Note: this is an update of an earlier post that has now been deleted. BHB has been advised that all helicopter complaints are now being received by 311 operators, who will create a helicopter complaint “Service Request” to track and deal with the complaints. Monthly reports will also be provided to NYCEDC, elected officials, and […]
Archive | May, 2010
Heights Couple Host Whitman Birthday Celebration Wednesday Evening
David Fuller and Judith Jarosz, Montague Street residents and Executive Director and Producing Artistic Director, respectively, of Theater Ten Ten, are curating hosting The Walt Whitman Project, their seventh annual celebration of the anniversary of the publication of the third edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, this Wednesday evening at 7:00 (doors open at […]
City Charter Commission Meets at Borough Hall Tomorrow Evening: All Invited
This in from the office of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio: Although the New York City Charter Commission is currently amending our city’s constitution, most New Yorkers are oblivious to these upcoming changes. Since March, the Commission has held eight public hearings, but only 1,000 people — .012% of the City’s population — have shown […]
Another Van Valkenburgh Designed Playground Cited for Burn Hazard
“The Mountain”, a metal-clad climbing dome at the new Union Square playground in Manhattan, has the same problem as the smaller domes at the playground on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. New York Post: When children were scorched on the new metal playground structures in Brooklyn Bridge Park last month, large festival tents were put […]
Dimples, Wonderland Featured in Article on Kids’ Spas
An article about the evidently growing “kids’ spa” market, which we are told is catching on in Beirut as well as Brooklyn, has this to say about Dimples, on Montague Street: The Epoch Times: Dimples Kids Spa, in the affluent New York neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, offers makeup, manicures, pedicures, and novelty facials, in addition […]
Fire Ravaged Laundromat Moving to 140 Montague Street
BHB reader Chris reports in: I went to the burnt-out Laundromat next to Montague Wine & Spirits on Saturday to see if there was anything left of my laundry. Unfortunately not, but owner told me that they are reopening in the former Korres spot at 140 Montague in around 3 weeks time… The owner is […]
Happy 127th Anniversary Brooklyn Bridge
BHB’s Karl Junkersfeld say Happy 127th Birthday to the Brooklyn Bridge.
BHB Reader to Brooklyn Heights Dog Owners: Clean Up That “Gold”
When I was a kid, my mother used to warn me not to step in “the gold” left on the street by neighborhood dogs. It was much classier than dropping the “s” bomb I guess. Anywho, that was before the awesome Fran Lee went on a tirade back in the 1970s and got NYC to […]
Guest Post: Doug Biviano Strikes Back
BHB Guest Post by Doug Biviano, Candidate for New York State Assembly I love our Brownstone neighborhoods, the American system of democracy and our free press. Like you, I am outraged that our state leaders have hijacked our state government to use for their own self-interests, which include, above all, getting reelected. That is why […]
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