BHB tipster Chuck Taylor sends word that Blue Rose clothing store at 89-93 Montague Street is done Saw last week that Blue Rose boutique on Montague was moving. Today it’s gone… they’re splitting between two boutiques in Park Slope. The buzz in Brooklyn Heights has been that Blue Rose, while run by friendly folks, was […]
Archive | January, 2009
Heights Flashback: Promenade Restaurant
BHB Ten member Melanie Hope Greenberg sent us this c. 1980s photo of the Promenade Restaurant. The location at 84 Montague Street is now home of the Heights Cafe. Have a Brooklyn Heights Flashback Photo? Send them to us: webmaster AT brooklynheightsblog.com
Thompsons Talk Obama with NYT
The New York Times’ Sam Roberts discusses the inauguration this week of Barack Obama with the Thompson family of Brooklyn Heights. The Thompsons have a long history of public service, including current NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. Download a podcast of the interview here.
Heights History: 135 Willow Street
Brownstoner recently wrote about a few apartments for sale at 135 Willow Street. One of their readers linked to a 1936 photo from the New York Public Library of the townhouses demolished to make way for the apartment building. Do you have photos of Brooklyn Heights from back in the day? Send them to us […]
Brooklyn Heights Biker Profiled on NYT Website
Brooklyn Heights resident/architect/bicyclist Christian Hubert is profiled as part of the New York Times online feature 1 in 8 million.
“Cottage Row” Fire
An early morning fire did damage to one of several historic structures, once referred to locally as “Cottage Row.” The building, located at 9 Columbia Pl., near Joralemon St., is one of nine of its kind built in the 1840s. Firefighters were on the scene shortly before 2:30 this morning, and discovered fire between the […]
Post-Holiday Poll
A reader offers the following opinion: [We] were talking a few weeks ago at the Christmas Party about those horrible blue Christmas trees, disguised as Hanukkah bushes, which were on display at Borough Hall and at the Promenade this year… I hate those blue trees — the ugliest ever! The lights were thrown on in […]
Nabe Scribe Has a New Friend
Author/Brooklyn Heights resident Valerie Frankel received a “gift” in the mail this week. She writes on her blog: Good morning! I got a lovely start to my new week in the form of this thing. The Form 6 brand SPANKING new vibrator from jimmyjane. Yes, peops, being a sex writer for magazines has many, many […]
Columbus Park Liberated
An entrance way for a parking lot for State Supreme Court judges has been completed, so, according to The Brooklyn Paper, The occupation is over! Judges and other state Supreme Court employees moved their cars back to their refurbished parking lot in Columbus Park on Wednesday morning, three months after seizing a pedestrian walkway at […]
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