New York Times: …And a Battle Over Permits: Judy Stanton, president of the Brooklyn Heights Association, had just left a meeting about how hard it was to park locally. As she and a neighbor walked back home along leafy Clinton Street, they kept their meeting going, as the neighbor complained about illegal parking on Aitken […]
Archive | October, 2006
110 Livingston: Brooklyn Heights Players New Digs?
Well, not so fast. Developer David Walentas is offering the chance to move into a new space at his 110 Livingston Street condos to one theater group, but not for free. The New York Times reports that any troupe planning to take up residence there would have to spend at least $500k in renovations. New […]
Fish, Sleep Open at BHC
Gina Gershon and Matthew Modine star in Kettle of Fish (trailer) rated R, a film about a "lifelong bachelor" subleting his apartment to a "fetching" biologist. Lou Lumenick writes in the New York Post: Played as a cross between Liz Hurley, Jerry Lewis and Cary Grant in "Bringing Up Baby" – complete with a search […]
Terrier Basketball Season Begins
St. Francis College Athletics: Terrier Tip Off: Many New Yorkers are abuzz about the Mets possible run to the World Series, but in Brooklyn Heights, they’re talking about the return of the St. Francis College Terriers Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams. Terrier Tip-Off kicks off the 2006-2007 season this Friday night at 8:00 at St. […]
Bloomberg Adds Nabe to Low Cost Housing Scheme
Village Voice: Cheap Housing Plan too Pricey: This morning, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his proposal to revamp 421-a, the 35-year-old city policy that grants tax breaks to developers of residential buildings. Among the reported changes that the mayor will call for: requiring developers in more of Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights to include some rent-regulated units […]
Daily News Covers Kosher Steak House
New York Daily News: Kosher Dining Now Reaches New Heights: Mike Domgjoni says his new Brooklyn Heights restaurant is doing well at night, drawing customers from the surrounding neighborhood for dinner and drinks. Lunchtime is a different story, but Domgjoni thinks he's found a way to get larger crowds – a rabbi who inspects the […]
Steamy Scorscese Scene Shot in Nabe Townhouse
iVillage:Daily Blabber: Leo DiCaprio Had Sex in Our Living Room: Imagine watching a steamy sex scene on the big screen — Leonardo DiCaprio is seducing Vera Farmiga in her character’s apartment — but the only thing you can focus on is… your microwave. That happened to two people that I know, Adam and Leah, whose […]
ForgottenNY’s “Rejected” Heights Photo
ForgottenNY, one of BHB's favorite sites on the web, has recently released a book of photos. A few did not make the collection and are featured today at forgotten-ny.com. One of those photos is of a subway lamp on Montague Street at Court Street Station. (pictured above) ForgottenNY writes: MONTAGUE STREET at Clinton Street, Brooklyn […]
Kronenstrasse Tonight at St. Francis College Theater
New York Times: Houses and Souls Haunted by Holocaust Ghosts: “In this memory, which has haunted me the whole of my life,” begins “The House on Kronenstrasse,” the first story in Shira Nayman’s collection about the Holocaust, “I am perhaps 2½ years old, and dressed in a special dress made of maroon velvet and lace. […]
Mystery Lot at State and Hicks
From Brownstoner: It seems strange to us that a lot would be lying fallow in the most prime (primest?) neighborhood in Brooklyn. Can someone who lives near this corner of State and Hicks in Brooklyn Heights shed some light onto this property's status? A contested inheritance? A sacred burial ground? Waddup? GMAP
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