"Well, now I know what it feels like to be A-Rod," Brigate Bocce team capo Homer Fink said after the team's fourth straight loss in the Floyd NY bocce league. This week's humiliators were Do These Droids Speak Bocce who soundly beat the double B's 7-1, 7-0. The match started under odd circumstances as members […]
Archive | October, 2006
Today’s Open Houses
35 Clark Street Apt E4 (map)2 BR, 1 BathCo-op$669KOpen House today 2 PM – 4PMFor sale by OwnerNEW LISTING in prime Brooklyn Heights location. Stunning two bedroom/one bathroom prewar coop in exclusive elevator building located just one block from the 2/3 train and 1.5 blocks from the Promenade. The apartment is in move-in condition, has […]
New Steakhouse Part of Pricey Trend
Mike's Kosher Steakhouse on Clark Street has received some press as of late, however today's coverage in the New York Times is not due to its tasty menu but rather its dubious distinction of being part of a new trend at NYC eateries — skyhigh prices. New York Times: Entrees Reach $40 and Sorry the […]
Nightmare Neighbors
The New York Times writes today about nightmare neighbors and unfortunate living conditions. Featured in the piece is a Brooklyn Heights story. New York Times: The Last Straw: Gerard Splendore, an associate broker at Halstead Property, said his worst experience unfolded in the Brooklyn Heights co-op he bought in 1997 and shared with his wife […]
New Capote Biopic Opens at BHC
Infamous (trailer), rated R, a biopic covering the same ground as last year's Capote opens today at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema I & II. Ginia Bellafone writes in the International Herald Tribune: What distinguishes "Infamous" from last year's "Capote," the film with which it is inevitably being compared, is its sustained frothiness of tone. That […]
Dev Board Nixes Trolleys
One man's Idea to have trolleys return to Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo, similar to the Montague Street trolleys pictured above, has beed derailed. Brooklyn Papers: Trolley Idea is Derailed: A Brooklyn man’s dream of restoring the borough’s fabled trolleys looks like it’s being derailed by planners of a waterfront development along the Brooklyn Heights and […]
Heights History: 215 Montague Street
The structure that once stood at 215 Montague Street is gone, replaced by a commercial building anchored by Commerce Bank, but the address has earned its place in history. As the “Front Office” of the Brooklyn Dodgers it was where club President/GM Branch Rickey broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier on August 28, 1945 by […]
Capote Items Up for Auction
Some possessions once owned by the late author Truman Capote, who during the late 1950s and early 1960s resided in the 70 Willow Street basement apartment made famous by his essay A House on the Heights, will be auctioned off in November. The items belong to Joanna Carson, a former wife of late talk show […]
ODB Helps Brigate Bocce Keep Perfect Record
Brigate Bocce fielded it's strongest effort yet but still fell short against Old Dirty Barristers (7-3, 7-3) in Week 3 of bocce competition at Floyd NY. The team's winless streak remained intact. Coming out strong against ODB was BHB's saucy food critic Mrs. Fink, who scored the majority of the team's points. "Good morning heartache," […]
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