NY1 offers an upbeat 2-minute report on the progress of the 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, which it says now attracts 60,000 visitors each weekend. Reporter Jeanine Ramirez offers: “Designs changed over the years. So did the oversight of the property. The Port Authority transferred it to a state entity called the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development […]
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
New CBS Drama ‘Elementary’ Set In Brooklyn Heights, Filmed In Harlem
Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes has been transported to 21st century Brooklyn Heights in a new CBS Thursday night drama, “Elementary,” which premieres September 27 during prime time after its hit detective series “Person of Interest.” Buzz about the show is mounting, according to The New York Post, not only from advertisers, […]
Across The River: South Street Seaport Could Rise To The Heavens
While plans continue to revamp Pier 17’s tourist trap South Street Seaport, it appears that the view across from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade might become all the more dramatic. Plans have been drafted for a skyscraper at 80 South Street that would dramatically redefine the skyline as seen from the Heights. In the works is […]
Brooklyn Bridge One Claims It’s 80% Sold Out
Our neighbors to the south in the posh Brooklyn Bridge One appear to dig their digs. According to Curbed, the condo community has sold 317 units, with 25 more units in contract, which equates to 80% sold. Just under 100 apartments remain on the market, including one- and two-bedrooms, as well as lofts with flexible […]
Forget Kustard King & Fresh Direct: How About A Raucous, Rumbling Stretch-Limo Bus?
Any Brooklyn Heights residents miffed by the buzzzz of the Kustard King ice cream truck parked along Pierrepont Street or the persistent rumbling of Fresh Direct freezer trucks at all hours might be interested to hear about the limousine-like bus parked along the entire Montague Street entrance to the Promenade Friday night. The vehicle’s AC […]
DUMBO’s Brooklyn Bridge Park Entrance Vies To Become Pedestrian Plaza
While there’s hardly a similar open space in Brooklyn Heights, the DUMBO Improvement District is proposing an intriguing option: to close off traffic along Anchorage Place—which serves as the north entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park—and turn it into a pedestrian plaza. A hearing on the plan was held Wednesday eve to air both sides of […]
Theatrical Comedy ‘The Irish Curse’ Calls Brooklyn Heights Home
Hey, Brooklyn Heights, we’re being dramatized again. A new play by acclaimed and well-traveled scriptwriter Martin Casella, “The Irish Curse,” opened July 7 at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, and is set in our humble hood. The dramedy revolves around a group of Irish-American men who meet weekly in a Catholic church basement in […]
iCrave Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt Opens For Biz On Court Street
Frozen yogurt shop iCrave at 115 Court Street (across from the United Arists/Regal movie theater on the Downtown BK border) has been prepping for business since BHB first noted its imminence in March. Its doors opened this week, just in time for the next summer heatwave. iCrave’s ware: self-serve frozen yogurt with “21 fantastic flavors” […]
Is The Heights Flanked By Brooklyn’s Burgeoning ‘Tech Triangle’?
Is it wishful thinking or a truly sustainable business plan? A coalition that calls itself The Brooklyn Tech Triangle believes that the borough has a burgeoning technology sector, surrounding Brooklyn Heights within Downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and DUMBO, where it claims technology tenants have proliferated into a mini Silicon Valley. The group is […]
Brooklyn Heights Couple Keeps Close Quarters In 240-Square-Foot Apartment
Boy, talk about micro-managing. Brooklyn Heights couple Erin Boyle, 28, and fiancé James Casey, 30, are profiled in the New York Post about thriving in their—eek!—240-square-foot apartment. The writer and biologist, respectively, pay $1,500 a month for their uber-cozy digs, which they claim works by staying tidy and minimalist. (It probably doesn’t hurt that they’re […]
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