Our man in the NYC Council/Brooklyn Heights resident David Yassky has earned the backing of the NY Times in his bid for NYC Comptroller. In an editorial published today, the paper says, “Mr. Yassky makes the best case for making better use of the powerful tools handed a city comptroller. He promises to use the […]
Archive | August, 2009
Brooklyn Heights Man Saved by Hero Co-Worker
Brooklyn Heights resident Bobby Keller’s life was saved by a fellow road worker on August 13 the New York Daily News reports today. Michael Hudson pushed Keller out of the path of an out of control vehicle driven by a “doped up driver” saving him from shuffling off this mortal coil. Both men suffered injuries […]
Brooklyn Paper Hates Brooklyn Heights Landmark Lighting Plan
Earlier this month, it was announced that a project to replace Brooklyn Heights street lamps with historically accurate “Bishop’s Crooks” fixtures would begin soon. The paper has written about the $650k in Federal and NYC dollars being used to fund Phase 1 of the proposed $2.7 million plan calling it “pork”. This week the paper […]
SNL Writer/Brooklyn Heights Resident Simon Rich Names Giamatti a NY Superhero
Saturday Night Live writer/Brooklyn Heights resident /BHB 10 2008 member Simon Rich and partner New Yorker writer Farley Katz have conjured up a list of New York Superheroes. That list will be released as a deck of collectible cards on August 31. Naturally, BH resident Paul Giamatti makes the list. Other superheroes include Summer Intern […]
Daily Gotham Deconstructs Doug Biviano
Daily Gotham’s “Mole 333″ has a beef with Brooklyn Heights resident/ NYC Council D-33 candidate Doug Biviano: Daily Gotham: I first met Biviano at an IND meeting before IND imploded and I took a possibly permanent leave of absense from their board. Doug was very earnest, thoughtful and seemed very honest and decent. Past times […]
Residents React to Björk’s Move
When we first heard a rumor that eccentric Icelandic singer Björk was moving to Brooklyn Heights, there was much skepticism. But, now it looks all but official that Björk and her artisit husband Matthew Barney are moving into a four-bedroom penthouse art 160 Henry Street. The 3,000 square foot pad was listed for $4.2 million […]
The Homer Fink Show – My Husband is Annoying’s Tiffanie Wong and Mark Joyella
Listen to the Homer Fink Show with guests Mark Joyella and Tiffanie Wong of My Husband is Annoying. Listen to the show after the jump or download the MP3 here.
If a Tree Falls at Fulton Landing…
It made a sound, and there were plenty of people around to hear it.
NY Times Takes a Stroll Through Brookyn Heights
Bring on more tourists! Bring on more lookey looooos! Thanks to a piece on the NY Times website, we’re sure our streets will be more crowded with day trippers – a great thing for our local businesses! Siggy’s, River Cafe and Cranberry’s among others get shout outs in the article.
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