On Saturday evening, August 10, soccer fans can watch the New York Red Bulls play a road game against the Columbus Crew on a giant screen at the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. The game starts at 7:30, but plan to arrive by 7:00 to get a good spot. The event is […]
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Heights History (A Slight Return): Henry Miller’s Henry Street Hellhole
Over the years, Brooklyn Heights has been home to enough writers, actors, musicians, and visual artists to rival its not-too-distant neighbor Greenwich Village as a Bohemian community. Many, including novelist Norman Mailer, playwright Arthur Miller, and sculptor John Rhoden, seem to have liked living here. Horror fiction master H.P. Lovecraft, by contrast, found the neighborhood […]
Grace Church Awarded “Sacred Sites” Grant
Grace Church, 153 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon Street) is one of three Brooklyn churches to receive a Robert W. Wilson Sacred Sites Challenge Grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The award is in the amount of $30,000. From the Conservancy’s press release: The brownstone Grace Church was designed by renowned Gothic […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
For fans of the musical avant garde of the mid to late twentieth century, on Friday evening at 8:00 Bargemusic will present “Sonatas and Interludes” by John Cage (photo), performed on piano by Marc Peloquin. For fans of more conventional art music, on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. ther will be […]
Leonard Garment, Former Brooklyn Heights Resident, Jazz Expert, and Nixon Adviser, Dies at 89
Leonard Garment, who for some years in the 1960s and ’70s lived at 40 Willow Place, died on Saturday, July 13, at the age of 89, according to The New York Times. Garment, a Brooklyn native, became a successful Wall Street lawyer and eventually partner of future President Richard Nixon. According to reader Derek Adler, […]
Heights History (A Slight Return): The Opinionated Bernard Atkins
This Heights History story originally ran in July 2009: On November 2, 1971 the New York Times told the story of florist/real estate agent Bernard Atkins. At that time, Atkins was in the middle of intertwined controversies. The first involved attacks upon his James Weir Florist Shop at 160 Montague Street. The newspaper reported that […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday (June 22) from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a book launch and talk by Philip F. Napoli, author of Bringing It All Back Home: An Oral History of New York City’s Vietnam Veterans. In BHS’s words: Join us for a discussion from the author and a remarkable group […]
Landmarks President Peg Breen to Speak at CB2 Meeting Wednesday
Peg Breen, President of The New York Landmarks Conservancy, will address the General Meeting of Community Board 2 this Wednesday, June 12, at 6:00 p.m. The title of her talk will be “Forty Shades of Landmarks: The New York Landmarks Conservancy, its Programs and Services.” This is a topic of interest to Brooklyn Heights residents, […]
More Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Fulton Ferry Historic District
The showy tulips, daffodils, and purple irises of May are gone from the Promenade Gardens, but these pretty red and white blossoms were, like June, bustin’ out. Crossing the Pedestrian bridge from Squibb Park, I noticed that preliminary work appears to be underway for the Pierhouse hotel and condo complex. I shot this crossing the […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
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 […]
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