Not for nothin’ but Brooklyn Heights has been called many things over the years but Boston Herald travel writer Bob Young may take the (Junior’s Cheese) cake with this passage included in a recent piece on our fair borough: Continue Reading →
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The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street, is offering a “Romance Vacation Package”. According to their announcement, a steak dinner at Morton’s and a post-prandial “stroll on the Brooklyn Bridge or through Brooklyn Heights” is just the thing to inspire the desire to make whoopee. Sorry, no reasonable hourly tariff: “rates range from $379-$459 per night, plus tax.”
NBC New York Looks at Brooklyn Heights
Sure it’s no Hidden Brooklyn Heights, but it’s an interesting look at our neighborhood nevertheless. NBC New York Non-Stop – a channel that we only know about because Joey Reynolds has a show on it now – recently took a stroll through the nabe with AM New York’s Rolando Pujol as part of their Hidden City series.
Check it out after the jump. Continue Reading →
Hidden Brooklyn Heights Tour Sunday 3/27
Spring has sprung and so has tour season! We’ve “remixed” Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights for 2011. As is our tradition, the first tour of the season offers “donation/pay what your want” pricing. We’ll be hitting the pavement this Sunday (3/27) at 1pm.
Read more and buy tickets here.
Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour March 5
Spring is in the air! It’s a great time to reserve your spot on the first Brooklyn Bugle Walking Tour of 2010.
Brooklyn Heights 101, led by Annie Fitzsimmons, is a great primer for new residents, visitors, NYC residents looking for a fun day trip or long timers who would like a refresher course on our historic neighborhood.
Follow this link to save 25% off the Regular Ticket price now!
You Can’t Get There From Here
That’s what an unfortunate first time visitor to the neighborhood might conclude after trying to use this map, posted by the foot of the staircase (so that those consulting it are blocking the path of those entering or leaving the station) at the Cadman Plaza West entrance to the High Street A/C station. Continue Reading →
NY1: Plymouth Church Featured in Underground Railroad Tours
As we’ve previously noted, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, at Hicks and Orange Streets, was an important part of the “Underground Railroad”. This was the clandestine system established by abolitionists, of which Henry Ward Beecher, minister at Plymouth in the pre-Civil War Years, was an inspirational leader, to help fugitive slaves escape to freedom in Canada.
NY1: Seeking freedom from their chains, many slaves received a secret welcome from the congregation of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. In the mid 1800s, the basement of the house of worship was just one of many stops on the stretch of the Underground Railroad that ran through Brooklyn. Continue Reading →
Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour Featured on TV Tonight
Our pals at BricArts Media, producers of Brooklyn Independent Television have selected the segment about our Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour for their year end retrospective. Continue Reading →
New Directory Signs Posted
The Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO Cadman Plaza region is a tourist hot spot, and until now left with little direction. Good news, confused out-of-towners! When arriving in Brooklyn, you will be greeted by signs, pointing you to the Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and other landmarks. This sign is right outside the High Street station, but there are several scattered around the neighborhood.
Weather Looks Great for Saturday’s (10/23) Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour
It’s going to be 57 degrees and sunny for Saturday morning’s Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour. Have friends or family in town? New to the nabe? Join Brooklyn Bugle tour guide Annie Fitzsimmons for a fun and informative outing.
Order tickets now at Eventbrite and save 33% off the regular ticket price.
Tour attendee/BHB reader Carl raves:
Annie Fitzsimmons did a terrific job with the tour on Saturday. She knew an amazing amount of history of
New York and Brooklyn, including the details of the Brooklyn Bridge. She had no notes – it was all from memory -
and she had a bunch of postcards to illustrate many of the sites she brought us to; the St. George Hotel Ballroom,
Grand Lobby and Swimming Pool; the inspiration for the bank building on the corner of Montague & Clinton;
and many others. Everyone on the tour enjoyed it.
Brooklyn Heights 101 Tour – This Saturday 10/23
Back by popular demand, it’s our Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour. Led by veteran tour guide Annie Fitzsimmons, the tour is a great primer for new neighbors, visiting friends and relatives, tourists or long time residents who are interested in our landmarked district.
We’re offering a limited number of discounted tickets – get yours now by clicking here.
Next Brooklyn Heights 101 Tour – October 23
Annie Fitzsimmons will lead another Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour on October 23 at 11am. It’s a great introduction to Brooklyn Heights for visitors, new arrivals and long time residents who would like a primer on the history of our neighborhood.
Tickets are available now at Eventbrite.
OK Newser Visits Brooklyn Heights
Oklahoman reporter Mi-Ling Stone Poole visits Brooklyn Heights and tells the folks back home:
NewsOK: Another jewel in Brooklyn is the St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church at Montague and Clinton.
We ventured into this 1847 Gothic Revival structure and were impressed by the beauty and grandeur of the space. We were catapulted back in time when the pipe organ was being played.
Of course, the highlight of my day was taking in the views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline from the East River promenade. The Brooklyn Bridge is the oldest suspension bridge in the United States, dating to 1893; it connects the Manhattan boroughs to Brooklyn.
We didn’t mention the Brooklyn Bridge misinfo in the OK piece – “eg” points out the bridge opened in 1883.
Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour Saturday 9/18
Just moved to Brooklyn Heights? Lived here for a while but don’t know much about history? This Saturday at 11am, take our Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour hosted by veteran NYC tour guide Annie Fitzsimmons. Click here and get 40% off the regular ticket price .
Hot Pillow Hotel?
The hot house of Adams Street? (BHB photo by C. Scales)
New Arrival? Family or Friends in Town? Take our Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour on September 18
The Brooklyn Bugle is pleased to announce that we’ve added a new walking tour to our lineup — Brooklyn Heights 101. Veteran tour guide Annie Fitzsimmons will lead the maiden voyage of the BH101 on September 18 at 11am.
Reserve your slot on the walk — buy tickets now at Eventbrite.
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Brooklyn Bugle
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” by Nathan Englander
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- March Forth: CFAF Offers Heights “Family Walking Tour”
- Missed Connections at NY Transit Museum on Valentine’s Day
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Stranger’s Child” by Alan Hollinghurst
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson
- Transit Museum Introduces New Discussion Series “Problem Solvers” with guest Sarah Kaufman
- Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Thorn and the Blossom” by Theodora Goss
- Transit Museum Plans Day for Special Needs Kids January 22
- "(AHK-TOONG BAY-BI) COVERED" REVIEWED
Movie Preview
The Brooklyn Bugle presents Heather Quinlan's If These Knishes Could Talk (work in progress) screening at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema on February 9.
- Open Thread Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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214/216 Hicks Street Carves Out Space For Larger Tenant
- Lost Dog: Lili, a Shiba Inu
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Morton’s Steakhouse On Adams Street Is Cooked
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Downtown BK’s Historic Offerman Building At Last Gets New Life Via TJ Maxx
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Montague Street, Meet Your New Starbucks
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Le Pain Quotidien Taking Shape
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Damascus Bakery getting some competition
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Downtown Skyscraper District: He Said/He Said On Landmarks Approval
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UPDATE: Shiba Inu “Lili” Is Home!
Nabe Chatter