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Monday’s Resplendent Sunset… Ooh, La La!

By on May 20, 2013 8:57 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Weather

And this, friends, is one of the everlasting joys of living in Brooklyn Heights. Taken from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 7:50 p.m. (Second view inside.) Oh, sigh… (CT)

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Open Thread Wednesday, May Day 2013

By on May 1, 2013 12:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, open thread, Weather

The first of May was originally celebrated by European pagans as a day of fertility—for the first spring planting and… more personal exploits. In modern times, it’s typically a spring frolic, as well as a day of political protests, a saint’s feast day and an acknowledgment of organized labor. In many nations, May 1 is [...]

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Brooklyn Historical Society Logging Superstorm Sandy Stories

By on April 10, 2013 11:38 am in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Education, News, Other Brooklyn, Photography, Weather

The Brooklyn Historical Society is looking to collect “survivor stories” from Superstorm Sandy as part of a permanent collection at the Brooklyn Heights destination. Historians are searching for residents of diverse ages, ethnicities and occupations from shoreline neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island to talk about their experiences during and after the hurricane. The [...]

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Forsythia!

By on April 9, 2013 12:30 am in Gardening, Photos, Weather

Forsythia blooming next to the garden wall on Hicks Street between Grace Court and Remsen proclaims (along with reopened sidewalk dining) that spring is truly here. Never mind that, after a couple days of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s, the weather forecast predicts nothing but more dreariness.

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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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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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Wowsah: Winter Persists With White Wet Blanket

By on March 8, 2013 9:15 am in Brooklyn Heights, Weather

Spring may officially begin on Wednesday, March 20, but 12 days prior you’d never know it. The snowstorm that’s been promised since Wednesday actually delivered formidable accumulation in Brooklyn Heights Friday morning. It’s a beautiful wintry blanket of white, but man, wet and slush-filled. (CT)

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Reminder: Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday, 3/10

By on March 8, 2013 12:05 am in Brooklyn Heights, Fireworks, Fun, Weather

Make sure you’re standing by every clock in your Brooklyn Heights home Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. We lose an hour, but… let the sun shine! Daylight Saving Time returns, a sure sign that Spring might actually really truly return once more. (Damn the detractors.) (CT)

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Great News: Red Hook’s Fairway Market To Reopen 3/1

By on February 14, 2013 4:33 pm in Events, Food, News, Red Hook, Traffic, Weather

After Hurricane Sandy devastated Red Hook’s beloved Fairway Market, the entire neighborhood has suffered as many that visited the grocery from the surrounding vicinity also stopped supporting other local businesses that depend on so much traffic from the anchor store. Good news: Fairway is set to reopen March 1, according to the New York Daily [...]

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Brooklyn Heights in Nemo’s Wake

By on February 9, 2013 12:57 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Video, Weather

Brooklyn Heights awoke this morning under a deep blanket of snow, as attested by this photo taken by your correspondent’s wife from our window at about 9:00 a.m. The intrepid Karl Junkersfeld was out and about with his cam, and took the video that follows the jump. Chuck Taylor’s Promenade pics also below.

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