A BHB tipster informs us that the NY State Division of Housing and Community Renewal has denied the Pinnacle Group’s appeal to reopen the case for a parking lot in the Riverside Apartments’ courtyard. Basically, he reports that the landlord was attempting to “restore retro-active tenant rents without making any improvements or restoration to the courtyard.” Pinnacle’s reps […]
Archive | June, 2010
Observer: Brooklyn Heights Wants to be Upper West Side
Very few news stories make me throw up in my mouth a little but congratulations NY Observer… you’ve done it!: NY Observer: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS IS TRYING, at least, to be the Upper West Side of Brooklyn. It has all of the Manhattan neighborhood’s upscale domesticity, infused with a Brooklyn edge. Parents here are affluent, and […]
Adventures in the Clark St. Stairwell
Freaky Clark Street Stairwell from Heather Quinlan on Vimeo. I recently learned in the open thread that there is indeed a Clark St. stairwell to get to the 2/3 platform. Which makes sense if you think about fire safety rules. But there are so many “MTA Employee Only” doors in the various stations that I […]
Rear Window is Brooklyn Heights’ Big Video Rental
The NY Post ran a story today about NYC’s “best sellers”. Our own Mister Video III made the article: NY Post: At Mister Video III in Brooklyn Heights, the choice is “Rear Window.” The 1954 Hitchcock classic is more popular than “The Godfather” or “Manhattan.” “It’s the all-time best seller,” manager Sal Blandino said. “It gets […]
KA-BOOM! Fireworks on East River
The fireworks over the East River tonight are courtesy of Children’s Day at the South Street Seaport. Loud enough for ya? Karl Junkersfield video
Prince Harry to Play Dreamy Polo on Governors Island
Prince Harry will be coming to Governors Island tomorrow to play a round of polo at the 2010 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. The event benefits the American Friends of Sentebale, a charity that helps victims of poverty and HIV/Aids in Lesotho, Africa. Last year’s crowd included Madonna and LL Cool J, but no word yet […]
No Ice Cream for You at Pier 1 Until August
While other Brooklyn Bridge Park food vendors are expected to open in July, Grub Street reports that Blue Marble Ice Cream may not be ready to scoop until August:
BIT Covers Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour
We spent the afternoon with the folks from Brooklyn Independent Television shooting a segment about Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour. It’s for an upcoming show focused on our neighborhood scheduled to air in July. BIT viewers will be wowed (ahem) by our tales of commies, hookers, crimes of passion and Yiddish radio. […]
Happy 197, Henry Ward Beecher
Happy 197th birthday, Henry Ward Beecher! Once The Most Famous Man in America, Plymouth Church’s Beecher was Brooklyn Heights first rock star preacher. Known as an abolitionist and strong advocate of women’s rights, Beecher’s legacy was almost derailed by scandal: Brooklyn Eagle: On August 21, 1874 Rev. Beecher was sued by newspaper editor Theodore Tilton for $100,000 for alienation of […]
Fallen Tree on Hicks Now Sawdust
A BHB tipster sends us this photo of the downed tree on Hicks Street we mentioned yesterday being thrown into a woodchipper. Rest well great tree, we hardly knew ye.
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