This just in from Notify NYC: Notification issued 10/23/10 at 6:10 PM. Westbound Brooklyn Queens Expressway at the Manhattan Bridge all lanes are closed due to a vehicle fire. Expect traffic delays. Photo by Josh Derr via Flickr
Archive | October, 2010
Lighting Party at Design Within Reach!
Do you have a soft spot for furniture design? Head over to Design Within Reach on Thursday October 28th from 6 to 8pm for the “Brooklyn’s Best and Brightest Lighting Designers Wine-and-Treats Reception.” Rub elbows with Brooklyn-based lighting designers Jason Miller and Lindsey Adelman of Roll & Hill, while sipping on wine and munching on sweet […]
Hoochie Heights: Taste Some Moonshine Tonight
Heights Chateau [123 Atlantic Avenue] will host a tasting tonight from 5:30pm – 8:30pm of real moonshine from Kings County Distillery: White lightning, mountain dew, hooch are just a couple names that true Moonshine goes by. However, Kings County moonshine is a tad more sophisticated, hailing products from New York State + Scotland. Stop by […]
YouTube Vid Salutes Brooklyn Heights’ Godfather of Traffic Cops
The intersection of Cadman Plaza West, Old Fulton Street and Vine Street is a hectic one indeed. And without a good traffic cop to orchestrate the rush hour, things could get out of hand. Check out YouTube user sudarabajan22’s video of this NYPD traffic maestro in action.
Weather Looks Great for Saturday’s (10/23) Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour
It’s going to be 57 degrees and sunny for Saturday morning’s Brooklyn Heights 101 Walking Tour. Have friends or family in town? New to the nabe? Join Brooklyn Bugle tour guide Annie Fitzsimmons for a fun and informative outing. Order tickets now at Eventbrite and save 33% off the regular ticket price. Tour attendee/BHB reader […]
Pet Emporium’s Sahmi Immortalized in Song
Last month at the Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO a presentation of “Brooklyn’s Got Characters” a concert of new songs presented by NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program grads (Go Violets!) featured a song called “The Mayor of Montague Street”. Who is the mayor? According to songwriters Brett Macias and Caroline Murphy it’s Sahmi […]
Airshow Over Statue of Liberty Tomorrow
This in from Notify NYC: Notification issued 10/21/10 at 3:00 PM. U.S. military aircrafts [sic] are scheduled to perform three separate flyovers near the Statue of Liberty on October 22nd at 11AM, 1PM and 2PM. You may see low flying military aircraft in the area. There’s no indication of the occasion for this, although Brazilian […]
101 Clark Street Doorman is Brooklyn’s Best
101 Clark Street doorman Ronald Williams has been named Brooklyn’s best doorman by his union, the Brooklyn Paper reports: Brooklyn Paper: Originally from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williams — who is technically a lobby attendant — said he got his start nearly 30 years ago at Taino Towers in East Harlem. A friend knew he lived in Brooklyn, […]
What are your favorite horror flicks?
I was just reminded of The Sentinel, that spooky ’70s horror flick where Cristina Raines rents an apartment on the Promenade that turns out to be the gates to hell. (But the rents were reasonable.) The film also had a cavalcade of all-stars: Chris Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Jerry Orbach, Eli Wallach, Sylvia Miles, Beverly D’Angelo, […]
P.S. 8 Read-a-Thon Kicks Off Tomorrow
Hey! Do you still read? Hope so. But if it’s been awhile, why not get reacquainted all the greats at the P.S. 8 Read-a-Thon, starting October 21 at 5 p.m. at the Court Street Barnes & Noble, and ending November 15 at Galapagos. Book-lovers of all ages will find a way to support the love […]
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