Don’t be surprised if you see a scene similar to this picture tomorrow. The HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” will be filming in Borough Hall from early morning on. The hit show is no stranger to the area, having shot scenes at the former Gage & Tollner restaurant, as well as in the rotunda of Borough […]
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Marc Hermann is a Brooklyn Heights native who works as a photographer and photo editor for the New York Daily News. Starting out as a teenager who would chase the local fire companies to emergency scenes, Marc's first news photos appeared in the Packer Collegiate Institute's school paper, before he made the jump to the Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn Eagle, and, finally, the Daily News. "weegee" is a tribute to the moniker of legendary New York press photographer Arthur Fellig,Author Archive | weegee
Ladder 118 Profiled in Daily News
Today’s Daily News, as part of its “9/11: Ten Years Later” series, profiles Middagh Street’s Ladder Co. 118, which lost its entire crew during the World Trade Center attacks. A two-page spread appears in the print edition, but it can also be found here. Share this Story: Tweet
Cops Hunt Downtown Child Groper
Police say that this man, 22-year-old Michael Lewis, approached a 5-year-old girl on DeKalb Ave. near Flatbush Ave. Extension yesterday around 5:00 p.m., reaching under her skirt and biting her ear. Lewis, of no known fixed address, then fled the scene, according to the NYPD report. He is described as being 5’10”, 165 pounds, and […]
84 Pct. Cop Killed in Struggle with Suspect
Police Officer Alain Schaberger, 42, assigned to the 84th Precinct, lost his life early this morning after being pushed over the railing of a stairwell by a suspect at 45 St. Marks Pl. Police say that Schaberger responded to a 911 call at 334 Bergen St. at 4:22 this morning in which a woman reported […]
NYPD Releases Pierrepont Street Mugger’s Mug Shot
Police are still looking for Tommy Hairston who is wanted for the September, 2009 attack on a 67-year-old Pierrepont St. resident, and released his mug shot today. Share this Story: Tweet
RadioShack Robbed
Police are responding to an apparent armed robbery at the RadioShack at 110 Montague St. Initial reports are that two males wearing UPS uniforms robbed the store at gunpoint and fled in a delivery van. Share this Story: Tweet
Fatal Accident on BQE Linked to Alcohol
A 1999 Honda heading east on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at a high rate of speed overturned after it hit the median just before midnight. The driver, 25-year-old Jesse Astor of Sunset Park, was seriously injured, and his 21-year-old passenger was pronounced dead a short time later at Long Island College Hospital. Police determined that Astor […]
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Holezapoppin’ – Joralemon Street Manhole Fire Redux
FDNY is operating near Joralemon St. & Columbia Place now where several ConEd manholes have blown their top. This is a replay of the events of January 18, 2010, in which several manholes exploded reportedly as a result of work being done on Willow Place by National Grid contractors. Update: BHB reader “Tarek” sends us […]
Details on Shooting at 101 Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights
Shots rang out in front of 101 Clark St. just before 7:00 p.m., leaving a man wounded on the sidewalk. The victim, a resident of the building, was hit twice in the back, and is recovering at Bellevue Hospital. Share this Story: Tweet
Remsen St. Fire
FDNY units have extinguished a fire on the 11th floor of 175 Remsen St., and remain on the scene as the smoke condition in the building has not yet lifted. No injuries have been reported. Share this Story: Tweet
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