The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present a guided tour of its historic building this Thursday evening, May 3, starting at 7:00 p.m. The building, completed in 1881, is noted for its elaborate terra cotta exterior decoration, but its interior is also dazzling, including elaborately patterned tile floors, carved woodwork, […]
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Everything You Could Ever Want To Know About The Hotel St. George
Brooklyn real estate blog Brownstoner has been running a book-length series on the history of Brooklyn Heights’ Hotel St. George, which includes a phenomenal collection of vintage images and every detail you could ever imagine about the historic locale. “Montrose Morris” posted Part VI April 26, with more to come. You’ll need either a strong […]
Help Needed for BHA House Tour
The Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual House Tour (the photo was taken in one of the houses on this year’s tour) is coming soon, on Saturday, May 12. You can find more information, and buy tickets, here. The BHA needs “house volunteers” who “are asked to take a shift, watching rooms to be sure there is […]
Memory Lane: Abraham & Straus Department Store, Born & Bred In Brooklyn
Without the commanding presence of Brooklyn’s heralded Abraham & Straus, we surely would not have today’s Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Filene’s or Stern’s. In 1865, before the Brooklyn Bridge linked New York’s largest borough to the rest of the city, Abraham Abraham and Joseph Wechsler opened dry goods retailer Wechsler & Abraham on Fulton Street in the […]
Heights History: 1940s’ Mammy’s Pantry, 122 Montague Street
Long before there was a Housing Works Thrift Shop or a Fish’s Eddy—or for that matter, a Brooklyn Heights Promenade—122 Montague Street was the location of beloved Southern-style restaurant Mammy’s Pantry. In the 1940s, the eatery served up a lunch and dinner menu of such goodies as Maryland Crab Cakes, Southern Fried Chicken, Shrimps Creole […]
Heights History: The Brooklyn Waterfront 30 Years Ago
While this photograph from the U.S. Library of Congress’ digitized collection may not be in color, who doesn’t recall the powder blue warehouses that lined the Brooklyn Heights waterfront below the Promenade? Progress on Brooklyn Bridge Park may seem sluggish, but things have certainly changed, haven’t they? (Photo: Jet Lowe, 1982)
Next Homer Fink ‘Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour': April 21
The next jocular, wonderfully educational Homer Fink’s Hidden Walking Tour takes place this coming Saturday, April 21, at 11 a.m. Learn about the odd, weird, controversial and amusing history of America’s First Suburb over a sprawling 90 minutes of fun, led by the faithful kingpin of the Brooklyn Heights Blog, Cobble Hill Blog and Brooklyn […]
Another Hefty Re$idential Property Hit$ The Heights Market
Brown Harris Stevens has just listed a townhouse for sale at 32 Livingston Street with the kind of lofty price tag we’re becoming accustomed to in Brooklyn Heights: $6 million. This follows the sale of the Capote House on Willow for $12 million in March, a Garden Place townhouse for $10 million in February and […]
On This Day: April 12, 1816, Brooklyn Became a Village
On April 12, 1816, New York officially incorporated the village of… Brooklyn. The State of New York legislature passed an act of incorporation on this day—with the participation of Brooklyn Heights founding father Hezekiah B. Pierrepont—that gave Brooklyn its first charter, establishing its official boundaries. Among the primary regions defined was Brooklyn Heights, which the […]
Save the Date: BHA House Tour Saturday May 12
The Brooklyn Heights Association will hold its annual House Tour on Saturday, May 12. More details will be given on BHB when available. The photo, by our own Homer Fink, is from the 2008 tour. There is no assurance that the house shown in the photo will be included in this year’s tour, but the […]
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