Nabe resident/restaurant owner Gianluca Martorelli had a dream to start a magazine and website featuring menus from the Height's local eateries.
His dream came true when Ready to Order launched in October. Martorelli is profiled in this week's Brooklyn Heights Press.
Brownstoner reports that it seems work has begun on the conversion of the Love Lane Garage into Sterling Equities Love Lane Condos: Continue Reading →
What are the folks at the nearly totally empty businesses at 60 Henry Street up to while waiting for customers to show up? Creating a website and developing a “brand” of course!
We noticed the URL, cornerofcranberry.com, posted in the window of the newly opened Blue Pig Party Place across from the triple threat now known as “Corner of Cranberry”.
It’s a brochure page featuring the menus of each establishment (note: we’re fans of Blue Pig) but not much else. We just thought you should know that we are now in the presence of a MARKETING JUGGERNAUT!
Warning: If you are a stickler for proper spelling DO NOT read the menus carefully.
Update: The spot known to us as the “Blue Pig Party Place” has been reimagined as “Cranberry Place”. Posters in the window promise that it’s not only a spot for kiddie parties but for “adult parties” as well. They also say they’ll be “live jazz” and “wine tastings” soon.
The Brooklyn Heights Association announced in a mailing this week that 9 current members of their Board of Governors have been nominated for the Class of 2010: Alexandra Bowie, Richard Carlson, Saundra Cornwell, Donald Fraser, Michael McCarthy, Brian McGorry, Jane McGroarty, Diane Miller and Patricia Schuster.
According to BHA by-laws, "any twenty five memberships" can petition for others to be nominated. The deadline for filing is February 20, 2007. (If we can find 24 other members, perhaps we'll nominate a BHB reader.)
Elections will be held at the BHA Annual Meeting on February 28, 2007 at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (pictured) will deliver the keynote.
For more information call 718 – 858 – 9193.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports today that after all the drama surrounding the development of 20 Henry Street, the property has been put on the market for $22.5 million.
The photo here shows the Landmarks approved four story building proposed to be built upon the building's garden area.
UPDATE: Continue Reading →
A few things bubbling up in the BHB community this week that are up for discussion:
"Nettie Moore" posted under Who is that Guy with the Dog?:
"A friend sent me this link because I complain so much about this man yelling at me. dog is a king charles spaniel, I believe. Its owner has been harassing me for over 2 years; I run every day on the Promenade. The man has become increasingly disheveled and disturbed in the last year. He has begun to yell at the dog, which is worse than yelling at us. Brooklyn Heights, by the way, is not a suburb. Well, it used to be a neighborhood but I suppose now you are welcome to call it what you want. As a third generation native of Brooklyn and a 40 year resident of the Heights, I and my family knew all was lost as far back as when Starbucks opened on Montague Street. All the revolution that’s in the air now is heated discussions about strollers, private nursery schools, and summer timeshares. We have actually begun to feel that the brainwashed Jehovah’s Witnesses are a last bastion of, er, *authenticity* in poor Bklyn Hgts. Yuppies, it’s all yours. All we ask is to please keep it clean."
Ms. Moore, while missing the historical reference of our tagline "dispatches from America's first suburb," brings up some interesting points for discussion.
Is Starbucks bad? At BHB, the Finks loves their Starbucks while Qfwfq will never allow that corporate elixr to pass his lips. But wouldn't we all be better off if one opened in the nabe instead of a "party place"?
Is it such a bad thing that "yuppies" are populating the Heights and arguing over strollers? We'll agree with Ms. Moore on the insanity that is private nursery school and summer timeshares. We'll also maintain that yuppies have long since gone the way of beatniks, hippies and flappers.
Ms. Moore, while we may not know if Dylan still misses you, we do know that you might find Jonathan Lethem's Fortress of Solitude to be a relevant read as well as this piece in this week's New York Observer.
Are the Jehovah's Witnesses that last bastion of "authenticity" in the nabe?
Some other topics up for discussion this week: Filming movies and TV in the nabe – good or bad?
Housing Works – have you been there? Great store or a place to experience massive allergy attacks?
The mac and cheese at Jack the Horse – as close to G-d as you can get on a plate?
Marty Markowitz – your next Mayor?
All games played at FloydNY
ROUND 1
Sunday, 1/28
1:00 – 1:45 Brigate Bocce vs Old Dirty Barristers
1:45 – 2:30 Mamalukes vs Jerk Store
2:30 – 3:15 Bourbon Balls vs Hanukah in Hollis
3:15 – 4:00 Joanie Loves Bocce vs Do These Droids Speak Bocce?
ROUND 2
Sunday, 2/4
1:00 – 1:45 Veni Vidi Bocce vs Do These Droids Speak Bocce?
1:45 – 2:30 Joanie Loves Bocce vs Hanukah in Hollis
2:30 – 3:15 Bourbon Balls vs Old Dirty Barristers3:15 – 4:00 Brigate Bocce vs Mamalukes To be played on 3/4 at 4PM
ROUND 3
Sunday, 2/11
1:00 – 1:45 Jerk Store vs Old Dirty Barristers
1:45 – 2:30 Hanukah in Hollis vs Mamalukes
2:30 – 3:15 Bourbon Balls vs Veni Vidi Bocce
3:15 – 4:00 Brigate Bocce vs Joanie Loves Bocce
ROUND 4
Sunday, 2/25
1:00 – 1:45 Do These Droids Speak Bocce? vs Mamalukes
1:45 – 2:30 Jerk Store vs Veni Vidi Bocce
2:30 – 3:15 Brigate Bocce vs Bourbon Balls
3:15 – 4:00 Joanie Loves Bocce vs Old Dirty Barristers
ROUND 5
Sunday, 3/4
1:00 – 1:45 Hanukah in Hollis vs Jerk Store
1:45 – 2:30 Veni Vidi Bocce vs Old Dirty Barristers
2:30 – 3:15 Veni Vidi Bocce vs Joanie Loves Bocce
3:15 – 4:00 Mamalukes vs Bourbon Balls
4PM – 4:45 Brigate Bocce vs Mamalukes
ROUND 6
Sunday, 3/11
1:00 – 1:45 Brigate Bocce vs Do These Droids Speak Bocce?
1:45 – 2:30 Mamalukes vs Veni Vidi Bocce
2:30 – 3:15 Joanie Loves Bocce vs Jerk Store
3:15 – 4:00 Old Dirty Barristers vs Hanukah in Hollis
ROUND 7
Sunday, 3/18
1:00 – 1:45 Veni Vidi Bocce vs Brigate Bocce **ALL GIRL TEAM WEEK!**
1:45 – 2:30 Jerk Store vs Bourbon Balls
2:30 – 3:15 Do These Droids Speak Bocce? vs Hanukah in Hollis
3:15 – 4:00 Mamalukes vs Old Dirty Barristers
ROUND 8
Sunday, 3/25
3:15 – 4:00
1:00 – 1:45 Joanie Loves Bocce vs Bourbon Balls
1:45 – 2:30 Brigate Bocce vs Hanukah in Hollis
2:30 – 3:15 Do These Droids Speak Bocce? vs Old Dirty Barristers
3:15 – 4:00
ROUND 9
Sunday, 4/1
1:00 – 1:45 Mamalukes vs Joanie Loves Bocce
1:45 – 2:30 Do These Droids Speak Bocce? vs Jerk Store
2:30 – 3:15 Hanukah in Hollis vs Veni Vidi Bocce
BYE WEEK FOR BRIGATE BOCCE
ROUND 10
Sunday, 4/15
2:30 – 3:15 Brigate Bocce vs Jerk Store
3:15 – 4:00 Do These Droids Speak Bocce? vs Bourbon Balls
SEMI-FINALS
4/28 – 4/29
FINALS
5/5 – 5/6
A Brooklyn Life has a story about taking a free class at Dahn Yoga on Clinton Street – "The flier tacked to the tree on Clinton Street was promising: Free class at Dahn Yoga. As one who shamelessly exploits the various community classes offered throughout this great neighborhood, I was in."
After reading the post and comments, we did a little research. Seems that Dahn Yoga is considered a cult by many and has been accused of brainwashing. Julia Siverls, a NYC college professor died while training to become a "Dahn Master".
Will Smith is filming his new vampire flick I Am Legend around the Brooklyn Bridge this week. Don't freak out when you see Blackhawk helicopters and tanks moving around the Manhattan side over the next few days.
A BHB tipster wrote that she was accosted last week by a homeless person INSIDE the Gristedes on Henry Street. “He was cracked out and was asking for money,” our tipster says. Disgusted, she ran out of the market without notifying the managers.
Has this happened to you? Is this a new low for Grosstedes?
From BHB tipster "Karl": Law and Order CI (according to one sign) is filming on Remsen Street today. It looks like they are working in or near the Maronite Church on the corner of Henry.
Also, nabe blogger "Joy" mentions that Ugly Betty shouted out the Heights in a recent episode.
Nabe blogger TwoFones has a doppleganger who runs a highly successful porn adult entertainment business. Both share the same last name but one goes by “Greg” while the other uses “Gregory”. Folks in the digital biz have confused the duo before, but a recent New York Times piece on the more “adult” Gregory flamed up the mix-ups.
TwoFones: The Other Me: To set the record straight, that Gregory Clayman is not me. He’s another guy, about my age I think, who has been in the online content business since founding his B2B streaming adult video company, Video Secrets, in 1996. The other Greg Clayman gives keynotes, has notable parties, has been in Forbes, and does the panel circuit so it’s not unusual for us to cross paths in the press. I saw a picture of him winning an AVN Award a few years back and he even kind of looks like me.
Although we’ve never met, I think we have an unspoken agreement that he’s “Gregory” and I’m “Greg” when we do press. At least, that’s how our names appear for the most part.
You may not know who nabe resident Jennifer Stewart is, but you've seen her. She's the one dressed up as the Statue of Liberty at Gracie Mansion parties or as part of NYC's Olympic delegation in our failed bid for the 2012 games in Singapore two years ago. The New York Times profiles her today.
New York Times: Easy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown: She lives in Brooklyn Heights in a joined pair of apartments, to which she hopes to add a “de-greening room,” where she could remove her coat of hand-mixed theatrical makeup. (“It gets everywhere.”) The apartment is festooned with statue stuff: a cupboard full of statue-themed mugs, two dozen statuettes and a detailed diorama for the set of a statue-themed children’s TV show she is pitching.
From the roof of her building, one floor up, she has a view of Lady Liberty. “The magnitude of her totally boggles my mind,” she said.
Photo: NYC Mayor's office
42 Willow Place
4 br, 4 bath townhouse
$1.7 million
Broker: Corcoran Agents: Elijah Feinstein, Ellen Newman
Open House today 1pm – 3pmThis 21 by 45 foot (approximate) three + story townhouse on one of the prettiest blocks in Brooklyn Heights is ready for your touch. A legal three family, it is set up as two large one-bedroom floor-through apartments, and two small one-bedrooms. The dry basement has separated mechanicals, East and West facing windows, and opens onto a terraced garden with mature plantings. Many original interior details remain including tin ceilings, wide planked floors and what is likely to be the original mahogany banister. Structurally this home has been reinforced with steel supports and beams. The roof is less than one year old with a ten year guarantee. This home is the perfect starting point for renovations and would make an extraordinary single family home or owner's duplex with high-income apartments.
65 Montague Street Apt 3C
2br, 2bath coop
$795K Maint: $788/mo
Broker: Corcoran Agent: Brian Lover
Open House today Noon – 3PMJust Listed! Xtra large 2 bedroom 1 3/4 bathroom in beautiful pre-war building. Both bathrooms were recently updated and kitchen is in excellent condition. Prime location just steps from the promenade. Tons of closet space, washer and dryer in the apartment and extremely low maintenance.
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