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True Blue: Brooklyn Heights USPS Mailbox Reveals Curiously Gaudy New Hue

By on May 28, 2013 8:40 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Streets

A USPS mailbox at the corner of Columbia Heights and Pierrepont Street has revealed a brazen new blue hue… without any particular rhyme or reason. We conducted a web search to see if the struggling U.S. Postal Service had perhaps purchased millions of gallons of the gaudy blue paint at a marked discount… but nuttin’. [...]

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Montague Street BID’s Annual Meeting: Thursday, June 18

By on May 23, 2013 11:46 am in Events, Streets

The Annual Meeting of the Montague Street Business Improvement District will take place Tuesday, June 18, at 4 p.m. at Borough Hall. The general public is welcome to attend, alongside coop owners/residents, owners of commercial property and commercial tenants. The Keynote Speaker will be Carlo Scissura, President & CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. [...]

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Citi Bike Share Program: CB2 Member Claims DOT Told It Not To Vote Yea Or Nay

By on May 22, 2013 11:08 am in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Streets

The wheels just keep spinning on the controversial Citi Bike Share program. Today’s New York Post reports that The Department of Transportation told Brooklyn Community Board 2 not to hold an up-or-down vote on the bike-share proposal—and “did not do enough to engage the public” about where the racks would be located, a board employee [...]

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Instructive Graffiti on Clark Street

By on May 15, 2013 10:34 am in Streets

While walking to the Clark St. station for your morning commute, you may have seen some chalk talk on the wall. In addition to “Tell Someone You Love Them xoxo” there are a couple others after the jump.

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Brooklyn Heights’ Least Expensive Apartment On The Market

By on May 2, 2013 8:00 am in Brooklyn Heights, Real Estate, Streets

Ever wonder how little it can cost to purchase property in Brooklyn Heights? We scanned listings at Streeteasy for the entire neighborhood, and found a sweet studio in a well-established Central Heights building for $215,000. The Brown Harris Stevens listing for 70 Remsen Street is on the first floor (Unit 1J) and apparently in need [...]

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Montague Street Radio Shack Tuning Out By End Of August

By on April 30, 2013 5:25 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News, Shopping, Streets

The long-lived Radio Shack at 110 Montague Street is vacating the premises by the end of August, a store manager tells BHB, for the reason one might expect… a marked hike in monthly rent. The RS staffer told us that sales in the neighborhood don’t merit the increase, so the franchise has decided to say [...]

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HBO’s ‘Newsroom’ Filming In The Heights Sunday 4/28

By on April 27, 2013 2:02 pm in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Movie shoots, Streets

HBO’s sophomore season of “The Newsroom” is filming in New York on Sunday, April 28, including Court Street between Joralemon & Schermerhorn on the border of Brooklyn Heights, according to website On Location. The new season of the Aaron Sorkin political drama series, which stars Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer, launches July 14. The Heights [...]

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Bank On It: Work Ensues On 177 Montague Street Rear Condo Entrance

By on April 24, 2013 9:50 am in Brooklyn Heights, Development, Landmark Preservation, News, Real Estate, Streets

The 13-unit condo integration at 177 Montague Street—the location of Chase Bank—is moving forward following its approval by Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee last December. Barry Rice Architects is the firm on the project, which calls for condos in the rear annex building at Pierrepont Street. At year-end, building owners York & Sawyer also [...]

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Montague Street’s Verizon Wireless Storefront Riling Preservationists

By on April 22, 2013 5:03 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Landmark Preservation, News, Streets

Preservations are raising sand that Brooklyn Heights’ Verizon Wireless storefront is parading multiple injustices to the 19th century row-house at 146 Montague Street in which it has long been housed. In a hearing last month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to retroactively permit an illegal aluminum display box, according to a story in the Brooklyn [...]

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Survey: Should Brooklyn Heights Be a “Slow Zone” For Traffic?

By on April 15, 2013 10:51 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Government, Streets, Traffic

The Brooklyn Heights Association is taking a survey to determine if there is support for making Brooklyn Heights a traffic “Slow Zone.” According to the BHA: Slow Zones improve pedestrian safety and reduce traffic cutting through neighborhoods. If Brooklyn Heights becomes a Slow Zone it will mean: – Speed limits of 20mph (as opposed to [...]

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Montague Street’s Taperia Slated For Grand Opening First Week Of May

By on April 13, 2013 1:37 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Streets

Spanish tapas & wine bar Taperia at 132 Montague Street, is getting closer to its grand opening. Manager Bobby Cruz told BHB Saturday that the space has just completed building code approvals, with final interior finishes in the works. The goal: Doors opening in the first week of May. The renovation of the space below [...]

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New BHA President Alexandra Bowie On LICH, Library and Living In The Heights

By on April 12, 2013 11:25 am in Brooklyn Heights, News, Streets

Alexandra Bowie, the newly installed president of the Brooklyn Heights Association (and a Brooklyn Bugle contributor), talks LICH, libraries and other neighborhood issues in a lengthy 2,200+-word Q&A with Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Among highlights: * Mission: BHA’s “most active committees are Traffic, Landmarks and Parks. The issues we work on, traffic, trees, tour buses, rats, [...]

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The ‘Empire’ Strikes Back: Filming Takes Over Heights

By on April 10, 2013 8:40 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Movie shoots, Parking, Streets

As previously reported, filming for HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” is pervasive in Brooklyn Heights Wednesday, with shooting, catering, holding, cranes hoisting giant spotlights, cams and various other big mamma trucks, wiring & related accoutrements along: Cadman Plaza West, Montague, Court, Remsen, Monroe Place, Clinton, Pierrepont and Henry. In fact, it’s almost easier to omit those streets [...]

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At Last: Sidewalk Seating Signals Spring Has Sprung

By on April 8, 2013 11:28 am in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Streets, Weather

Ah, at last! With temps hitting the upper 60s this Monday, the cafes and restaurants along Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights are thrusting open their doors and setting up outdoor seating… including Caffe Buon Gusto, Teresa’s, Heights Cafe, La Pain Quotidien, Starbucks, Connecticut Muffin, Custom House, Grand Canyon and Armando’s. Hopefully, this is a sign [...]

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Update: 75 Clinton Street Leases 71 Of 74 Rental Units

By on April 7, 2013 9:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Development, News, Real Estate, Streets

Last July, BHB reported that the new build rental property at 75 Clinton Street—at the corner of Montague Street (above Rite Aid)—was 90% leased, with 66 of the 74 units spoken for. Now, only three units remain, according to Curbed, with leasing agent Aptsandlofts taking the marketing reins for the lease-out. Available units include a [...]

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Ephemeral New York: Brooklyn Heights’ Fruity Streets

By on April 7, 2013 8:50 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Streets

Ever-entertaining website Ephemeral New York offers a fresh reminder on the naming of Brooklyn Heights’ Cranberry, Orange and Pineapple streets, which has been long been a fruitful part of neighborhood lore. In its April post, the webbie offers: “The Columbia Heights section of Brooklyn Heights might be the most beautiful enclave in the borough. The [...]

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‘Boardwalk Empire’ Returns For Court Street Shoot 4/10

By on April 4, 2013 9:09 am in Brooklyn Heights, Movie shoots, Streets

HBO’s fourth season of “Boardwalk Empire” will be filming along Court Street between Cadman Plaza and Remsen Street next Wednesday, April 10. Vehicles must be moved by 10 p.m. Tuesday. The Emmy award-winning series—set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era and starring Steve Buscemi—was last in the Heights in late February. In all, “Empire” [...]

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Long-Delayed Bike Share Program Coming To Montague St. & Promenade

By on April 1, 2013 8:32 am in Brooklyn Heights, News, Sports, Streets, Traffic

New York’s long-delayed bike-share program is preparing to launch in May, but according to a story in the New York Post, some city residents are “trying to put the brakes on cycle stations planned for their blocks,” claiming they will create congestion and “cheapen” neighborhoods. Mentioned in the Sunday piece are Manhattan’s SoHo, Brooklyn Navy [...]

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An Inside Look At Future Condo Site: 172-174 Montague

By on March 27, 2013 6:30 am in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Development, Streets

In February, BHB bid a final farewell to Brooklyn Heights’ long-lived Eammon’s In Brooklyn and the Hallmark store next door, as demo began on the buildings at 172-174 Montague Street. We were able to catch a glance inside the now-leveled grounds earlier this month as the gates opened momentarily, revealing the future site of the [...]

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Massive Lease Sign At 112 Montague Street: Gone, Gone, Gone

By on March 26, 2013 4:38 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Landmark Preservation, Streets

Word is Landmarks didn’t take kindly to broker Massey Knakal’s massive second-floor banner peddling the commercial space at 112 Montague Street (which BHB shared on March 14). That baby is now a whisper in the wind. Comments in our post confirmed that with regulations limiting the size of commercial signage, the Brooklyn Heights Association contacted [...]

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Update: Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Street Remains Rousing Retail Success Story

By on March 16, 2013 12:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Food, Fun, History, News, Real Estate, Shopping, Streets, Tourism, Watchtower

In May 2012, BHB wrote about an appreciable renaissance taking place along the Montague Street retail corridor, during which a dozen new businesses moved in along the avenue over the year preceding. Another snapshot of Brooklyn Heights “Main Street” this week reveals that Montague remains a bustling success story, with restaurants, spas, bodegas, bakeries and [...]

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Broker Gets (Really) Serious About Leasing 112 Montague Street

By on March 14, 2013 8:58 am in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Streets

The previous locale of Starbucks at 112 Montague Street has now sat without a commercial tenant since May 2012—soon approaching a year. The coffee shop originally vacated the premises in May 2012 because of roof leaks and plumbing issues, and today, the interior appears in the same condition it was when ‘Bucks moved up the [...]

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35 MPH Wind Gusts & 39°F? Spring Sure Ain’t Sprung

By on March 14, 2013 8:39 am in Brooklyn Heights, Streets, Weather

“What happened? Yesterday was so beautiful,” noted my neighbor this morning walking together along Montague Street, just before a wind gust came from behind and blew poor Mrs. Hinkle skyward. With temps Thursday morning at 28°F and Northwest winds gusting between 30-35 mph, it’s hard to believe it was 50 degrees on Wednesday—or that Spring [...]

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Crash! Boom! Bam! More Sewage Pipe Replacement Along Montague Street

By on March 11, 2013 6:48 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Streets, Traffic, War On Fun

Following a formidable week-long sewage pipe replacement project at the corner of Montague Street & Montague Terrace last week, another Brooklyn Heights to-doo drill and demolition is taking place along the sidewalk & street along 110 Montague in front of Radio Shack. In addition to the street being blocked Monday afternoon, a pretty fascinating hole [...]

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Montague Street Women’s Clothier Ruby And Jenna Closing Sunday

By on March 7, 2013 9:44 am in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Shopping, Streets

Women’s apparel boutique Ruby and Jenna, which opened in May 2012 at 130 Montague Street, is closing the location Sunday, March 10. The retailer, located above beauty salon Dashing Diva, maintains multiple locations in Manhattan (1293 Broadway), Brooklyn (1308 Kings Highway), Plainview, N.Y., Greenwich, Conn., Southampton, Hoboken, Westbury, Oceanside and Westfield, N.J. (Photos: CT)

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Two Units Go To Contract Sight Unseen At 30 Henry Street Condo Development

By on March 6, 2013 11:32 am in Brooklyn Heights, Real Estate, Streets

The new build condo project at 30 Henry Street, dubbed The Heights, has sold two more high-end units (now in contract) in the building—including the five-story condo’s penthouse.

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White Carriage House @ 165 Columbia Heights Being Restored To Original Brownstone Brick

By on March 3, 2013 9:17 am in Brooklyn Heights, Home Improvement, Landmark Preservation, Real Estate, Streets

Landmarks has approved restoration of a beauty of a carriage house at 165 Columbia Heights, which currently is adorned in white stucco. Curbed reports that the former Jehovah’s Witness property, which sold last year for $4.1 million, will be stripped of the facade—added in 1932—to restore the brownstone brick underneath. Ann Krsul is the architect [...]

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Street Signs Tend To Be More Effective When Standing

By on March 2, 2013 7:50 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Streets, Transportation

While three may officially denote a trend, persistence also counts for something. (At least) two street signs in Brooklyn Heights have been laying dormant curbside for multiple weeks… Seems they might be more effective either standing or removed by DOT? The first, “No Standing, Fire Zone,” at the corner of Remsen Street & Montague Terrace, [...]

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Jack The Horse Tavern Looking To Expand On Cranberry Street

By on February 28, 2013 10:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Development, Food, Government, News, Streets

The stalwart Jack The Horse Tavern plans to open an adjoining retail store with overflow seating, according to a notice posted at the secondary locale at 37A Cranberry Street, the former space of Browning Frames. The beloved restaurant—located at at 66 Hicks Street at the corner of Cranberry—is seeking a license to sell and serve [...]

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Boardwalk On Montague

By on February 26, 2013 8:39 am in Brooklyn Heights, Movie shoots, Streets

Filming takes place today, Tuesday, on upper Montague Street between Court and Clinton streets, for what appears to be HBO’s fourth season of “Boardwalk Empire.” Curiously, signs are imprinted with “Boardwalk Impire.” Doink!? The series, set in Atlantic City, during the Prohibition era, stars Steve Buscemi. It has won 12 Emmy Awards and received 30 [...]

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