Brooklyn Heights resident & “Noticing New York” blogger Michael White weighs in Sunday on all the latest regarding the potential closure of the Brooklyn Heights Public Library’s Cadman Plaza branch. In his post titled “The Petition To Save The Libraries Is Working: Confirming Petition Points BPL Head Linda Johnson, Library Officials Trip Up Defending Plans,” […]
About Chuck Taylor
Journalist Chuck Taylor worked as a writer and Senior Editor at Billboard magazine for 14 years, has interviewed more than 500 entertainers and music executives, and penned front-page stories for Billboard about Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Elton John, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Tony Bennett and many more. He has been interviewed on an array of music and pop culture topics for ABC's “20/20,” “CBS Evening News,” CNN FN, VH1's “Behind the Music,” MTV, BBC and A&E's Biography"; and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly and numerous others. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy Awards).Author Archive | Chuck Taylor
BK Public Library CEO Promises New Cadman Plaza Branch Would Be ‘Patron-Pleasing’
Brooklyn Public Library CEO Linda Johnson is taking opponents to task by promising that a potential replacement branch for Brooklyn Heights’ ailing Cadman Plaza Library will be “a light-filled facility full of patron-pleasing technology.” The New York Daily News reported last week that the proposed smaller facility—with 15,000sf, about half the size of the current […]
White Carriage House @ 165 Columbia Heights Being Restored To Original Brownstone Brick
Landmarks has approved restoration of a beauty of a carriage house at 165 Columbia Heights, which currently is adorned in white stucco. Curbed reports that the former Jehovah’s Witness property, which sold last year for $4.1 million, will be stripped of the facade—added in 1932—to restore the brownstone brick underneath. Ann Krsul is the architect […]
Street Signs Tend To Be More Effective When Standing
While three may officially denote a trend, persistence also counts for something. (At least) two street signs in Brooklyn Heights have been laying dormant curbside for multiple weeks… Seems they might be more effective either standing or removed by DOT? The first, “No Standing, Fire Zone,” at the corner of Remsen Street & Montague Terrace, […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 Comes To Life At Dusk
Here’s a sign of green things to come. Brooklyn Bridge Park’s five-acre Pier 5, which officially opened in December, was lighted at dusk Saturday night with folks kicking a ball around, as viewed from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Imagine the increased signs of life once the temps turn warm. Good things on the way. The […]
Reminder: Latest MTA Fare Hike Sunday
Good thing Brooklyn Heights is such a lovely place to be, since it’ll cost you more to get in and out of the nabe come Sunday. Here’s a grim reminder that MTA’s latest fare hike begins Sunday, March 3. Gothamist provides a handy rundown about how much more it’ll cost to move about town, while […]
Friday’s The Day: Red Hook Fairway Market Reopens!
Friday is the big day! Red Hook’s Fairway Market will reopen with a celebration that begins at 7:30 a.m., which the store calls “a foodie event to remember,” with food and product demos, giveaways and appearances from Miss America Mallory Hytes (who lives in Brooklyn) and Borough Prez Marty Markowitz. Among improvements to the grocery […]
Jack The Horse Tavern Looking To Expand On Cranberry Street
The stalwart Jack The Horse Tavern plans to open an adjoining retail store with overflow seating, according to a notice posted at the secondary locale at 37A Cranberry Street, the former space of Browning Frames. The beloved restaurant—located at at 66 Hicks Street at the corner of Cranberry—is seeking a license to sell and serve […]
Alan Light Reads From ‘The Holy Or The Broken’ At St. Ann & Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights: March 10
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity will host music critic Alan Light reading from his new book “The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and the Unlikely Ascent of ‘Hallelujah,’” on Sunday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Suggested donation is $10. St. Ann is located at the corner of Montague and Clinton streets. […]
Thugs Swipe $100,000 Of Solar Equipment From Brooklyn Bridge Park
Thieves swiped more than $100,000 in solar equipment donated to power vehicles and equipment in Brooklyn Bridge Park, including 24 solar panels and 30 storage-cell batteries. The goods were a gift to BBP in 2011 from Red Hook-based green-energy company Beautiful Earth Group. The New York Post reports that the charging station had been set […]
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