The hyperbole surrounding NYU moving students into 67 Livingston Street and its merger with Polytechnic University has reached fever pitch….sorta. Reports of ersatz Blutarskies fumbling around the neighborhood and academic robber barons seizing townhouses have yet to materialize. Brownstoner rounds up the story today and adds that given NYU's voracious appetite for real estate and […]
Archive | August, 2007
Heights Couple Dies in Crash
NJ.com: Two people were killed and five others were injured in a multi-vehicle accident Sunday night on Route 23 in Hardyston, police said today. Kerry Felski, 58, who was driving, and his wife, Cynthia Felski, 57, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., died in the five-vehicle accident, which occurred at about 8:30 p.m. just south of the […]
Uncommon Grounds Getting Facelift
Uncommon Grounds at 50 Henry Street has announced it will undergo renovations including the addition of a “full kitchen”. The coffee shop, which opened earlier this year appears to be the most trafficked of the revamped “Corner of Cranberry” establishments. Its coffee and free wifi have received many kudos from neighbors.
Boccelism Stopped at Summer Tourney
The Summer of Schadenfreude in the FloydNY Bocce League culminated Saturday with three four time champs Boccelism eliminated in the semi-finals by the Coffee Flats Terrors. On the other side of the bracket Fink's faux foes If You Want My Bocce were knocked out in the Final Four by Jimbo's Sweet Meat All Stars. That […]
Nabe Director Presents at Edinburgh Festival
Theater director/Brooklyn Heights resident Lee Breuer presents his feminist version of Ibsen's The Doll House at this year's Edinburgh International Festival starring his partner Maude Mitchell: The Scotsman: Living Dolls: As time is called on the interview, Breuer extends an invitation to go to see the view from the roof garden of the apartment he […]
NY Post Covers Swizzle
The NY Post has a feature on "adult fun" at local bars which apparently has a distinctly different meaning than it did when we were growing up. The Post was at the most recent Dick Swizzle Sudden Death Game Show at Magnetic Field (which just happend to be the BHB 1st Anniversary Party as well…ahem) […]
Best Laundromat & Dry Cleaners in Heights
Since we had such a great response to our post about haircutters in the Heights, we thought we'd make open thread recommendations a semi-regular feature. Today's topic — the best laundromat and dry cleaners in the nabe. Could be the same place or two different ones. Comment away…
Heights History: Cops Clamp Down on Revelers
On November 12, 1937 the New York Times reported that 6 NYPD patrolmen and one sergeant were dispatched in plainclothes to crack down on unruly “revelers” on the streets of Brooklyn Heights. The special unit patrolled the area “bounded by Joralemon Street on the south, Middagh Street on the north, Fulton Street on the east […]
“Broken, Broken fuel-line…”
This tractor-trailer on the BQE encountered an unexpected and sudden lack of fuel line stability last night around 6:00 p.m., and exited at Cadman Plaza. It stopped at Old Fulton St. & Henry St., but the flow of diesel had a mind of its own. Fire Department units, including Haz-Mat Co. 1 from […]
The Sound of Silence.
An array of television and radio microphones awaits comment at Brooklyn Federal Court this morning. A larger-than-usual media throng descended on Cadman Plaza today for the arraignment of disgraced former NBA ref Tim Donaghy and two associates. The trio was charged with conspiracy and fraud in alleged game-fixing and gambling ring. Photo by Marc […]
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