The wheels just keep spinning on the controversial Citi Bike Share program. Today’s New York Post reports that The Department of Transportation told Brooklyn Community Board 2 not to hold an up-or-down vote on the bike-share proposal—and “did not do enough to engage the public” about where the racks would be located, a board employee [...]
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Brooklyn Federal Courthouse Target of Second “Anthrax” Letter
Lightning is said not to strike the same place twice, but the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, at Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza East, has twice this month received envelopes containing white powder. According to the Daily News, the second envelope arrived Wednesday afternoon and white powder came out after a courthouse employee opened it in a [...]
Hill Country Barbecue Slated To Bring Down-Home Country To Adams Street
Hill Country Barbecue is slated to open this fall at 345 Adams Street, alongside the Downtown Brooklyn border’s other recently opened eateries: Shake Shack, Potbelly and Panera Bread. Muss Development is converting the former government offices into new retail and condo space. According to developer Joshua L. Muss: “Adding a restaurant of this caliber to [...]
Cops Seek Pert Pickpocket Perp
Police at the 84th Precinct are investigating a larceny that occurred late last year, and say this bespectacled lady is the prime suspect. At around 6:00 P.M. on November 17th, a 27-year-old woman noticed her wallet, which contained her bank card, was missing as she entered the Borough Hall subway station. Two days later, at [...]
Shake Shack’s Downtown Brooklyn Success Inspires Second BK Locale
Downtown Brooklyn’s Shake Shake inarguably changed the face & fortunes of the once-sagging Fulton Mall, convincing many Heights residents to cross Court Street for the first time in years (decades?). Since its December 2011 opening, the burger joint has led to a renaissance, bringing the likes of Starbucks, Brooklyn Industries, H&M, Century 21, Gap, Seattle’s [...]
Upcoming City Point ‘Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’ Offers Booze & Food With Flicks
The UA Court Street Stadium 12 movie theater in Brooklyn Heights is about to lose its lock on the cineplex monopoly around town. Plans are confirmed for the 900-seat, seven-screen Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to open in 2015 in Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point. The upscale Austin-based biz is known for serving food & booze to theatergoers [...]
Landmarks Unamused By Interior Alterations At Former Gage & Tollner Space
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to deny an application to legalize changes made to the interior of the former Gage and Tollner Restaurant at 372 Fulton Street. The landmarked interior, which has housed a discount jewelry store since 2010 (formerly Arby’s and TGI Friday’s) has already faced mounting fines because it masked the interior [...]
‘Brooklyn Heights Plaza’ At Court & Joralemon Solicits Major Retailer
It was more than two years ago that NYC Mayor Bloomie & BK Borough Prez Markowitz announced a proposal to develop 39,500/sf of retail on the ground & second floors of the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the corner of Court & Joralemon Streets, as city offices were moved to upper floors. Now, the newly renamed [...]
Downtown’s $2M, 14,000/sf Willoughby Plaza Officially Opens
Willoughby Plaza, the new $2 million 14,000/sf pedestrian seating area between Panera Bread and Shake Shake near the entrance to Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, has officially opened. On Friday, politicos, including Borough Prez Marty Markowitz, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony. In the coming months, the Downtown BK Partnership says it will be dressed with greenery, [...]
BK History: Downtown’s Pepper & Potter Nash Auto Dealership
Following the January 4 BHB post that a Hampton Inn is coming to 125 Flatbush Avenue Extension (near Tillary Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, we relished McBrooklyn’s take on the biz that once occupied the space: Pepper & Potter Nash car dealership. McB notes, “While we remember the old car dealership as a rundown wreck of [...]
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Open Thread Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Landmarks Says No Go To Willow Street Backyard Pool
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Citi Bike Share Program: CB2 Member Claims DOT Told It Not To Vote Yea Or Nay
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Bloomberg Nixes East River July 4th Fireworks—But Squadron & Markowitz Fight For Right To Party
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Mystic Whaler Arrives at Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Prexy Regina Myer Mentioned as Possible City Planning Commissioner
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Willowtown Spring Fair a Lively Event
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Brooklyn Heights Promenade Gardens Bake Sale
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Monday’s Resplendent Sunset… Ooh, La La!
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SUNY Downstate Hosts Town Hall Meeting Monday To Discuss LICH ‘Sustainability Plan’
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Purple Irises and Serviceberries
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
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Citi Bike Share Program: CB2 Member Claims DOT Told It Not To Vote Yea Or Nay
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
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The Mysterious Expansion Of 116 Montague Street
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Open Thread Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Fairway Market Contributes $30k to Non-Profit ‘ReStore Red Hook’
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Actor Sean Penn Testifies For Release Of Imprisoned Brooklyn Heights Man
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Plymouth Church Hosts 144th-Annual ‘Juneteenth Celebration’ 06/09
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Monday’s Resplendent Sunset… Ooh, La La!
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