The folks at Congregation B’nai Avraham thought they were doing a mitzvah when they lent one of their unique handwritten Torahs to a couple who wanted to have a “kosher vacation” in Turks and Caicos. Unfortunately, the borrowers thought it would be safe to leave the holy scroll overnight last Sunday in the back seat of their […]
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BHB Tipster: Grinch Robs Pickle
BHB Newshound “RS” reported to us earlier today: “The Spicy Pickle [on Montague Street] has been robbed. I’m there now and the police are investigating.”
Cops Nab Pizza Deliveryman in Livingston Vandalism
According to the Brooklyn Paper, the pizza deliveryman caught on video camera vandalizing an elevator at 59 Livingston Street has been apprehended by police. Brooklyn Paper: Cops: The pizza deliveryboy… The boneheaded pizza deliveryman caught on security cameras scratching his cheesy tag into a Brooklyn Heights elevator during a drop-off in a Livingston Street building […]
Montague Street Restaurant Robbed
The Brooklyn Paper’s Police Blotter is chock full o’ Heights crimes this week including more hate notes posted in the neighborhood and this robbery reported at a nabe Thai restaurant (Lantern?):
Pizzaman Caught on Tape Vandalizing Elevator
The Brooklyn Paper reports that a pizza delivery man has been caught on tape vandalizing an elevator at 59 Livingston Street. The building’s landlord and the pizza store owner are due in court soon: Brooklyn Paper: Camera Catches…: Mama mia! A saucy Papa John’s deliveryman sliced up a Brooklyn Heights elevator like it was piping […]
Hate on Pineapple Street?
The Brooklyn Paper reports that an anti-Semitic note was taped to the door of a home on Pineapple Street yesterday morning:
Heights History: Wild in the Streets
Inspired by the prospect of a return to 1970s economics last week, we wrote about the Bad Old Days at 55 Pierrepont Street. This week we get in the BHB Time Machine and look back to February 1, 1971 when “outsiders” were causing the crime rate in Brooklyn Heights to skyrocket.
Ivanov the Terrible’s Day in Court
Ivaylo Ivanov appeared at a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. Ivanov was arrested in January after accidentally shooting himself in his Hicks Street apartment. Police responding to the report discovered a cache of illegal firearms and pipe bombs. It was later discovered that Ivanov was also responsible for a spate of hate […]
Thugs Rob Montague Street Store
The Brooklyn Paper’s Police Blotter reports some shenanigans in Brooklyn Heights over the last few weeks including news of a store robbery on Montague Street (anyone have a clue what store it was?): Brooklyn Paper: Police Blotter: Someone robbed a Montague Street bodega on Nov. 2. The 39-year-old man working in the store, which is […]
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