Vine, that video app thingy your “creative” friends desperately want you to embrace, is chock full of clips of Brooklyn Heights. Seems that residents and visitors alike can’t help but be inspired by our landmarked and beautiful neighborhood.
Here are some of our favorites:
This Sunday, June 16, starting at 10:30 a.m., author Emily Jenkins and illustrator Stephanie Graegin of the new children’s book Water in the Park will be at the Empire-Fulton Ferry section of Brooklyn Bridge Park (adjacent to Jane’s Carousel and the Tobacco Warehouse) will talk, read, and draw for the benefit of young readers and [...]
This Saturday, June 15, from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. at the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch, 280 Cadman Plaza West, there will be a “Kids for Libraries” rally. The event will feature: Raging Grannies and Reverend Billy’s Church of the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, balloons and buttons for the kids, Justine the Juggler [...]
As we reported earlier, the unveiling of this year’s 1,000 foot long “Photoville Fence” will take place this month; we now know it’s this Thursday, June 13, starting at 6:00 p.m. It’s a free party with refreshments and ice cream from Ample Hills Creamery, who operate the concession at Pier 5. There’s more information here. [...]
Starting tomorrow (Friday, June 7) The Brooklyn Heights Cinema will be showing The East, an espionage thriller about a former FBI agent, Sarah Moss (Brit Marling), who is hired to infiltrate an anarchist group. The story is partly based on some experiences director Zal Batmanglij and Marling had when they “hung out with ‘anarchists’.” Batmanglij [...]
I don’t need to tell anyone who lives on Remsen Street, and I’m not sure how I missed putting it in my Last Minute Weekend Suggestions (so give me fifteen lashes with wet pastato), but the Lebanese Food Festival, presented in conjunction with Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, has been going on for two days [...]
Tomorrow (Saturday, June 1) from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 28 shops along Atlantic Avenue, from Columbia Street to 4th Avenue, will participate in the first Atlantic Avenue Wedding Extravaganza, sponsored by the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District. The all-day event will feature walking tours and merchant discounts including dozens of the area’s wedding-related shops, [...]
Webbie apartmenttherapy.com is hosting a contest to discover 2013′s best “Small Cool Apartment.” Its judges will determine finalists based on photos of “compact homes” (alongside homeowners’ tips for living well in >1,000sf), with online voting for a Grand Prize Winner in June. Brooklyn Heights residents Justin and Matt, who live in a 590sf apartment on [...]
A few desultory raindrops weren’t enough to dampen the spirits of those who attended yesterday’s Willowtown Spring Fair (though some of these photos may be slightly blurry because one of those raindrops found your correspondent’s camera’s lens). City Council Member Stephen Levin and his Chief of Staff Ashley Thompson were on the winning tug-of-war team. [...]
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is having “Sunset Ohana,” its 14th annual (which seems to go back to when the Park was still a gleam in some local citizens’ eyes) sunset party at Pier 1 on Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This year the theme is Hawaiian. Our little slice of Hawaii [...]
The Willowtown Association’s annual Willowtown Spring Fair will be next Saturday, May 18, from noon to 5:00 p.m. on Willow Place between Joralemon and State streets. This year’s fair will feature live music, food from Iris Cafe, a wine tasting by Waterfront Wines, baked goods and plants for sale, and lots of activities for kids, [...]
The premier event this weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual House Tour, to be held on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00. More information is here. The photo is by Heights resident and interior designer Judith Angel. On Sunday afternoon, starting at 1:00, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a lecture and book signing [...]
The annual St. Ann’s School Puppet Parade—Brooklyn Heights’ version of a kiddie Mardi Gras—made its way down Montague Street to the Promenade early Wednesday afternoon, on this May Day 2013. As usual, the street was filled with the rat-a-tat of percussion, alongside pint-size clowns, jugglers, 10-foot-tall marionette puppets, accompanied by hundreds of pre-school, primary, middle [...]
Just as the spectacular spray of yellow daffodils has peaked along the Promenade, the enduring warm weather has allowed a kaleidoscope of colors from the other plentiful perennial—tulips—to burst into bloom. Vivid reds, warm whites, pretty pinks and prismatic purples are now abounding all along the walkway. Ooh, la la! (CT)
Despite mounting disdain in Brooklyn Heights—and throughout the borough—Citi bike-share is here to stay. At a Town Hall meeting Wednesday in Fort Greene that the New York Times deemed “raucous,” NYC Council Member Letitia James—who helped formulate the program with NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg—told 100+ neighborhood residents, “The public streets belong to all of us. [...]
The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting “Bike the Branches,” a day-long bike tour through BPL’s network of 60 neighborhood libraries, on Saturday, May 11 (rain date: May 18). Proceeds will support Brooklyn library services, including programming, technology and collections. Riders set their own route and pace, although BPL will offer suggested routes that focus on [...]
This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production of Steel Magnolias, which will be playing Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00, at 26 Willow Place. On Saturday at noon, at the same location, Heights Players Theater for Children will present The Wizard of Oz, a “participation [...]
Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) this weekend will be showing The Place Beyond the Pines, starring Ryan Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider who turns to robbery to support his lover (Eva Mendes) and their child, and Bradley Cooper as the ambitious detective who pursues him. The Cinema is also continuing [...]
The Five-Boro Story Project kicks off in Long Island City tonight at the New York Irish Center. Why is this on the Brooklyn Heights Blog? Because I’ll be there (with possibly Claude in attendance?), showing a sneak peek of my (finally!) finished documentary, If These Knishes Could Talk before it premieres next month at the [...]
Baseball is on again, and the Brooklyn Historical Society is hosting a celebration of the centenary of the opening of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, this Saturday, April 6, starting at 2:00 p.m. A little ahead of the weekend, tomorrow evening (Thursday, April 4) starting at 7:00, BHS will present a lecture by [...]
A sunny, if still a bit chilly, morning drew a crowd to the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee’s annual Spring Egg Hunt at Pierrepont Playground.
Hey, kids! The Easter Bunny will be making a stop by the CVS at 156 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights tomorrow, Sunday, March 24, from noon to 4 p.m. Children get a free 4×6 pic with the big bunny. Meanwhile, the building at 156 Henry Street at the intersection of Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights [...]
A super hero of sorts took a stroll down Montague Street on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Fink snapped this photo to document the occasion. Pardon our ignorance, but it’s been awhile since our last trip to Comic Con so we can’t tell if this guy is Tron, a Transformer or something completely different. Maybe there was [...]
In May 2012, BHB wrote about an appreciable renaissance taking place along the Montague Street retail corridor, during which a dozen new businesses moved in along the avenue over the year preceding. Another snapshot of Brooklyn Heights “Main Street” this week reveals that Montague remains a bustling success story, with restaurants, spas, bodegas, bakeries and [...]
The Brooklyn Community Pride Center, located in Boerum Hill at 310 Atlantic Avenue, is hosting its Founders Ball on Thursday, April 4 from 6-9 p.m. at Dumbo Loft, 155 Water Street. The Ball is the organization’s major, annual fundraising event commemorating its 2008 launch and Fifth Anniversary. This year’s event includes a two-hour cocktail reception [...]
The 10th anniversary of Dine in Brooklyn week launches Monday through the 21st, with 200 area restaurants serving prix-fixe dinner for $28, lunch for $20.13 and 2-4-1 deals. Among Brooklyn Heights destinations, the following are on the menu… It is recommended you call and mention “Dine In” to find out specials and make reservations. Bon [...]
Hill Country Barbecue is slated to open this fall at 345 Adams Street, alongside the Downtown Brooklyn border’s other recently opened eateries: Shake Shack, Potbelly and Panera Bread. Muss Development is converting the former government offices into new retail and condo space. According to developer Joshua L. Muss: “Adding a restaurant of this caliber to [...]
Locally owned brick-oven pizzeria Dellcarocco’s Of Brooklyn at 214 Hicks Street has updated its menu with two new appetizers and three entre items. The restaurant has enjoyed consistent success since it opened in July 2012—just take a walk through the Heights before trash pick-up and its signature pizza boxes are lovingly laid to rest by [...]
Make sure you’re standing by every clock in your Brooklyn Heights home Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. We lose an hour, but… let the sun shine! Daylight Saving Time returns, a sure sign that Spring might actually really truly return once more. (Damn the detractors.) (CT)
A tall handsome fellow, uh, mannequin named Gregory is greeting (frightening?) shoppers at the Montague Street Key Food, decked in full-on meat manager garb, a black cap and coolio shades. We inquired of a manager there, “Wha? Huh? Why?” regarding the dude’s presence, and were informed that he is a promotional “tool” for a beef [...]
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Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights to be “Milled” Thursday and Friday
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Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday
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Fundraiser to Save LICH Tomorrow Evening
“Tradition with a Twist”: Free Concert at Pier 1 Friday Afternoon and Evening
Photoville Fence Unveiling Thursday
Erin Boyle Finds Things Rosy in Brooklyn Heights
Solar Powered Charging Stations Available at Pier 1, Other Locations Later
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More Scaffolding at 25 Pierrepont Street
The People Of The Internets Love Vine And Brooklyn Heights
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Update Meeting on Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday
BHA Says, “Contact Cuomo to Save LICH!”
“Kids for Libraries” Rally Saturday
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
“If These Knishes Could Talk” Screening at Quad Cinema
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Solar Powered Charging Stations Available at Pier 1, Other Locations Later
Actor Fisher Stevens Loves Jack The Horse, Henry’s End In Brooklyn Heights
Tree Limb Down Between Clark and Pierrepont On Promenade
Northern Italian Restaurant Sociale Coming to Brooklyn Heights
More Scaffolding at 25 Pierrepont Street
E!Online Fashion Blog Features Willowtown Resident
“Tradition with a Twist”: Free Concert at Pier 1 Friday Afternoon and Evening
Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park
‘Don’t Dent My Car’ Visits Brooklyn Heights
Professional Cleanup Guy Geo Friend-Lee Sweeps Up In Brooklyn Heights, Posts Wacky Video
Brooklyn Heights Blogger Coins A Phrase For Captain Cleanup’s Work In Neighborhood
Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights to be “Milled” Thursday and Friday
The People Of The Internets Love Vine And Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Eagle Profiles Noodle Pudding Owner And Answers One Of Brooklyn Heights’ Most Burning Questions
Parking in Brooklyn Heights
Poplar Street “Open Garden” Next Saturday
Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday
Fundraiser to Save LICH Tomorrow Evening
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
“If These Knishes Could Talk” Screening at Quad Cinema
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
“Kids for Libraries” Rally Saturday
BHA Says, “Contact Cuomo to Save LICH!”
DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday
Open Thread Wednesday 6/12/13
Erin Boyle Finds Things Rosy in Brooklyn Heights
Former Brooklyn Heights Resident Moves To Harlem To “Escape Multi-Million Dollar Mansions And Unfriendly Neighbors”
Brooklyn Heights Profile: Andy Brown
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/11/13
The U.S. Post Office Paints Over The Work Of Brooklyn Heights’ “Captain Cleanup”
Photoville Fence Unveiling Thursday
Mettle: Documentary about People Who Collect Recyclables for Cash
Della Pietra’s: New Butcher on the Block
Update Meeting on Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
Landmarks President Peg Breen to Speak at CB2 Meeting Wednesday
Will Brooklyn Heights Resident Stephen Pierson Take Out Steve Levin In NYC Council District 33?
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A Close Encounter With “Captain Cleanup” The Post Box Repainter Of Brooklyn Heights
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