First restaurateurs Mark Lahm and Jim Montemarano brought back the wine bar at 50 Henry St., and now they’re applying for sidewalk seating! The new Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar filed the sidewalk café application with Community Board 2’s transportation committee this month, and will present its plans at the committee’s meeting on June 16. Lahm […]
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On the community calendar this week
First, the full City Council will vote on the Dock Street DUMBO rezoning application on Wednesday, June 10 at 1:30 pm, at City Hall. The meeting is in main Council Chambers. Last week, the proposal passed the Council’s land use committee 17-4. And later that day, Community Board 2 will hold its monthly full board […]
Armando’s to reopen in late July
Plans to reopen Armando’s Restaurant at 143 Montague St. are sailing along, owner Peter Byros told BHB this week, and he hopes that the Italian restaurant will reopen by the end of July or early August. “We started [construction] about a month ago, and it will take a couple of months. Everything is new — […]
Teen writing contest deadline is soon
Know a high school student who loves to write? Borough President Marty Markowitz is hosting the fourth annual “Brooklyn Lit Match” teen writing contest, and the 10 winners will have their work published and the first-place winner will score a new laptop. The contest is part of the annual Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept. 13, […]
Squadron’s reform moves in Albany
State Senator Daniel Squadron’s office just sent BHB an update of his busy week in Albany, and what he’s been up to in the last month of his first legislative season. Per the email: Just to keep you updated about this week’s news in Albany: to much fanfare, Daniel introduced two major ethics reform bills, […]
Dock Street passes Council, Round 1
The Dock Street DUMBO project sailed through two key votes at the City Council today — passing 6-2 in the zoning and franchises subcommittee and 17-4 in the general land use committee. The full Council will vote on June 10, where it is also expected to pass following support by Speaker Christine Quinn, according the […]
Brooklyn International Film Festival this weekend
Film auteurs will sweep into Brooklyn Heights this weekend when the 12th annual Brooklyn International Film Festival starts on Friday night. The festival extends from June 5-14, and 114 films will be screened at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema at 70 Henry St., at Orange Street. Nearly 2,790 filmmakers from 110 countries sent in their work, […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter 6/3/09
The Lebanese Food Festival on May 30 last weekend wasn’t all fun and games for everyone, apparently. A perp stole two digital cameras, an iPhone, and a camera bag, worth $1,775 total, from a woman who set her bag down around 1 pm on a table during the festivities. The woman came back to the […]
Heights resident gives Hoops for Hope
Here’s a happy story for your Wednesday afternoon: By day, nine-year Heights resident Brian Shahum, 30, is an insurance claims manager at AIG’s international wing — but, two years ago, he realized he wanted to do something more. So, utilizing the insurance giant’s corporate matching charity program, he has raised nearly $7,500 in the last […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter 5/27/09
Crime wasn’t too bad last week — here’s a roundup: Someone broke into a man’s Mitsubishi sedan in the early morning on May 23, after he parked it along Columbia Heights, near Cranberry Street. The perp smashed the passenger side front window and stole the man’s $700 GPS unit, iPod, and stereo. The victim lives […]
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