Archive | 2009

Is it spring, already?

Lounging on a ledge, this feline resident of Montague Street enjoys an all-too-brief (according to the forecasts) spell of nice weather.

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Mr. Junkersfeld’s Christmas Card to Brooklyn Heights

Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s Mr. Junkersfeld’s Christmas Card to Brooklyn Heights! Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas from Brooklyn Heights Blog

Merry Christmas from your pals at BHB!  Enjoy this clip of the legendary WPIX-TV Yule Log (it’s on Christmas Day 4am -6am and 9am -1pm!).

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Park Progress: Thirty-Fifth Report–Winter Wonderland

It looks like the slope of Regina Ridge could be a contender for best sledding spot, though it’s not in Brooklyn Heights proper. Contrast this with the last photo to appear here of Pier 1 with (less) snow, taken from the vantage point of the Brooklyn Bridge last March 6. It should not be too […]

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Scholarship Students, Alumni Honored at New England Society Reception

Yesterday evening the New England Society in the City of Brooklyn (disclosure: your correspondent is Secretary of the Society) held its annual holiday reception for current Society scholarship recipients and alumni in the Founders’ Room at Plymouth Church. In the photo above, Harrison Davis, President of the Society is at the right, and from the […]

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The Biggest Brooklyn Heights Blog Stories of 2009

This year was one nutty, weird, sad, depressing, exhilarating, fantastic rollercoaster ride.   Thanks to our regular contributors for all their hard work year-round: Claude Scales, Thomas Garry, Diana Rosenthal (Cobble Hill Blog), Lillian Ann Slugocki, Marc Hermann, Sarah Portlock (Chief Correspondent Emeritus) and Karl Junkersfeld. Also mega-kudos go out to our “tipsters” who broke many […]

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Open Thread Wednesday 12/23/09

What’s on your mind.  Comment away!

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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 12/22/09

Despite the holiday season, there was much crime in Brooklyn Heights this week, especially robberies.

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BHA Announces Year Long 100th Anniversary Festivities, Launches New Website

The Brooklyn Heights Association will be celebrating its centennial with a series of events in 2010, it was announced today.  Details of the celebration have been revealed on the group’s new website which launched today: TheBHA.org: ‘Celebrating a Century’ — A Yearlong Series of Events: And this year there will be more than ever happening […]

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Your First Look at Roebling Inn, Opening Next Week

Roebling Inn, the eagerly anticipated new bar from the folks behind Boerum Hill’s The Brooklyn Inn, will open next Monday, December 28, and BHB got an exclusive look of what to expect at Brooklyn Heights’ newest neighborhood bar, located at 97 Atlantic Avenue. 

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