The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, or at least the portion of it from Remsen to Clark Streets, was first opened to the public on October 7, 1950, sixty years ago tomorrow. Henrik Krogius, Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn Heights wouldn’t be the same without the Promenade; yet it’s really only by chance that it ever got built. […]
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NYTimes Digs into Tunnel Issue
(edited by Qfwfq) The N.Y. Times catches on to the BQE tunnel idea, speaks with vocal local yokel and Judi Francis‘ beau Roy Sloane: A fourth tunnel idea that would skip Brooklyn Heights entirely has been put forward by a local graphic designer, Roy Sloane. He would bore an almost three-mile tube straight under the […]
BHA Event at Transit Museum Wednesday
This coming Wednesday evening, September 29th, from 5:30 to 7:30, the Brooklyn Heights Association, in conjunction with the New York Transit Museum, will host a party at the Museum, which is located at the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street (enter through the subway stairs). Everyone is invited to come and see the Museum’s […]
HGTV Features Halstead Agent, 220 Columbia Heights
HGTV’s frontdoor.com features Thomas Brophy of Halstead Brooklyn Heights and his 220 Columbia Heights listing as part of a series about “pre-war style.”
A Look Inside the Bossert Hotel
The Bossert Hotel’s lobby is something very rarely seen by Brooklyn Heights residents who are not members of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. In 2008, it was part of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual House Tour but that’s about it. The YouTube video after the jump by Michael R. Huff provides a brief peek […]
Brownstoner: Dudes in Suits at 20 Henry Means Reboot?
Brownstoner speculates about work at 20 Henry Street restarting: Brownstoner: 20 Henry—the high-end residential conversion in Brooklyn Heights—has been on ice since early last year when money and legal problems brought the renovation work to a halt. We’re starting to wonder if the 38-unit project might be on the verge of gearing back up though. […]
Cheops Redux at 80 Cranberry Street
It came down but now it’s back up — scaffolding that is — at 80 Cranberry Street. Looks like they’re itchin’ for another Brooklyn Heights Cheops Award.
Brooklyn Heights People: Assemblywoman Joan Millman
Joan Millman has been a teacher, a librarian, a district leader, and for the last 13 years, an assemblywoman. Though the educational jobs preceded the political ones, she sees little difference in the skills required for success in both. “I think without even being aware of it, teachers do a lot of things that are […]
Nine Years On, It’s Time to Take Back 9/11
Today, we remember those lost on 9/11/01. The photos above are of our local firemen from Engine Company 205 / Ladder Company 118 “Fire Under the Bridge”, who rushed to the scene and never returned: Lt. Joseph Agnello Firefighter Vernon Cherry Firefighter Scott Davidson Firefighter Leon Smith Jr. Firefighter Peter Vega Lt. Robert Wallace Lt. […]
Eagle: 166 Montague Reno Complete
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the conversion of 166 Montague Street to condos is complete:
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