Archive | March, 2007

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Spring is Here!

Kustard King is open for business. Life is good. 

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World’s Tiniest Renoblog Day 0:
It’s Better To Have Loft And Lost Than Never To Have Loft At All

No, the room isn't leaning, just the camera.  We can't all be a Brownstoner renoblogger. When I bought my "Junior 1 Bedroom" apartment, one of the more interesting aspects of it was the "Junior Bedroom". As you can see, the walls don't reach the ceiling, and the space inside barely fits a bed. Since the […]

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Guard Your Identity

While Mrs. Fink hates the BHB shredder, it's something that has become a necessity in these times. We received this dispatch from "Melissa" today: hey, can you ask if anyone else has spotted two men sifted through mail (but not in a homeless kinda way)?   My bf told me earlier this week about an […]

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Your Weekend Subway Clusterf… er, “Advisory”

Chaos on the blue line this weekend, and for the next FOUR weekends after the following weekend (April 7-9)…Good luck getting to the delicious Bread Stuy…

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More on the Heartbreak on Remsen

The Brooklyn Eagle story on the fire Tuesday night at 42 Remsen is now online. At the time of the blaze, renovations were underway to repair damage done by Thanksgiving fire.  According to reports from the scene, a "Collyer's Mansion" condition in the third floor apartment of Carolyn Rogers was the likely source of the […]

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Spring is Here!

BHB Photo Club pic "Wisteria on the Promenade" via fkuffel

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Busy Chef Speaks

We had a few questions about Busy Chef, the new enterprise moving into the Food Maestro space at 60 Henry Street in NoHe. It is not affiliated with Oven, which will be opening in the Afcionada space soon. BC’s marketing guru Michael Burak answers here: BHB: Is the team behind Busy Chef the same as […]

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Fedders on Hicks

Is 175 Hicks becoming a Fedders building?

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Vintage Suitcase Shuts Subway

At least it wasn’t another bank robber… A charmingly vintage suitcase left in the mezzanine of the Boro Hall subway station Wednesday afternoon brought train service to a halt, and the now-familiar sight of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and the Bomb Squad to Court & Montague. The suitcase was not a bomb in the […]

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Heights Players Debut The Heiress

Opening Friday (3/30), the Heights Players present The Heiress. Showtimes are 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays.  Purchase tickets by calling 718-237-2752 or the Height Players website.   Adapted by Ruth and Augustus Goetz from the Henry James novel, Washington Square, The Heiress is a tale of two families set in Greenwich Village […]

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