Archive | November, 2010

BHS, Brooklyn Film and Arts Festival Present Brooklyn Documentaries December 3

On Friday, December 3, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Brooklyn Historical Society, Clinton and Pierrepont streets, there will be a program of documentary films made in and about Brooklyn, “Brooklyn Roots, Past and Present”. This event is co-sponsored by the Society and by the Brooklyn Film & Art Festival. “To Brooklyn and Back: a […]

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What’s Up on Henry Street?

This dispatch just in from a BHB tipster: No clue what’s up, but this is on Henry btwn Remsen and Joralemon, kind of like at the mouth of Hunts Lane by the hydrant on Henry. DEP trucks are digging a hole, water’s spewing out onto Henry. Henry is closed from Remsen to Joralemon as well.

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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 11/24/10

Crime underground and vigilantism above, though Planet Fitness went unscathed. It’s this week’s police blotter.

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Open Thread Wednesday 11/24/10

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Norman Adie, Brooklyn Heights Cinema Owner, Busted for Fraud

Norman Adie, owner of the much-loved two screen Brooklyn Heights Cinema at Henry and Orange Streets, has been charged with fraud in connection with a scheme that involved promising investors he would turn the Cinema site into condos. New York Post: The feds brought down the curtain today on an alleged fraud scheme by the […]

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What? Another Sunset Photo?

This one was to good to pass up. Key West has nothing on us, sunset-wise.

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Marty Markowitz Talks Turkey

The New York Post stole my line about it not quite being like WKRP In Cincinnati, but nevertheless, Borough Prez Marty Markowitz handed out 1,000 turkeys and tons of trimmings to Brooklyn’s needy at Borough Hall yesterday. Said Markowitz: “Sharing not only reflects the true meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday, but I would also like […]

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Winemaker Dinner at Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar

On Tuesday December 7th at 7pm, sip on local wine and taste seasonal fare at the Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar‘s Winemaker Dinner. The dinner features the wines of Brooklyn Oenology and Chef Chris Penn’s cuisine. Winemaker Alie Shaper and Heights Chateau’s wine expert Matthew LaSorsa will also be there to talk about wine pairings. The […]

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When Chancellors Were Kings They Had a Brooklyn Heights Palace

AEB alerts us to a story in today’s NY Times about the townhouse at 80 State Street that was once the official residence of NYC’s schools chancellors. Purchased in 1990 $990K by the city to “pursuade” Joseph A. Fernandez to take the job, it was auctioned off in 2003 for $2.4 million:

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Lighted Boat Parade to Pass Brooklyn Heights Saturday Evening

This Saturday, November 27, there will be a parade of decorated boats, including, it is reported, a tugboat towing a 70′ tall lighted Christmas tree on a barge, that will leave the Chelsea piers on the west side of Manhattan at about 6:30 p.m., proceed down the Hudson to near the Statue of Liberty, then […]

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