New York Magazine‘s Curbed asks “Why is 194 Columbia Heights Abandoned?” in an article that aims to solve Brooklyn Heights’ longest standing mystery. And who did they talk to about this vexing question and how did they find him? None other than our most prolific commenter Andrew Porter via the BHB Open Thread Wednesdays. See excerpt below […]
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Perelandra Going Out of Business
Perelandra Natural Foods, 175 Remsen Street, in business in Brooklyn Heights since 1976, will be closed permanently following close of business this Sunday. The news was broken by reader “Banet” on Open Thread Wednesday, who is quoted in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle as saying a cashier at the store said Perelandra hadn’t lost its lease but that it […]
High Winds Batter Brooklyn Heights
The photo above (C. Scales for BHB) is of a tree downed by yesterday’s high winds, lying across part of the Montague Street entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, next to Two Montague Terrace. We are told another tree was downed further north, near the Promenade, a day or two earlier. The intrepid Mary Frost […]
New Life for the Bossert?
The setting sun illuminates the Bossert Hotel (photo by C. Scales for BHB) at Montague and Hicks streets. Will this long nearly abandoned but magnificent building (Helmle & Huberty, 1909) see another sunrise before long? False hopes have arisen several times, only to be grounded. Not even former Studio 54 owner Ian Schrager and upscale […]
TD Bank Moving to Former Citi Space at 181 Montague
It’s official: TD Bank has announced that its branch at 205 Montague Street, which is slated to be demolished to make way for a 47 story mixed use building, will move to the space at 181 Montague (photo) previously occupied by Citibank. The relocation is scheduled for August 2, 2024.
A 19th Century Real Estate Covenant has Shaped Brooklyn Heights and Incited Litigation
A very big hat tip to readers “Karen and Chad” for putting a link to this New York Times article, co-written by Brooklyn Heights Association President Jeremy Lechtzin and Times correspondent Aliza Aufrichtig, on last week’s OTW. The portrait, from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, is of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont (the name was […]
Jeremy Lechtzin New Brooklyn Heights Association President
The Brooklyn Heights Association has announced that Jeremy Lechtzin is the new President of its Board of Governors. His President’s Message is here. According to the BHA: He is an architectural historian and technology lawyer. Jeremy focuses his history work on early Brooklyn, currently writing a data-driven analysis of every house built in Brooklyn Heights […]
47 Story Building to Rise at Montague and Cadman Plaza West
According to New York YIMBY developer Jonathan Landau has filed for permits to construct a 47 story mixed commercial and residential building at 205 Montague Street (see photo from Google Maps). While the building now there fronts on Montague, it extends along Cadman Plaza West to Pierrepont Street. It presently houses TD Bank’s branch. Word […]
Brooklyn Heights Association Meeting Focuses on Accomplishments, BQE, and Public Realm
Despite the protestors who prevented Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from speaking (see previous post) at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual Meeting, much else was accomplished. As reported by Mary Frost in the Eagle, BHA president Koren Volk (photo), whose term ends soon, although she will remain on BHA’s board of directors, gave an account of BHA […]
Update on 39 Grace Court: Landmarks Rejects Proposed Townhouse on Garden Site on Design Grounds
Brownstoner reports that, at the hearing yesterday, the members of the Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected the proposal to develop the existing garden lot at 39 Grace Court by building a single family townhouse there. Their rejection of the plan was based on the proposed design of the building, which one commissioner described as a “defensive […]
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