Tim Oltmans, owner & chef of nabe fave Jack the Horse Tavern, tells BHB that the restaurant will be donating 10% of all sales to @RobinHoodNYC, through Thursday, November 9. See more about the organization here. Jack is at 66 Hicks Street @ the corner of Cranberry. If you have yet to stop by one […]
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Heights’ Halstead Realty Loads Up Moving Van Packed With Donations
Monday morning, Halstead Realty at 150 Montague Street collected a gargantuan amount of donations for those affected locally by Hurricane Sandy. The office’s Meryl Blackman calls the response “a huge success, with Heights residents’ response overwhelming! We have sent 12 fully loaded SUVs/cars to donation centers and this morning at 11, we had a professional […]
How You Can Help Brooklynites Impacted By Hurricane Sandy
As we know at this point, residents of Brooklyn Heights were fortunate as Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc over many other regions of the borough. If you’d like to help out those in neighborhoods that suffered great impact, info is below: (Note: Weekend updates added) Monday: The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and its Real Estate and […]
So, What’s On This Weekend?
Brooklyn Bridge Park is closed until further notice. Update: It appears it may be open Saturday. The Brooklyn Historical Society will be closed through Tuesday, November 6. Fortunately, Bargemusic didn’t sustain any serious damage, but repairs to an outside sprinkler pipe will keep it closed through this weekend. However, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street […]
Billionaire Trumps Joshua Rechnitz’s $40 Million BBP Donation: $100M For Central Park
Philanthropist Joshua Rechnitz’s $40 million donation for the design & construction of a 115,000-square-foot year-round, multi-use recreation facility near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 has been trumped. In April, when the Manhattan-based Founder & Chairman of the non-profit New York City Fieldhouse announced the gift, it was deemed the largest donation ever for a New […]
Plymouth Church Underground Thrift Store: Save 25% This Sunday
Bargain hunters alert: The Underground Thrift Store at Plymouth Church features 25% off all clothing beginning this Sunday, July 22. You’ll find a “curated collection of upscale and designer clothing and accessories for women, men and children,” along with collectibles for the home. Location: Upstairs at Plymouth Church, 65 Hicks Street between Orange & Cranberry […]
‘Friends Of Brooklyn Heights Library’ Reignites: But There’s More To Be Done
Friends of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library—which hosted a meeting June 5 to reinvigorate the non-profit organization—reports that the gathering fostered a new slate of Trustees, along with more than two dozen new interested attendees. “We are revitalizing,” reports an enthusiastic Deborah Hallen, who helped organize the FBHBL gathering with President Diana Prizeman. The Friends […]
LICH Needs Your Vote by 5:00 P.M. Thursday
SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Long Island College Hospital (“LICH”) has applied to LIVESTRONG, a partner of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, for funds to bring an artist-in-residence program to its Othmer Cancer Center in order to improve the lives of cancer patients. LICH is a finalist in the competition for funds, and the institution that […]
Grace Church Fair This Coming Saturday
This Saturday, February 4, Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (corner of Hicks and Grace Court) will hold its annual Winterfair. From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., you may shop for children’s clothes and toys, men’s and women’s clothing, books and CDs, sporting equipment, plants and flowers, furniture, housewares and tchatchkes. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 […]
Knit for Sailors this Saturday
There will be a community knittiing bee this coming Saturday, December 10, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. This from Carol Francescani of St. Ann: Calling all knitters and would-be knitters! Support Christmas at Sea, a program of the Seamen’s Church Institute that distributes […]
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