The NY Daily News profiles Brooklyn Heights resident Stevie Jones who spends her weekends helping out at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary: New York Daily News: Animal Lover…: Now, every Saturday, the Brooklyn Heights resident hops on a 7 a.m. Adirondack Trailways bus from Port Authority for the two-hour ride to the Woodstock Farm Animal […]
Archive | January, 2009
Obama Advisors to Speak at First Presbyterian Sunday
The Brooklyn Eagle reports: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — On Sunday, Jan. 25, beginning at 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, 124 Henry St., a distinguished panel of professionals who served on President Obama’s transition team, will talk about their experiences, provide critical information and take questions from the audience. Read more here. Further information […]
Brooklyn Heights Filmmaker Wows Sundance
Brooklyn Heights resident/filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga’s film Sin Nombre is being hailed as one of the best flicks at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
BHA Mobilizes Members Against Dock Street DUMBO
Members of the Brooklyn Heights Association received this dispatch moments ago regarding the organizations opposition to Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project:
Busted Chef Case Still Pending
Former manager of the Busy Chef restaurants on Henry Street, Daniel “Busted Chef”Kaufman, is awaiting a trial date for 24 counts of alleged fraud after appearing in Kings County Criminal Court on Dec. 26, 2008. Kaufman, who faces seven years in jail after allegedly stealing approximately $25,000 from former customers’ credit cards, is undergoing a […]
It’s the Fiiiiiiibbbbeeeerrrr!
McBrooklyn reports that the totally annoying ripping up of Henry Street is all about Verizon installing FIOS in the nabe. For those of you still using rabbit ears, maybe now is the time to prepare yourself for the much-over-hyped flip to Digital TV.
Five Guys to Take Busy Chef Space on Court Street…NOT!
Brownstoner is reporting that Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be moving into the vacated Busy Chef space on Court Street. No word if this is an additional outlet or if the chain would be vacating its Montague Street location. Update: The Brooklyn Paper follows up on Brownstoner’s report and finds that Five Guys will […]
Rushdie to Lecture at St. Francis
World renowned novelist Salman Rushdie will lecture in Founders’ Hall of St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, on Monday, March 9 at 12:30 P.M. No topic for his lecture, which is part of the College’s Thomas J. Volpe Lecture Series, has been announced. Rushdie, a native of Mumbai, India, is the author of several award-winning […]
ClusterPark: No Condos, No Hotel
The Brooklyn Paper reported this week that the hotel and condos planned as part of Brooklyn Bridge Park have been put on hold indefinetly. And while that’s good news for folks who wanted an actual PARK, no one seems to have a straight answer on what’s going to happen next. The New York Post reports […]
Heights Flashback: Burger King on Montague
Brooklyn Tattoo’s Adam Suerte sends in this photo of pals hanging out at the Montague Street Burger King in the 80’s. Have a Heights Flashback photo? Send ’em to us webmaster AT brooklynheightsblog.com
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