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Four Brooklyn Heights Churches in “Sacred Sites” Event This Weekend

By on May 13, 2013 2:47 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Events, History, Religion

This coming weekend–Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19–the New York Landmarks Conservancy will hold its third annual Sacred Sites Open House event. Among the houses of worship participating are four Brooklyn Heights churches. The First Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place (corner of Pierrepont) will be open Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There [...]

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Daily News Salutes Three “Classic” Brooklyn Heights Establishments

By on May 12, 2013 1:49 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Food

The Daily News has been highlighting spots worth visiting near various subway stops, and Rachel Wharton’s piece today focuses on the Borough Hall station. The three places she chooses for her article are Armando’s, Lassen & Hennigs, and O’Keefe’s. She notes that Armando’s “swinging red neon sign” with its iconic lobster “appeared on ‘The Cosby [...]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 9, 2013 3:30 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Other Brooklyn, Parents

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 [...]

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Report: Palmetto Playground To Be Renamed Adam Yauch Park On Friday

By on April 28, 2013 11:05 pm in Brooklyn History, Celebrity Residents

BHB sources claim that the Palmetto Playground will officially be renamed the Adam Yauch Playground this week. A ceremony to usher in the new name will reportedly be held this Friday May 3. Yauch, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights before achieving fame as a member of the Beastie Boys died on May 4, 2012 [...]

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Citi Bike Share Prompting Ire—And Vandalism

By on April 24, 2013 11:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Government, Landmark Preservation, News, Other Brooklyn, Transportation, War On Fun

WINS-AM (1010) reported this morning from Brooklyn Heights that the newly installed Citibank-sponsored bike-share stands in the neighborhood are not only irritating residents—who voiced on-air that they don’t fit in with the historic tenor of the Heights—but have become a target for anti-corporate brouhaha throughout the borough. Brooklyn.Some folks loved the idea of the city’s [...]

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Bank On It: Work Ensues On 177 Montague Street Rear Condo Entrance

By on April 24, 2013 9:50 am in Brooklyn Heights, Development, Landmark Preservation, News, Real Estate, Streets

The 13-unit condo integration at 177 Montague Street—the location of Chase Bank—is moving forward following its approval by Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee last December. Barry Rice Architects is the firm on the project, which calls for condos in the rear annex building at Pierrepont Street. At year-end, building owners York & Sawyer also [...]

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Montague Street’s Verizon Wireless Storefront Riling Preservationists

By on April 22, 2013 5:03 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Landmark Preservation, News, Streets

Preservations are raising sand that Brooklyn Heights’ Verizon Wireless storefront is parading multiple injustices to the 19th century row-house at 146 Montague Street in which it has long been housed. In a hearing last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to retroactively permit an illegal aluminum display box, according to a story in the Brooklyn [...]

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Gala Benefit for Christ Church Cobble Hill at Plymouth This Saturday

By on April 22, 2013 10:36 am in Arts and Entertainment, charity, Cobble Hill, Events, Landmark Preservation, Music

There will be a gala benefit event at Plymouth Church, 75 Hicks Street, starting at 7:00 p.m. this coming Saturday evening, April 27, to raise funds for the restoration of the historic Christ Church in Cobble Hill, which was severely damaged by a lightning strike last August. The benefit will feature performances from Bizet’s Carmen. [...]

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St. Ann’s Warehouse Again Seeking Approval to Build in Tobacco Warehouse

By on April 18, 2013 11:15 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Government, Landmark Preservation, News

You may recall the lengthy legal battle over the St. Ann’s Warehouse theater’s attempt to build a new performance space inside the 19th century Tobacco Warehouse in the Fulton Ferry Historic District, which led to a court decision holding that the transfer of the Tobacco Warehouse space from Brooklyn Bridge Park had not been done [...]

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21 Grace Court Alley Now Up For Sale After Being An $11.5k Monthly Rental

By on April 18, 2013 10:55 am in Brooklyn Heights, Landmark Preservation, News, Real Estate

The stately carriage house, number 21, at the end of Grace Court Alley, was marketed as a rental for $11,500/month ($138,000 annually) back in September. It is now on the market for $3.5 million for 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths, with parking, central AC, skylights, fireplace, W/D and three outdoor areas. The Brown Harris Stevens listing [...]

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