Brooklyn Heights Synagogue and Congregation B’nai Avraham celebrated Simchat Torah on Thursday night and our pals at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle were there to capture it on video.
Watch after the jump.
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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
Brooklyn Heights Dad Outraged Over Man Who Urinated in Front of His Home and Kids
Well, if this dispatch from a BHB reader is true, we’ve reached a new low in Brooklyn Heights. Sure, any of us who grew up in New York City back in the 70s would just call this incident “Tuesday” but by today’s standards this is pretty outrageous.
Read on:
What’s Up at Gallito’s Kitchen on Montague Street?
UPDATE: Gallito’s has reopened. The food is great and things seemed to be going well for Gallito’s Kitchen [140 Montague Street] which opened last December (photo). However when we tried to order delivery on Tuesday night no one answered the phone. On Thursday night, a BHB reader tweeted this to us: @bkheightsblog Lights off, phone […]
Throwback Thursday: George Clooney Yucks It Up at Van Sickel Salon While Filming Burn After Reading
It’s Throwback Thursday and this entry from October 3, 2007 is all about the recently married George Clooney’s visit to Middagh Street’s Van Sickel Salon while in the nabe filming the Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading.
Brooklyn Heights Parents Alarmed by Suspicious Woman Accosting Kids in Cadman Plaza Park
We received this dispatch Wednesday evening from a BHB tipster/parent. A note of caution, we have not verified the identity of the person who wrote the original email. We will also be checking with the 84th precinct to confirm that a report was placed. However, let this serve as notice that regardless of the veracity […]
Open Thread Wednesday 10/15/14
What’s on your mind? Comment away! Also feel free to post links to Brooklyn Heights related stories from the internets we may have missed over the last week. Photo: Spooky times at the Custom House by Mrs. Fink Share this Story: Tweet
Hell Bent for Leather: Yassky Comes Out Swinging After Judge Makes Sexist Remark
Brooklyn Heights resident/Pace Law School dean David Yassky has turned a judge’s slip of the tongue into a “teachable moment”. Above the Law: Last Thursday, October 9, the New York Appellate Division (Second Department) held an oral argument session at Pace Law School. The court explained that it was holding the session at Pace as […]
Open Thread: What is the Best Cocktail in Brooklyn Heights?
There are many places to get your drink on in Brooklyn Heights. We haven’t’ done a free-for-all open thread in a while so why not start again with a discussion on where to get the best cocktail in our neighborhood. Stay within the boundaries of Brooklyn Heights and comment away! Share this Story: Tweet
Throwback Thursday: Dad Slapped at Starbucks: Brooklyn Heights Justice or Just Plain Crazy?
This post from 2009 still stands as the #1 most read BHB story of all time. Wonder where the “Slappaccino Dad” is now?
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