New Haven resident Debby Applegate’s The Most Famous Man in America won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. She talks to LoHud.com about her journey from idea to book to prize. Today, the 2008 winners will be announced. The story of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrim’s Henry Ward Beecher is a must read for any […]
Archive | April, 2008
Montague Street Waiting Game
Brooklyn Heights beauty buffs are surely in a tizzy as they wait for two national names in lookin’ good to open on Montague Street. Korres and Dashing Diva have been in the works for months. Korres’ sign promises they’ll open “in April”. Well?
Underground Railroad
BHB Photo Club pic by Jim P Photography Amazing what one finds in the streets of New York. This manhole cover originally belonging to the Brooklyn Heights RailRoad dates to between 1893 and 1919. The BHRR was one of the operating companies controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.
Bullets over Brooklyn
Approximately six shots were fired around 3:30 this morning in the vicinity of 140 Lawrence Street (gmap) near Willoughby Street. The perpetrators were said to be four men who fled toward Jay Street in a black Range Rover. No one was injured, and no arrests have been made. It is unclear what sparked the shooting, […]
Police Pony Pick Up
A BHB Tipster tells us that the police barricades that have been on the corner of Cranberry and Willow Streets for several weeks will be removed by the 84th Precinct this weekend. When the tipster called the station house asking why they were there for so long, police copped to forgetting about them.
Riverside Apts Makes Case with Pretty Website
As previously reported, the Pinnacle Group owners of the Riverside Apartments on Columbia Place and Joralemon Street, really really want to build a parking garage in the courtyard of the complex. It’ll be extra fancy with trees and stuff. For those of you who are into architectural renderings, Pinnacle has a website discussing its plan.
P.S. 8 Auction on April 10
From the folks at the P.S. 8 PTA: The PTA of PS 8 is holding its annual Spring Auction on April 10th. All are invited, so please join us for live music, hors d’oeuvres and drinks to celebrate our school and support our children. We have a lot of great items to auction off including:
Kosher Wine Tasting Tuesday
Congregation Mount Sinai will host a Kosher Wine Tasting on Tuesday (4/8) from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Admission is $15 per person, $20 per couple. Admission price will be applied to the purchase of 6 or more bottles of wine. Congregation Mount Sinai 250 Cadman Plaza West For more information call 718-875-9124
Will Marty Bully Kid Off the Ballot?
An interesting tidbit in this week's Brooklyn Paper regarding Democratic challenger Daniel Squadron's bid to win his party's nomination for the 25th District State Senate seat held for three decades by incumbent Marty Connor. In mentioning that Squadron, who Marty has called "a kid" in interviews, has received the backing of the Working Families Party […]
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