Opening Friday, January 4 at the reRun Theater in DUMBO (147 Front Street), IFP & Filmwax will premiere “My Brooklyn,” which follows director Kelly Anderson’s journey as a Brooklyn gentrifier to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood. The film documents the redevelopment of Fulton Mall, “a bustling African-American and Caribbean commercial district that is maligned […]
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Historian & ‘Brooklyn Heights Press’ Editor Henrik Krogius To Retire
Emmy-award winning news producer & 22-year editor of the Brooklyn Heights Press Henrik Krogius has announced his retirement, reports the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. At the helm of the 75-year-old Brooklyn Heights Press and Cobble Hill News weekly, “Krogius chronicled the neighborhood’s change from a insular, Manhattan-oriented world to its present day as part of a […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Photo Essay
Aside from the official Brooklyn Bridge Park website, Curbed offers the most thorough wrap-up of pics we’ve seen of BBP’s progress to date in the webbie’s new Camera Obscura feature. The essay from Nathan Kensinger also includes a fine narrative on the 85-acre park’s history and all that is still developing.
To Demo Or Not? Landmarks Debates Fate Of Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Developers and preservation advocates are playing tug of war as the Landmarks Preservation Committee debates whether to allow Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy to hold onto the landmarked 1895 building—or whether to replace it with a planned five-story condo. DNAInfo.com reports that six votes are outstanding with the Landmarks Commission to approve or deny […]
Hello, Holly! Meet Brooklyn Heights Official 2012 Christmas Tree
The tradition of a Promenade Christmas Tree goes back to before there was an actual Promenade. Some 63 years later, it continues to be a Brooklyn Heights tradition. Here is 2012’s official tree, standing tall and proud with hundreds of colorful lights at the Montague Street entrance to the Heights Promenade. (Photo: CT)
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
As befits the season, this will be a big weekend for musical events in Brooklyn Heights. On Saturday evening, December 15, the Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus (photo) will present their Winter Concert at First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry Street (near Clark) starting at 5:30 p.m. The program includes Puccini’s “Gloria” (from Messa di Gloria), John Rutter’s […]
Goose Barnacle’s David Alperin Talks Turkey About Being A Heights Native
Fourth-generation Brooklyn Heights resident & owner of Atlantic Avenue’s menswear store/art gallery Goose Barnacle David Alperin, is profiled in Brooklyn Magazine. He tells the pub, “I’m an old-fashioned retailer. I don’t want to lose the fact that I’m a part of this Brooklyn neighborhood.” Brooklyn Mag adds, “Visiting Goose Barnacle is like stepping back into […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This Saturday, December 1 is a huge day for fairs. P.S. 8, at Hicks and Middagh, will be having its Holiday Craft Fair from noon to 5:00 p.m. The First Unitarian Church (photo), at Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place, will be having its Unifair from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Across the way in Downtown, […]
VIDEO: Red Hook Fairway Determined To Come Back Better Than Ever
As BHB reported November 9, Red Hook’s Fairway Market suffered major damage from Hurricane Sandy. with the 52,000sf waterfront grocery at the base of Van Brunt taking on 5 feet of water and closed “indefinitely” as rebuilding ensues. Red Hook store General Manager Andy Zuleta has posted a video showing the destruction, cleanup efforts and […]
Image Of The Day: Burgers & Franks Along Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall
This Hamburger/Frankfurter joint in Downtown Brooklyn along Fulton Mall—just across from the burgeoning City Point mixed-use project—continues to do stellar business, but as the neighborhood continues to gentrify by the week, will it soon be a memory of bygone times? Digitally enhanced a la 1960s, taken October 2012. (Photo: Chuck Taylor)
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