The Eagle reports that “[a]n LLC formed by Upper West Side-based Quinlan Development Group” has acquired three adjoining buildings on Remsen Street between Clinton and Court: numbers 153, 155, and 157 Remsen (see photo), in a series of transactions for a total of $13.89 million. One of the buildings, 153 Remsen, former home of Saigon [...]
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Corcoran Out; Kiehl’s In On Montague Street In Brooklyn Heights
Skin-care giant Kiehl‘s will be opening its first Brooklyn store at 124 Montague St., the current site of The Corcoran Group. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: Kiehl’s shop will be 1,200 square feet in size, with its front door located where Corcoran’s is now, on a diagonal right on the Montague and Henry corner of [...]
Eagle: Developers Licking Their Chops Over Brooklyn Heights Library
After the Brooklyn Public Library issued an RFP in June for development of the Brooklyn Heights branch location, they were flooded with responses, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s NYC Council Select Committee on Libraries Oversight hearing. Councilmembers Steve Levin and Letitia James were on hand. Brooklyn Eagle: “We were [...]
City Council Hearing on Libraries Monday
This in from City Council Member Steve Levin’s office: On Monday, September 30th, the City Council’s Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations will hold an oversight hearing on capital construction needs and the potential disposal of libraries in New York City. While this hearing is not exclusive to the proposals for Brooklyn [...]
Read What People Think Of The Changing Retail Landscape Of Downtown Brooklyn
The New York Times writes about the changing retail landscape of Downtown Brooklyn. As outlets like Shake Shack and H&M set up shop on Fulton Street, the older businesses which long catered to African-American and Caribbean-American customers are starting to disappear. The Times describes the history of the strip saying, “Fulton Street has been Brooklyn’s [...]
Poplar Street Precinct Condos To Go On Sale This Fall, Targets “Urban Hipsters” [Video]
Our man with a cam Karl Junkersfeld ponders the meaning of condos going on sale at the renovated 72 Poplar Street Precinct in Brooklyn Heights in his latest video. The 72 Poplar website is now live. Curbed reported yesterday that units will go on sale this fall: Designed, by Freyer Architects, the 14 units will [...]
Karl on 177 Montague and Neighboring Brooklyn Heights Architecture
Mr. J. has put together an impressive video presentation (after the jump) focusing on the Brooklyn Trust Building, now occupied by Chase Bank, the upper floors of which are being converted for residential use. He then gives us a tour of some neighboring architectural gems, including the Brooklyn Historical Society, St. Ann and the Holy [...]
Pier House Construction Underway
Reader Andrew Porter has been keeping an eye, and a camera lens, on construction activity at the site of Pier House, the hotel/retail/condo complex that will sit between Furman Street and Pier 1. The pedestrian bridge connecting Squibb Park and the uplands of Pier 1, which will eventually be between two sections of Pier House, [...]
#SaveLICH: Suitors’ Plans Revealed
Update: Word has come via #SaveLICH that SUNY is now removing all patients from LICH and intends to padlock the hospital over the weekend. Protesters have gathered at Hicks and Pacific; Bill de Blasio and Steve Levin are there. The SUNY Downstate website now includes a summary of the seven suitors’ proposals for Long Island [...]
Sephora May Anchor “Women’s Power Center” at Court and Joralemon
According to Lois Weiss’s “Between the Bricks” column in the New York Post, cosmetics retailer Sephora will be the anchor tenant in the retail space being developed in the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the southeast corner of Court and Joralemon streets. Weiss quotes Albert Laboz of United American Land, the developer of the site, as [...]
City Issues RFP for Brooklyn Heights Library Site
Brownstoner reports that the City has issued a Request for Proposals to develop the site now occupied by the Brooklyn Heights Branch of Brooklyn Public Library at 280 Cadman Plaza West. The RFP provides that the developer’s plan “must incorporate a brand new, 20,000 square foot library branch (“New Library”) for the Brooklyn Heights community.” [...]
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This Memo From The BPL President Says The New Brooklyn Heights Library Will Be Awesome
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Open Thread Wednesday 12/4/13
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Cleaning Up in Brooklyn Heights
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Cops Nab Uncle-Nephew Burglars After They Rob Keri Russell’s Hicks Street Brownstone
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Gallito’s Kitchen On Montague Street Opening Monday For Dinner
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In Brooklyn Heights, A Burglary Reveals Stories Of Two Different Families In Turmoil
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Looks Like Clark Street In Brooklyn Heights Is About To Get A Tavern
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How Two NYPD Detectives Saved A Despondent Man From Jumping Off The Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday Morning
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St Francis Water Polo Seeks NCAA Win
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Car Break-in Alert on Poplar
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Heather Thompson Is The New Vet On Hicks Street In Brooklyn Heights
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Kiehl’s Reveals Itself At Corcoran’s Former Montague Street Location
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Hearing On Brooklyn Heights Library To Be Held Thursday (12/12)
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In Brooklyn Heights, A Burglary Reveals Stories Of Two Different Families In Turmoil
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Gallito’s Kitchen On Montague Street Opening Monday For Dinner
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St Francis Qualifies for Second Straight NCAA Final Four
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BHA, Brooklyn Heights Cinema Present Movie Night Thursday
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Brooklyn Holiday Events Galore This Weekend and Next
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Update on Tree Lighting, Caroling December 18; Now With Free Cookies!
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Cleaning Up in Brooklyn Heights
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