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Spelling Lesson: Bentley’s Retires ‘Liquadition’ Sign!

By on February 8, 2013 4:15 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Lame Excuses, Shopping, Streets

A week after BHB played the shame game with Bentley’s at 144 Montague Street for posting the same sign misspelling for three years running, it appears staff decided it was worth investing in a new sign—and better use of those pesky letters of the alphabet. Obviously, the women’s shoe store is excited, too: They added [...]

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Encore Fail! Bentley’s ‘Liquadition’ Sign

By on February 2, 2013 5:43 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Comedy, Lame Excuses, Shopping

Mercy, almighty. Bentley’s at 144 Montague Street has posted this same sign misspelling for years—in fact, previously pointed out with sweet empathy by BHB. Has no one ever happened to mention to the shoe retailer that “Liquidation” is spelled with the “I” and “A” in somewhat different order? All youse pepes have gotta do is [...]

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Cops To Brooklyn Heights: Don’t Be Daft… Lock Your Front Door!

By on January 18, 2013 10:34 am in Brooklyn Heights, crime, Lame Excuses, Other Brooklyn, Police Blotter

At a community council meeting Tuesday night, Capt. Maximo Tolentino, commanding officer of the 84th Precinct, pleaded with residents of Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill to keep their front doors locked. He noted that of 141 burglaries in the precinct in 2012, 48 occurred when residents were daft enough to leave front doors and windows [...]

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NYC Bike Share Program Delayed To Summer’s End Because Of ‘Software Glitch’

By on July 20, 2012 6:30 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Lame Excuses

For those anticipating New York City’s Bike Share Program, which included locations in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and nearby Downtown Brooklyn, you might as well hang up your helmets. The 600 city bike share stations, which were scheduled to be in place by the end of July, have been stalled until late summer, according [...]

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As BBP Struggles For Funding, Self-Sustaining High Line Park Gets $5M Gift From City

By on July 20, 2012 12:37 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Development, Government, Lame Excuses

While Brooklyn Bridge Park continues to scrounge together funding to continue buildout of the slow-as-molasses 85-acre waterfront project, Manhattan’s High Line Park has received a $5 million windfall from the city. This, despite the fact that the West Side tourist destination has raked in $85 million in private sector donations, in addition to a lucrative [...]

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Pols Pitch Petition To Bring Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Home To Brooklyn

By on June 28, 2012 5:39 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Fireworks, Lame Excuses, War On Fun

They’re not giving up. At the beginning of April, State Senator Daniel Squadron and City Council Member Steve Levin led a rally to return the annual Macy’s 4th of July fireworks to the East River. Since 2009, the historic annual display has been based along the Hudson, stealing views from residents of Brooklyn, Queens and [...]

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Calling 311: Mangled Street Sign Remains For Months

By on April 24, 2012 2:10 pm in Lame Excuses, Streets

Despite repeated calls to 311 since the beginning of March, a mangled street sign at the high-profile corner of Montague Street & Montague Terrace in Brooklyn Heights remains a disreputable eyesore. Whether a keen example of psychokinesis (think spoon bending) or a careless truck turning the corner, this signage, which marks one of the Promenade’s [...]

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For Fourth Year, Macy’s Says Nope To July 4th Fireworks Over Brooklyn

By on April 4, 2012 11:34 am in brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Lame Excuses, War On Fun

Once again, Macy’s has decided that its annual 4th of July Fireworks spectacular will entertain viewers along the Hudson River facing New Jersey, rather than the West River toward the New York City borough of Brooklyn. A public rally Monday from elected Kings County officials and neighborhood leaders from Brooklyn’s waterfront communities gathered a collective [...]

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Non-Quote Of The Day: L Mag’s “50 Best BK Blocks” Ignores Heights

By on March 27, 2012 12:08 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Lame Excuses

Despite the fact that it’s based in neighboring DUMBO, bi-weekly arts & culture freebie The L Magazine apparently doesn’t think much of Brooklyn Heights. The pub ran a feature on “The 50 Best Blocks in Brooklyn,” including the likes of Best Secret Block, Best People Watching, Best Block for Brownstones, Reddest & Bluest Blocks, Best [...]

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Traffic Snarl At Cadman Plaza & Pierrepont: Just In Time For Evening Rush

By on February 21, 2012 5:26 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Lame Excuses, Police Blotter, Traffic

One nitwit driver, six fire engines… A motorist behind the wheel of a Dodge SUV apparently decided the 4 p.m. hour Tuesday would be an ideal occasion to drive over a median strip along Cadman Plaza West at the intersection of Pierrepont Street, snarling traffic just in time for the evening rush. The female driver, [...]

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