
BHB photo by C. Scales
by Claude Scales on 27. Aug, 2010 in DUMBO, History, Other Brooklyn, brooklyn bridge park

BHB photo by C. Scales
by Claude Scales on 25. Aug, 2010 in Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Government, News, Other Brooklyn, Transportation
Cobble Hill community activist Roy Sloane has proposed re-routing the BQE through what would be the longest highway tunnel in North America, taking it from the Navy Yard, under parts of Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Boerum Hill, to the Prospect Expressway.
YourNabe.com: The extraordinarily ambitious two-and-a-half-mile tunnel is one of several options for replacing the beleaguered highway that is being considered by the state Department of Transportation, but it is already emerging as a favorite. (more…)
by TK Small on 22. Jun, 2010 in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Government, Other Brooklyn, Transportation

Save Our Buses Protest, 06/22/10 photo by Kathryn Kirk
Here’s the official press release from Brooklyn Beep Markowitz on today’s protest regarding cuts to the B51, B39 and other bus routes: (more…)
by Claude Scales on 12. Aug, 2009 in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, History, Other Brooklyn, Real Estate
Neil Freeman is an urban planner, artist, and Brooklyn resident. His work appears on his website, fake is the new real. Thanks to Urban Omnibus, we’ve been alerted to a project of Freeman’s that should be of interest to all Brooklynites, including Heights residents. This is his “Brooklyn Typology. ” In Freeman’s words:
Brookyn Typology is an investigation of borough’s population and urban form. It consists of 2100 photographs taken in a sample of blockgroups in Brooklyn, plus detailed Census, historical, and typological data about the residential and housing in area. Together, the interlinked photographs and
data form a portrait of the urban fabric of Brooklyn.
Two of the “blockgroups” included in “Brooklyn Typology” are in the Heights: tract 3.01, blockgroup 1, consisting of the area bounded by Pineapple Street on the north, Hicks Street on the east, Pierrepont Street on the south, and Willow Street on the west; and tract 5, blockgroup 2 bounded by Pierrepont on the north, Clinton Street on the east, Joralemon Street on the south, and Henry Street on the west. (more…)
by Homer Fink on 17. Jul, 2009 in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Other Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights own version of D.A. Pennebaker, Karl Junkersfeld is back with more of his unique kind of video vérité. In this first clip he celebrates NYC Restaurant Week.
After the jump his epic three part tour of Fort Greene, a must-see for anyone who dreams to venture beyond the boundaries of Brooklyn Heights. (more…)
by Homer Fink on 15. Jun, 2009 in Nightlife, Other Brooklyn
Former Magnetic Field mainstay Dick Swizzle will be hosting his Sudden Death Game Show Tuesday night (6/16) on the big stage at the Bell House [149 7th Street].
by Claude Scales on 22. Apr, 2009 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Fun, Kids, Other Brooklyn
According to The Brooklyn Paper, They Might Be Giants will be playing a free show in Prospect Park on July 11. Read more at CHB.
by Natalie Brasington on 22. Apr, 2009 in Other Brooklyn
Tres Belle petite medi-spa, relocated recently from 43 Clark St. (inside the Eastern Athletic club) to new digs in Boerum Hill at 105 Bond Street and offers a range of therapeutic treatments including laser hair removal, microdermabrasion, facials and more. Read more at CHB.
by Claude Scales on 31. Mar, 2009 in Government, Other Brooklyn, Transportation

According to today’s Brooklyn Paper:
With $261 million of federal transportation funding from the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” headed to New York City, Hizzoner said on Monday that he would use the cash to complete major shovel-ready projects including long-planned renovations of the Brooklyn Bridge — while redeploying the city money that had been allotted for the jobs to other infrastructure projects.
Other Brooklyn projects that the Mayor said will benefit include the improvement of the Flatbush Avenue streetscape between Tillary Street and Hanson Place, and reconstruction of the Coney Island Boardwalk.
by Sarah Portlock on 06. Feb, 2009 in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Celebrity Residents, Kids, Other Brooklyn
Melanie Hope Greenberg — 32-year Brooklyn Heights resident and a longtime author/illustrator of children’s books — is on tour, and if her fans at PS 58 are any indication, she’s a rock star.
Greenberg — who was named to The BHB 10 last year — gets inspiration for her books from the neighborhood around her, and for her latest book, “Mermaids on Parade,” focuses on the annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island.
And so there she was, on Tuesday morning in the snow, reading her book to first and second graders at PS 58 in Carroll Gardens, who couldn’t stop squealing with delight whenever they saw pictures of the boardwalk or the Cyclone. (more…)
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