garage at Riverside Apartments in Willowtown
Remember the saga of the Riverside Apartments parking garage? Well the story continues according to Brooklyn Brief.
Will there or won’t there be a parking garage built there — well the answer is “it’s complicated”:
Hello (Lost) Kitty Umbrella on Hicks Street
Mrs. Fink snapped this photo of a Hello Kitty umbrella near 136 Hicks Street. It’s still there as far as we know. Share this Story: Tweet
Election Day Wrap Up: Squadron, Simon Win
Daniel Squadron won re-election to the New York State Senate’s 26th district and Jo Anne Simon won her race the 52nd Assembly District in Tuesday’s election. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who many residents of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill vowed to vote against for his role in the closure of LICH, easily won a second term. […]
Glenn Markman, Real Estate Broker, Heights Cafe and Dellarocco’s Partner, Dies at 52
Glenn Markman of Dellarocco’s and the Heights Cafe has died at 52. Markman was a successful real estate broker and spent the last 12 years at Cushman and Wakefield. His numerous accomplishments in the field included coming up with the idea for an NBA store and working with the league on opening its Fifth Avenue […]
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