Brooklyn Heights Blog

Manhattan has the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, the Guggenheim and more but Brooklyn Heights has snagged the Toy Museum.  The Brooklyn Eagle reports:

Brooklyn Eagle: Marlene Hochman, founder of The Toy Museum of New York (formally known as The Doll and Toy Museum of NYC) and local public officials will host a preview of the museum’s exhibitions at its new home on the second floor of 157 Montague St., this Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The museum, which possesses more than 500 toys, has opened a new, unique space to share its treasures with the community. Visitors are encouraged to come and enjoy this charming and magical setting located in historic Brooklyn Heights.

Pierrepont Playground was packed today following the Annual Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade.  If you were there, please add your photos to the BHB Photo Club on Flickr and we’ll post a slideshow here soon!

Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee will hold their annual Kids’ Halloween Parade this Saturday, starting at 10:00 a.m. at Pierrepont Playground, Pierrepont Street and Columbia Heights. More details are available at the BH Playgrounds website.

For a full list of Halloween fun, check out Cobble Hill Blog.

The Plymouth Church Yankee Fair is scheduled for Saturday November 14 from 10am - 4pm.   The full press release and details on all the fun after the jump. Read more »

Perfect Paws and the Friends of Hillside Dog Park held their annual Howl-o-Ween Doggie Parade today (10/25) on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. BHB publisher Homer “Shaky Cam” Fink was there and caught the parade on video. The Phantom of the Opera was today’s overall winner and Giuseppe the airplane (and his pilot Matthew) won for best group.

We’re sure Hillside’s Matthew Parker will have more details here soon as well.

Proceeds of the parade go the the following charities:
• Friends of Hillside Dog Park
• Animal Kind, a no-kill cat shelter
• Blue Rider Stables, a therapy horse stable
• Brooklyn Animal Foster Network

More info at the Perfect Paws website.

Full list of winners at the Brooklyn Eagle.

Perfect weather predicted for the Howl-o-Ween charity costume parade, which will begin this Sunday, 1pm, at the Remsen Street entrance to the Promenade. Following the procession up the Promenade, there will be costume judging at the corner of Middagh and Columbia Heights at approximately 1:30pm.

If you and your dog will participate in the contest make sure you purchase your tax deductible entrance ticket ($25) at Perfect Paws (corner of Hicks and Pineapple Street), by Saturday afternoon. More info here.

Lots of prizes and goodies for entrants this year, including Visa gift cards, gift certificates from local restaurants, vets, and other stores.  All event proceeds go to animal-related charities.

If you just want to watch the madness, come on down–it’s free to observe. Bring the kids.  It’s a lot of fun.

Photos courtesy of Chelsea Mauldin/BID.

Yesterday was the second annual Pumpkin Day on Montague Street, hosted by the Montague Street Business Improvement District (BID). BID distributed free pumpkins to Montague Street businesses for display, with the help of Marty Markowitz, BID’s board of directors, and local middle school students. Over 50 Montague Street businesses are now ready for Halloween.

As the weather gets crisper, your dog obsessed neighbors’ thoughts turn to the annual Howl-o-Ween Doggie Charity Costume Parade and Contest, organized by Perfect Paws and Friends of Hillside Dog Park.

This year, the event will be held on Sunday, October 25th at 1pm, beginning at the Remsen Street entrance to the Promenade.

It’s free to attend the parade, but if you want to enter your dog the cost is $25. All proceeds will be donated to nonprofit animal  causes, including a portion to Friends of Hillside Dog Park, Inc., which is the nonprofit that advocates for Hillside.

To the amazement and bewilderment of tourists and locals alike, the parade will march to the north end of the Promenade then cross the street at the corner of Columbia Heights and Middagh Street where a team of local celebrity judges will review the contestants starting around 2:00pm.

Fun will be had by all, including prizes and doggie bags for contestants. If you’ve participated in the past, you know what a blast it is. If you’ve never joined, come on down and have a good time.  We’ll have the usual contingent of costumed adults and kids, dolled up dogs, and drag queens.

The costumes are always imaginative and usually hysterical. It’s a fun way to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon in the Heights.

Following the judging and the prizes, all contestants and their humans are welcome to burn off the stress of competition at Hillside Dog Park.

Tickets are now available at Perfect Paws at 102 Hicks Street, the corner of Pineapple Street. Tel: (718) 852-6200

You must purchase your ticket at least a day before the event to register your dog.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz took to the steps of Borough Hall to announced that a total of $2 million has been secure to fund Brooklyn’s first gay center, the Brooklyn Community Pride Center. Read more »

Some random highlights from Sunday’s Atlantic Antic caught on the Bugle Flipcam by Homer:
Melanie Hope Greenberg’s story time for kids
Simon Rich and Farley Katz : New York Superheroes
The East Village Wine Geek Keith Beavers pairs a wine with LA Slugocki’s Erotica Project
…and Dylan the doggie!