It won’t be news to most BHB readers, but the helicopter noise problem, which we highlighted early last April, and which was apparently at least partially resolved at the end of that month with an agreement to ban tourist helicopters from flying over Brooklyn, is still with us. Citywide media are now noticing.
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H.P. Lovecraft, Master of Horror, Lived in Brooklyn Heights
Just as Ten Montague Terrace had its window to hell in Michael Winner’s 1977 The Sentinel, so an apartment at 169 Clinton Street seemed to writer H.P. Lovecraft, the 120th anniversary of whose birth was yesterday, during his residence there in 1925-26. Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft came to New York to […]
Tall Ship to Visit Red Hook
The barkentine Gazela will arrive at Pier 11 (enter at Pioneer and Conover Streets), Red Hook, this Wednesday, August 18, and remain through Monday, August 23. Tours of the ship will be available Thursday from 2-5 pm, Friday from 2-6 pm, Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, and Monday from 2-5 pm. A $5 […]
Red Hook to Heights Trolley May Be on Track
A while back, prompted by the news of old trolley tracks being dug up and scrapped in connection with infrastructure work at Fulton Ferry, we noted wistfully the neighborhood’s history of extensive light rail service, and wondered, even more wistfully, if at least some such service might be restored. Now, it seems, thanks in large […]
Trolleys: Our Past; Our Future?
As reported in The Brooklyn Paper last week, workers installing new water and sewer lines near the foot of Old Fulton Street encountered some trolley tracks that had been buried under asphalt for many years. After consulting with city officials and an archaeologist, the contractor “ripped up the tracks and threw them in the trash.” […]
Montague BID Stresses Service to Merchants, Community
The Montague Street Business Improvement District (“BID”) held its annual meeting at Eamonn’s yesterday evening. BID Executive Director Chelsea Mauldin (photo at left) said the BID must respond to the economic crisis by providing more services to businesses on Montague in, among other things, marketing and technology. As an example of marketing assistance, she cited […]
The Envelope, Please.
The award for zaniest headline goes to Mike McLaughlin of The Brooklyn Paper for this. Hmmm…methinks young Mike’s (we hope) temporary state of deprivation may be affecting his writing style. Velvets and James Brown? Can’t fault his taste in music.
Heights Fave La Bouillabaisse Resurfaces in Red Hook
Gothamist reports that restaurateur Neil Ganic will be opening his La Bouillabaisse, once an Atlantic Avenue favorite, in Red Hook next door to his other eatery, Lillie at 44 Beard Street:
Maybe They’ll Call It “Chateau Buttermilk Channel”
According to this Brooklyn Paper story, a California winemaker plans to open a winery in a nineteenth century warehouse building near Fairway in Red Hook. He intends to make wines from grapes grown on the North Fork of Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.
Three Cunard “Queens” Due Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be a first in history: three Cunard "Queen" ships: Queen Mary 2 (shown in photo), which makes Pier 17 in Red Hook its home port; Queen Elizabeth 2, on her final visit to New York after forty years of service before being retired to serve as a floating hotel in Dubai; and Queen […]
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