The Brooklyn Historical Society, corner of Clinton and Pierrepont, is presenting a workshop, “Research Your House” this Saturday, November 13, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. This appears to be similar to the event BHS held in conjunction with the Brooklyn Heights Association last March. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: During this half-day workshop, homeowners can discover the […]
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Montague Terrace Horror! Beloved Dawn Redwood Downed in Brooklyn Heights
Word on the street (in this case, Montague Terrace) is that one of the four Dawn Redwood trees in Brooklyn Heights was “removed” from the backyard of 2 Montague Terrace. BHB tipster Andrew Porter tell us it was cut down at the order of the co-op board, but we’re still investigating this claim. BHA Executive […]
Tobacco Warehouse Shell Game?
The Tobacco Warehouse, that picturesque, roofless shell of a 19th century structure that stands on the west side of Water Street, near the Dock Street intersection, in DUMBO, has become the latest point of contention in the battle over whether the costs of operating and maintaining Brooklyn Bridge Park should be defrayed in part by […]
Willowtown Association to Present “Alfred” Awards
This in from Ben Bankson, President of the Willowtown Association: The restorer of a long neglected brownstone in Willowtown in Brooklyn Heights, Jonathan Marvel, and the retiring chair of the tenants association at the Riverside Apartments also in Willowtown, William “Bill” Ringler, will become the first recipients of a new award, The Alfred, established by […]
LPC to Consider 27 Cranberry, 300 Henry in Brooklyn Heights, 55 Washington in DUMBO
The Eagle has the following concerning Landmarks Preservation Commission hearings scheduled for next Tuesday, November 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 27 Cranberry St. in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, a vacant lot. The application is to construct a new single-family building. • 300 Henry St. (aka 117-119 Atlantic Ave.) in the Brooklyn […]
Brooklyn Heights: Anti-Suffragette City
“Montrose Morris” posts a great piece on Brownstoner about the anti-suffragette movement and its roots in Brooklyn Heights in the early 20th century:
Is Iris Cafe Haunted?
Does the Iris Cafe, known for awesome Ploughman’s sandwiches and Americanos, also have a ghost in the house? A tipster alerted us to a gruesome killing in the 1980s that left 20 Columbia St. Pl. (I have a terrible sense of direction.) with a wailing phantom. Research has been inconclusive, though one local resident said, […]
Lot at 27 Cranberry Street Sold – Time to Get Ready for Construction Noise and New Structure?
Brownstoner reports today: It’s not often that a piece of vacant land trades hands in Brooklyn Heights, so it grabbed our attention when we noticed that the lot at 27 Cranberry Street had sold. The 25-by-100-foot lot sits on a quiet, leafy block at the northern end of The Heights. According to Property Shark, it […]
L Magazine Names Three Brooklyn Heights Blocks Among Borough’s 50 Best
L Magazine has surveyed Brooklyn’s multitude of blocks, and named its fifty best in various categories. Two blocks completely, and one partially, in the Heights made the cut. The winner in the “Best Block for Historical Significance” class is Montague Terrace (see photo above). It was here, way back in 1776 at the “Battle” of […]
100 Clark Street Sold
The partially demolished building at 100 Clark Street has been sold “in an all cash transaction valued at $1.25 million” according to a press release from Massey Knakal. The building was listed by MK back in April. In their press release at that time, it was claimed that “three tenants retain occupancy rights; however preliminary […]
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