Join our good friends from the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition and Perfect Paws this Sunday for the annual Howl-O-Ween Pet pet parade and adoption event on the Promenade. Fresh off the sucess of Brooklyn’s first cat cafe, the BBAWC will host a pet parade from 11 am to 5 pm–scary, funny, or spectacular, your pet’s […]
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Welcome to the Week of Parking Hell
Street cleaning rules are suspended today and tomorrow for Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah respectively, but that doesn’t mean you won’t have to move your car, as huge swaths of the Heights are hit with “no parking” signs. Between street work and the filming of Blindspot, the dreaded signs are up on most of Henry, Hicks, and […]
Brownstoner Comparison-Shops: How does Gristede’s measure up?
Another Trader Joe’s is headed to the area, so Brownstoner decided to take a look at prices at some of Brooklyn’s most popular grocery stores, including our very own Gristede’s: The produce section isn’t magnificent, but offers a decent selection of basic fruits and veggies. When Brownstoner visited on an early Sunday afternoon, the store […]
Benepe: Brooklyn Bridge Park “broke a promise”
Adrian Benepe, the former head of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, weighed in on the Pier House situation following the court decision earlier this week that ruled in favor of the hotel/condo development in Brooklyn Bridge Park. “A commitment was made; there is no question about it,” Benepe told Crain’s New York Business. “And I’m […]
Strut Your Mutt To Help Infinite Hope
Join Infinite Hope’s team and strut your mutt this Saturday in Hudson River Park to raise money for animal rescue. Based in Boerum Hill and with a small adoption center at Hope Vet on Atlantic Avenue, Infinite Hope has joined Best Friends as a network partner. All money raised will go directly to Infinite Hope to […]
An Imminent Opening for the Bossert?
Can it be true? Can the long-awaited grand–and I do mean grand–re-opening of the Bossert finally be upon us? The Brooklyn Paper says, yes, indeed. Or, maybe. Fen Hotels, which runs dozens of hotels across Latin America and a handful in the United States, will be the operator of the landmarked Montague Street hotel and […]
Join Our BBAWC at Brooklyn’s First Cat Cafe
Join our very own Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition as it launches Brooklyn’s first cat café this weekend. Though the local, grass roots animal rescue group had hoped to establish a café here in Brooklyn Heights, it’s joined forces with the Fort Greene’s Who’s Your Doggy and WeRuVa pet food company to open The Cat’s […]
Kitten Palooza on Montague Street Friday
Join our friends at Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition at the North Shore Animal League adoption van Friday from 1 – 6 pm. Dozens of bundles of furry adorableness will be available for adoption! Share this Story: Tweet
Emack’s Is Here!
The Brooklyn Heights branch of Emack and Bolio’s opened its doors on Monday, joining the embarrassment of ice cream riches we’ve got in the area. Co-owner Tyler Carpenter, who started working as a teenager in the shop on the Upper West Side, said that business has been good so far, and that he’s been pleasantly […]
Gothamist Revisits 1980s Brooklyn in “Cruel Summer”
Gothamist takes us back to the 80s with a look at Bananarama’s 1983 “Cruel Summer” video, shot in DUMBO and the edge of the Heights. Shot in the summer of 1983, the video takes place around DUMBO, specifically the area over by Grimaldi’s. You’ll see the auto body shop (still there, under a different name), […]
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