We were taken aback when a two-story carriage house at 21 Grace Court Alley was listed for rent in September for $11,500 a month ($138,000 a year). That opinion is apparently mutual: It remains on the market. But that’s peanuts compared with the Brooklyn Heights townhouse at 36 Orange Street that’s just been listed with […]
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
BBP Calling For New Conservancy Junior Committee Members
Brooklyn Bridge Park will hold an Open House for those interested in joining its Conservancy Junior Committee, which reaches out to park advocates and enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s to encourage involvement and support of the Conservancy and Brooklyn Bridge Park. Comprising a core group of volunteers, the committee hopes to engage a younger […]
Open Thread Wednesday, January 9, 2013
It was on this date in 2001 that Apple Computer introduced its iTunes music management software at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. (Likewise, in 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone.) So on this BHB Open Thread Wednesday for January 9, 2013, what’s got your gourd singing a happy song? Comment away! (Photo: […]
BK History: Downtown’s Pepper & Potter Nash Auto Dealership
Following the January 4 BHB post that a Hampton Inn is coming to 125 Flatbush Avenue Extension (near Tillary Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, we relished McBrooklyn’s take on the biz that once occupied the space: Pepper & Potter Nash car dealership. McB notes, “While we remember the old car dealership as a rundown wreck of […]
Lit Luminaries David Schisgall & Evgenia Peretz Heights-Bound With $5.7M Home Purchase
Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, Truman Capote, W.H. Auden, Thomas Wolfe, and Arthur Miller… Now Brooklyn Heights adds two more to its long list of literary luminaries. Documentary filmmaker & writer David Schisgall and his wife, Vanity Fair writer Evgenia Peretz, have purchased a single-family brownstone at 16 Garden Place, for $5.7 million, according to realtor […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Looking For The Most Fetching BK Pooch
Run! Catch! Post! Brooklyn Bridge Park is accepting submissions for its “Cutest Dog at the Dog Run” contest, for those who bring their pooches to the BBP dog runs at Main Street and/or Pier 6. One winner at each location will receive a $50 gift certificate to Wag Club. To enter, submit a jpeg pic […]
Inside The Reno At Stately Federal-Style 146 Hicks Street
After 2011’s Hurricane Irene sent a mature elm hurling from Mansion House into the two adjoining wood clapboard multi-level town-homes across the street at 146 and 148 Hicks Street, many in the nabe watched as the homes underwent some pretty major cosmetic renovations, ultimately restored to grandeur. BHB showed you the exterior results in March […]
Module-R Hosts PS8 PTA Fundraiser January 16
Module R, the groovy retailer at 141 Atlantic Avenue “dedicated to modern, modular design,” will host a fundraiser Wednesday, January 16, for the PTA of Brooklyn Heights’ PS/MS 8. The “Second Annual Wine and Whiskey Night” will feature European versus American wines and spirits, with a variety of “carefully selected” boozy delights provided by Gnarly […]
With Scaffolding Down, 55 Pierrepont Street At Last Sees The Light
The handsome building at 55 Pierrepont Street (which has quite a storied past: whores! gays!) is again seeing the light, as the scaffolding that has shrouded it for more than two years (a building worker confirms) at last has come down. In addition to (senior) residential, the 17-story building houses the Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn […]
HBO Saturates City With Promos For Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Season 2
Brooklyn Heights resident—and 2012 BHB Top 10 honoree—Lena Dunham is getting the royal treatment for the second season of her hit HBO series “Girls.” Promos are in overdrive on the network and around the city, spotted in subways, cabs and along streets. The sophomore season launches Sunday, January 13 at 9 p.m. Later this year, […]
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