The BHA wants the tree-killin’ NYC Waterfalls shut down according to a report in the Brooklyn Paper. The organization’s Executive Director Judy Stanton says, “I think it’s enough…They’re damaging the local environment and I don’t think it’s worth it to have this question remain: Will the trees come back?” What do you think? Is this […]
Archive | August, 2008
From CHB: Cobble Hill Bike Ride
The Cobble Hill Association is sponsoring a bike ride on September 14 that will “pass through the Columbia Waterfront District, Red Hook, Park Slope, Prospect Park, and Gowanus, and loop back to Cobble Hill.” Get all the details at CHB.
Brooklyn Heights Girl Drowns in Boating Accident
Sad news from today’s NY Daily News. Brooklyn Heights resident Alexandra Vitale, 3, drowned Tuesday after the boat she was riding on capsized in Long Island Sound: New York Daily News: Brooklyn Girl…: “She was a beautiful, engaging little girl,” said Arthur Aidala, a close friend of Alexandra’s parents, Michael and Andrea Vitale, who live […]
Oven Turned Off, Gas Leak Stopped at 151 Remsen
From the BHB Inbox comes this dispatch from Greg Rutter: Just a heads up that the apartments of 151 Remsen street were evacuated last night because of a gas leak. It all happened around 3:00 AM and had all the residents out of the building for about 15 minutes. At first it was rumored to […]
The Sharks and the Jets: Part III
It happened yet again, not a half hour ago. I had barely gotten Bangor out his front door when Daisy barked. His ears went up and he stood straighter, his tail rigid, darting his eyes around the street. “Daisy,” I said wearily, “there’s no one there.” But there was someone there. She had smelled a Pembroke-duck-toller mix at the end of the block, walked by a man reading a magazine who laughed as my Labs strained against their leashes at that half-Enemy Number One to nearly all Labradors: the herding dog.
Two Held for Car Theft
12:42 a.m. – Cops from the 84th Precinct have just collared two people, a man and a woman, for operating a stolen car. The 2006 Pontiac with Delaware plates was stopped in front of 119 Montague Street, and was found to have been reported stolen when the plates were run.
Coming Soon: Dimples Kids Spa
Coming soon to 91 Montague Street is Dimples Kids Spa. Its website doesn’t offer much information about what DKS will offer. Anyone have more info? (Note: the crack BHB Investigative Team aka BHBIT is on the case!) UPDATE: Thanks to honorary BHBIT Member “Bongo” a cached version of the store’s future website is promising “hair, […]
BHB Events: Poetry and a Party
Featured Poets at the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn Heights tonight: Michael Cirelli, Jackson Taylor, Cari Jackson & Sian Killingsworth with open mic after When: Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM Where: First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn Heights 124 Henry Street, Brooklyn NY Refreshments will be served This is the second in a two part series. […]
Pop Up Park Extended
The “Pop Up Park” at Pier 1 will stay open a little longer – through September 28 according to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. The small patch of park is meant to be a sneak peak (sans condos/luxury housing) of what life in the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park will be like once its completed. And […]
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