Brooklyn Heights’ writer & author John Kenney’s debut novel “Truth in Advertising” was released this week by A-list publisher Simon and Schuster. The book explores the fictional life of a modern day ad pro—after Kenney worked as a copywriter in NYC for 17 years and as a New Yorker magazine contributor since 1999. It was […]
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
Rental Townhouse At 102 Pierrepont Street Sells For $3M Cash
A former rent-controlled townhouse at 102 Pierrepont Street, between Henry and Clinton Streets, has sold in an all-cash transaction for $3 million to Ira Lifshutz, a local investor. The broker is Massey Knakal, which reports that the 6,600/sf home rests on a 20’x100′ lot, with six residential units. Garden and parlor floors will remain one […]
Mews News: Only Five Remain At Ambitious Love Lane Condo Complex
Since the condo development at Love Lane Mews launched in early 2011, units have moved at a fairly rapid clip. A broker with the complex tells Brownstoner that a 3-bedroom, 2-bath penthouse apartment recently sold for $2.725M. Note that at $1,482 per square foot, this is the highest price per square foot to date for […]
MLK & Inauguration Day—And A Christmas Tree?
The annual Christmas tree that has festively lighted the Brooklyn Heights Promenade’s Montague Street entrance for 63 years is still standing – on January 21. According to tradition, January 6—the day of Epiphany or Twelfth Night, is the last day for ol’ tannenbaums.
‘Brooklyn Heights Plaza’ At Court & Joralemon Solicits Major Retailer
It was more than two years ago that NYC Mayor Bloomie & BK Borough Prez Markowitz announced a proposal to develop 39,500/sf of retail on the ground & second floors of the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the corner of Court & Joralemon Streets, as city offices were moved to upper floors. Now, the newly renamed […]
Downtown’s $2M, 14,000/sf Willoughby Plaza Officially Opens
Willoughby Plaza, the new $2 million 14,000/sf pedestrian seating area between Panera Bread and Shake Shake near the entrance to Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, has officially opened. On Friday, politicos, including Borough Prez Marty Markowitz, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony. In the coming months, the Downtown BK Partnership says it will be dressed with greenery, […]
Up Up & Away: Hallmark Store Demo Begins For Montague Street Condo Highrise
Seven months after Irish pub & restaurant Eamonn’s In Brooklyn and the Hallmark store next door at 172-174 Montague Street were shut down, gutting has begun on the two-story commercial building for what is destined to be a highrise condo development. Workers were hauling away a mass of mess inside Hallmark on Monday; Eamonn’s meanwhile, […]
Montague Street Hot Bagels & Deli Back In Biz Following Health Code Violations
After being shuttered by the Department of Health for the better part of a week, Montague Street’s Hot Bagels & Deli reopened for business Saturday. And not only that, but their neon sign, which has advertised “Hot Bag” for months, is at last again fully illuminated… Apparently, among other charges, being cited as “facility not […]
War Of The Worlds: Robot Lands On Promenade… Danger, Will Robinson!
Late Friday afternoon, amid a flurry of locals, tourists, kids on bikes and dog walkers, a horrifying sight descended upon the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Preceding a blinding flash of light, a menacing robot appeared near the Montague Street entrance. Despite suffering potential harm from the being’s ionized pulse gun, your BHB correspondent bravely approached the […]
Cops To Brooklyn Heights: Don’t Be Daft… Lock Your Front Door!
At a community council meeting Tuesday night, Capt. Maximo Tolentino, commanding officer of the 84th Precinct, pleaded with residents of Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill to keep their front doors locked. He noted that of 141 burglaries in the precinct in 2012, 48 occurred when residents were daft enough to leave front doors and windows […]
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