This afternoon at 5:00 Grace Church will hold its annual blessing of the animals, in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. At last year’s event, one of the Holbrooke chickens surprised the Rector, the Rev. Stephen Muncie, and others in attendance, by producing an egg while receiving the blessing. Video after the […]
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A Look Inside the Bossert Hotel
The Bossert Hotel’s lobby is something very rarely seen by Brooklyn Heights residents who are not members of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. In 2008, it was part of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual House Tour but that’s about it. The YouTube video after the jump by Michael R. Huff provides a brief peek […]
Why is Henry Ward Beecher Wearing a Sash?
Gutzon Borglum’s statue of Henry Ward Beecher is bedazzled this week with a “welcome” sash in celebration of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims’ announcement of a new Assistant Minister. Al Bunis, a Brooklyn Heights resident and member of the church since 1998, has been named to the newly created position. Official press release after the […]
Guest Blog: Rabbi Simcha and Rabbi Raskin
We asked Rabbi Simcha Weinstein and Rabbi Aaron Raskin to write a little something in celebration of Rosh Hashanah , the year 5771 and Yom Kippur: In tumultuous times of social and economic upheaval, one must reflect with great poignancy on the big questions posed by the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. […]
St. Ann, Grace Host 9/11 Memorial Services
Francesca Norsen Tate, in today’s Brooklyn Eagle “First Estate” column, notes that the American Guild of Organists, Brooklyn Chapter, will present an interfaith Service of Remembrance and Hope commemorating the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy this Saturday, September 11, at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, beginning at 4:30 […]
Pulpit with Historic Lineage to Arrive at Plymouth Church
From Plymouth Church comes news of a historic pulpit: On Sunday, September 26, Plymouth Church will dedicate a new pulpit at the worship service led by Senior Minister Rev. Dr. David C. Fisher. This special moment for the membership of the Brooklyn Heights-based Congregational Church has historical resonance beyond the walls of the church’s 19th […]
Watchtower Properties: $1 Billion? Really?
Brooklyn Heights resident and real estate broker Donald Brennan files this guest post: After reading the ‘Real Deal on Watchtower Properties’ post here last week I got to thinking – a billion dollars, for 25 properties, where did that number come from? While I am aware of the impeccable condition of these properties, inside and […]
Real Deal on Watchtower Properties
The Real Deal looks at the Watchtower’s Brooklyn Heights real estate holdings and speculates how much the organization could make once it decides to put its remaining properties here on the market: The Real Deal: Over the next decades, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, as it is officially known, bought up some incredibly valuable […]
A View From Inside the Watchtower, Continued: Apocalypse Not
“Orthocath” continues his story of life as a “Bethelite” in 1970s Brooklyn Heights here. In this installment, he tells of the passing of the fateful prediction for 1975, as well as of the acquisition of the Towers Hotel and the digging of a tunnel.
A View From Inside the Watchtower
A former Jehovah’s Witness, now a convert to Orthodox Catholicism, recounts his days as a “Bethelite” in the Witnesses’ Brooklyn Heights headquarters, here.
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