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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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27 Cranberry Street Construction Featured In NYT Piece About Issues Facing Neighbors During Construction

By on April 14, 2013 11:17 am in Brooklyn Heights, Development, Landmark Preservation

What happens when you own a wooden, historic home in a landmarked area and new construction is scheduled in the empty lot next door to you? The New York Times finds out from Brooklyn Heights resident Elisabeth Cunnick, owner of 25 Cranberry Street.

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VIDEO: What Some Of The Empire Stores Proposals Would Look Like

By on April 12, 2013 10:27 pm in Architecture, brooklyn bridge park, DUMBO, Landmark Preservation, Video

The design proposals for Empire Stores in DUMBO are now online. Our Karl Junkersfeld has created a nifty video to walk you through all of the ideas.

Watch it and read the full presentation after the jump.

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Citizens Defending Libraries Plans Packed Slate Of Public Rallies April 13-20th

By on April 12, 2013 1:17 pm in Government, Landmark Preservation

Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization that is petitioning the city to stop selling public library real estate to private developers, has a full slate of rallies in the coming week. Neighbors forming the group have collected 8893 virtual petition signatures, demanding that the Cadman Plaza Library and its building, in place since 1962, [...]

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NYC LPC On The 1965 Landmarking Of Brooklyn Heights

By on April 6, 2013 10:56 am in Brooklyn Heights, History, Landmark Preservation

The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission posted photos and a document related to the 1965 landmarking of Brooklyn Heights on its Tumblr account this week. View the photos on the LPC’s Tumblr. Our neighborhood was landmarked on November 25, 1965. In 2010, Brooklyn Heights preservationist and our own Karl Junkersfeld produced this video about the road [...]

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