So we received our Brooklyn Heights Association membership renewal letter in the mail this week. The question — should we renew? Are you a member? Do you feel they represent you and the neighborhood properly? Comment below, thanks!
Archive | September, 2007
The Library Is Not So Quiet Anymore
Today's Daily News has a story about libraries morphing into community centers and becoming more noisy as a result. Gone are the days of a septuagenarian maiden hushing chatty schoolchildren: At the Brooklyn Heights branch, a reference librarian talked loudly on the phone to a customer. Occasionally, the loudspeaker announcing library events and groups interrupted […]
Open House 9/23/07
81 Columbia Heights #223br/2 bath Co-op$999K/ $1054 maint.Broker: Corcoran Agents: Paul DawsonOpen House Sunday 11:30 AM – 1 PM Wonderful home perfectly located in prime Brooklyn Heights overlooking the New York Harbor. This apartment is in a beautiful prewar landmark building. It is in excellent condition with newly renovated kitchen & 2 bathrooms. The […]
TONY Cooks Oven
Time Out NY has reviewed Oven and it ain’t pretty: Time Out NY: Oven: To our surprise, the meal started out quite well. We enjoyed an appetizer of veal meatballs, baked in a sweet tomato sauce and dusted with fine Parmesan cheese. A refreshing summer salad—arugula and razor-thin shavings of Parmesan with a lemony olive-oil […]
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NoHe Food Scene in B’Paper
Heights Lowdown writer Juliana Bunim rounds up the Fall offerings simmering this season in the red hot North Heights food district: Brooklyn Paper: Food Delights…: Jack the Horse Tavern on Hicks and Cranberry streets will axe its cool summer soups, red snapper and Mediterranean salads in favor of toasty warm soups like apple butternut squash. […]
Best Street Open Thread
Cranberry Street has its own festival and is home to the Moonstruck house. Bob Dylan mentioned Montague Street in a song, Truman Capote lived on Willow, Miller on Pierrepont and Mailer's still holding court on Columbia Heights. What's the best street in Brooklyn Heights? Comment away! Flickr photo by netminder
Clooney (and Pitt) Alert
Signs posted on Hicks Street near Clark suggest that the George Clooney/Brad Pitt movie Burn After Reading will be filming in the area anytime after 6AM on Thursday. Got pics? Post them to the BHB Photo Club on Flickr! Update: Clooney wipes out on bike! Amazon.com Widgets
Tune Into Swizzle
Tonight we'll be "kyte-ing" the Dick Swizzle Sudden Death Game Show live from Magnetic Field. You can check out our photos (and hopefully some video) live here.
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