Controversial wellness chain Dahn Yoga & Health Centers has deemed its Brooklyn Heights studio the May Center of the Month, out of more than 115 locations nationwide and nearly two dozen in the New York metro.
The Heights Dahn center at 130 Clinton Street, between Joralemon and Livingston, was awarded kudos, according to its corporate press release, because it “features a number of creative, high-energy participants,” including Center manager Amy Long Continue Reading →
The House Tour. The House Tour. The House Tour! More info at the Brooklyn Heights Association website.
There are several activities at Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend. The Green Team meets tomorrow (Saturday, May 12) from 10:00 a.m. until noon. At the same time, there will be a MillionTreesNYC community tree giveaway on Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. Continue Reading →
The Brooklyn Heights Association calls to our attention two opportunities for recycling as we do our spring cleaning. There will be an e-waste recycling event the weekend after next at First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street between Clinton and Monroe Place. Bring your no-longer-useful electronics to the Church on Saturday, May 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 from noon to 2:00 p.m. A list of items that will be accepted for recycling is here. Continue Reading →
Tonight from 8:30 to 9:30 is Earth Hour, during which we’re asked to turn off electric lights and appliances. Reader Ori, who gave us the heads-up, says: “Besides participating by turning off our lights, we’re sure to have a great view of Manhattan going dark from the Promenade, the park, etc.”
While the debate continues over the intrinsic worth of New York City’s Bloomberg-mandated Health Code Ratings for all public dining establishments, there’s potential value in considering a restaurant bearing a big “D” in its front window. I happened upon the online results of the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene’s Sanitary Inspection Grades for all such businesses in the 11201 zip code, listed A-Z, assembled by software engineer Aaron Dancygier. Check it out here.
The good news: Eating out in Brooklyn Heights isn’t likely to have any dire health repercussions, and it’s a good bet your leg of lamb won’t be served with a side of pigeon wings. Only three restaurants merit a grade as low as “C” on the website. They are: Continue Reading →
SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Long Island College Hospital (“LICH”) has applied to LIVESTRONG, a partner of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, for funds to bring an artist-in-residence program to its Othmer Cancer Center in order to improve the lives of cancer patients. LICH is a finalist in the competition for funds, and the institution that gets the most on-line votes will win the grant. You can cast your vote here. The deadline for voting is this Thursday, March 23, at 5:00 p.m., so if you wish to vote, please do it promptly.
On Tuesday, I saw a large pile of logs piled next to the curb in front of 146 and 148 Hicks Street. I later received an e-mail from a reader who lives in a nearby building, saying that a healthy tree behind 148 Hicks was being taken down for no apparent reason. The reader described this as a “tree of heaven,” presumably Ailanthus altissima.
The next morning, I went to the same spot and saw (see photo) logs loaded onto a truck, and another truck, with the hopeful name “SavATree” emblazoned on the side, but with a wood chipper behind. A worker came from behind 148 Hicks. I asked him if the whole tree was coming down, or if it was just being trimmed. He said it was coming down. I asked if the tree was unhealthy. He said there were some problems near the bottom. More photos and text after the jump. Continue Reading →
My heart soared when I saw the display on the upper half of the photo to the left, pitching for new advertisers on the probably legal bilboard that dominates the view from the north end of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. This made me think that Apple, which has had ads on it for the past several years, perhaps fearing the wrath of David on Middagh, travy et al (scroll down to comments), had decided to give it up.
Might this then make other prospective advertisers, fearing boycotts and torchlight parades by enraged Heights residents, have second thoughts about using the space? Alas, my hopes were to be dashed. Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Heights resident Jason Hershberger, MD is Chief of Psychiatry, Downstate Long Island College Hospital (LICH). In light of recent events in our community, we invited him to shed some light on depression, an important public health issue.
There is a growing understanding in this country that depression is an illness that requires treatment. Much of the stigma of the past has given way to the reality that many of us will seek out medical help for depression at some point in our lives. We now understand that depression is about as common as high blood pressure and just as responsive to treatment. Many Americans have included treatment for depression as part of their routine to stay healthy, and now antidepressants are the most common medications prescribed in America. Continue Reading →
That bombastic noise around 9 a.m. Wednesday morning along Montague Street that sounded like the second coming, was actually the City Parks Department continuing its once-a-decade tree pruning in Brooklyn Heights.
Under the Parks Department’s current schedule, this will take place on blocks from Pierrepont Street southward. However, as we previously noted, thanks to funding by the Brooklyn Heights Association, trees on six more streets north of Pierrepont will also be trimmed.
Please see the BHA link on tree pruning at thebha.org.
Got your knickers in a knot? Perhaps Area Yoga Center can help. The popular Carroll Gardens studio and spa is opening a second destination in Brooklyn Heights at 144 Montague Street, between Henry and Clinton streets. Owner Loretta Gendville says the new store is scheduled to open some time in April.
Area Yoga was founded in 2000 by Gendville as a hatha and vinyasa yoga studio, with a focus on balance, strength, awareness and relaxation. Continue Reading →
Several readers complained of being awakened or disturbed this morning by a noisy demonstration along Clark Street. We have learned that the protest was organized by Housing Works, the same folks who run the popular thrift shop on Montague near the corner of Henry Street.
It was aimed at Heights resident Robert Doar, Commissioner of the City’s Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services (pictured above), to call attention to planned changes and cuts in services offered to people living with HIV/AIDS. Continue Reading →
The Brooklyn Heights Association tells us that the City Parks Department has begun pruning street trees in Brooklyn Heights from Atlantic Avenue to Pierrepont Street. This is done on a ten year cycle. Thanks to funds contributed by BHA members and earmarked for tree maintenance, pruning will be extended to include six more blocks north of Pierrepont. The BHA regrets that funds aren’t available to cover pruning for all of Brooklyn Heights. More details are here.
A few weeks ago Ben Petok, the communications director for City Council Member Steve Levin, whose district includes Brooklyn Heights, contacted us to set up a get-acquainted meeting. This past Friday morning, your correspondent went to Levin’s district office at 410 Atlantic Avenue and conversed with him for about an hour. Here are some of his thoughts on various topics he thought were of interest to our readers:
Education: Levin considers this his primary interest, and he sits on the Council’s Education Committee. He is proud, he said, of his role in bringing about the addition of a middle school to P.S. 8. As a general observation, he said that he believes the pendulum on education policy has swung too far. Where there was once an out-of-control, too often corrupt bureaucracy running the schools, there is now a monolithic technocracy that is unresponsive to the concerns of parents and others with a stake in the system. Continue Reading →
It didn’t take long. Reader Derek Jetah reports:
Took family for lunch to brand new Baluchi’s in North Heights yesterday. Imagine my surprise upon arrival when I found Dept. of Health notice on door and workers moving food from fridge into (unrefrigerated) truck. Worker said current refrigerator “not cold enough.” Um, yuck! Think I’ll wait a couple weeks and check BHB & Yelp to be sure there’s no Gandhi’s Revenge coming from new Baluchi’s…
The NYC Department of Health whacked the Brooklyn Heights Baluchi’s with 58 violation points.
The DOH says that, “a Notice of Violation issued and establishment ordered closed by the Department of Health at the reinspection conducted on 02/10/2012.”
The restaurant’s last inspection, when it was called Seasons and operated under the same management, was on December 3, 2011. The eatery received 36 violation points when the DOH found “evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.”
Here’s the latest DOH report: Continue Reading →
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