Archive | April, 2008

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Your Mom Eats Five Guys

Your Mom Eats Five Guys photo via BK11201

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BHA House Tour Needs You

From the BHB Inbox comes this request for help from Martha Atwater of the Brooklyn Heights Association: We need volunteers to work either the first shift (11:45A-2:30P) or second shift (2:30-5P) of the BHA House Tour on Saturday May 10. The job involves simply helping out in one of the tour houses by directing traffic […]

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BBPC A-OK with BBP Decision

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has issued this statement in regard to last week’s court ruling allowing the construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park to continue:

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Spinnin’ Wheel

BHB Photo Club pic by twofones via Flickr

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Real World Challenger for Ed Towns

MTV Real World alumnus/Brooklyn resident Kevin Powell is fixin’ to give Rep. Ed Towns a run for his money in the 10th Congressional District Democratic primary.   Powell aborted his challenge to Towns in 2006 to focus on his efforts helping victims of Hurrican Katrina.   He announced his candidacy last year.  The “hip hop activist” joins […]

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Brooklyn Heights Blog is Back

We had some hosting issues over the weekend but now we’re back.  More posts later but we think this South Park clip says it all for us right now.

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Happy 60th Birthday Sahadi’s

Sahadi’s on [187-189 Atlantic Avenue] is celebrating its 60th birthday.  The Brooklyn Eagle has a great retrospective. Flickr photo by Rachael Ash

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Condos 1, Park Defense Fund 0

Brooklyn Bridge Park will have condos, so shut your piehole the State Supreme Court says: Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn Bridge Park Goes Forward: Brooklyn Bridge Park cleared another hurdle this week, as the State Supreme Court ruled against opponents of the open space and luxury housing development, unanimously upholding the state’s inclusion of private housing inside […]

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Suit Alleges Anti-Kid Bias at Brooklyn Heights Brown Harris Stevens

The Brooklyn Heights branch of Brown Harris Stevens has been hit with a class-action lawsuit accusing the brokerage firm with housing discrimination. The complaint is being made Jamie Katz and his wife Dr. Lisa Nocera who say that the firm steered them away from certain rental properties because they have a child. The suit is […]

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Nabe Filmmaker Featured at Film Fest

The Brooklyn Paper reports that Brooklyn Heights filmmaker Doan Hoang’s Oh Saigon has been named Best Feature Documentary at this year’s 42nd annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival. The film tells the story of Hoang’s family and their journey from Vietnam to the United States. It will be screened on May 9 a the […]

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