The NY Times ponders the recent price reduction of 29 Grace Court. The piece also mentions that as prices of NYC real estate in general dip, buyers for high end Brooklyn properties are harder to find including for the Grace Court home, 70 Willow Street and 160 Henry Street.
Archive | January, 2011
No Jon Hamm or Megan Fox for You!
Well it looks like Brooklyn Heights won’t be seeing Jon Hamm or Megan Fox shooting Friends with Kids in the neighborhood. The actors are in Los Angeles for the Golden Globe Awards. And according to a letter posted by the production company, last week’s shoot was a one day affair. “Get the memo” after the […]
Save the Date: Diane Ravitch to Speak at BHA Annual Meeting February 28
The Brooklyn Heights Association will have its 2011 Annual Meeting on Monday, February 28, at a location to be announced, starting at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will feature an address by 2010 BHB Ten honoree Diane Ravitch, professor of education at NYU and author of many books on education, most recently The Death and Life […]
Update: No Recyclables Collection Monday; No More Garbage Collection Until Wednesday
We have now been advised by the Brooklyn Heights Association that, contrary to earlier advice the BHA had received, recyclables collection for streets south of Joralemon will not be done this Monday, which is a holiday. It will be done the following Monday, January 24. So, if you live in the affected area, please do […]
Friends With Kids Filming with Ed Burns (no Jon Hamm?)
The red BHB phone rang a little while ago with my marching orders: go cover Friends With Kids and “Get Jon Hamm!” So march I did, single-file across that path on Henry St. that won’t be clear of snow until July. I didn’t see Jon Hamm, but I did capture a surprise guest star—Ed Burns […]
NYPD Names 101 Clark Street Shooting Victim, Seeks Witnesses
Signs have been posted around Brooklyn Heights by the NYPD seeking the community’s help in finding the two perpetrators involved in the August shooting at 101 Clark Street. The posters also officially identify the victim as 28 year old Hunter Metrick and confirm that he later died of his wounds. Metrick’s name had not been […]
Royal Rendezvous: Fireworks for the Three Queens at Statue of Liberty
Cunard’s “Three Queens” rendezvoused last night in New York Harbor. The Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the recently launched Queen Elizabeth met under a spectacular fireworks display. Karl Junkersfeld caught the display on tape. His report after the jump.
Updates on Parking; Garbage
From Notify NYC comes word that alternate side parking is suspended for tomorrow, Friday, January 14 and Sturday, January 15. The Brooklyn Heights Association advises us that garbage collection will resume tomorrow throughout the Heights, though the process may be slow and will likely continue into the night. Collection of recyclables for those living on […]
WPIX Talks to BHB’s Loscalzo, Sen. Squadron About Chopper Noise Redux
WPIX-TV who covered our fight against tourist helicopter noise last Spring, were back here today investigating the recent resurgence in activity. Correspondent Monica Morales spoke to Brooklyn Bugle Media founder John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo and NYS Senator Daniel Squadron about the issue. Earlier today, Squadron demanded that tour operators comply “100 percent” with a […]
Chopper Noise Complaints Resurgent; Squadron Demands “100% Compliance”
It won’t be news to most BHB readers, but the helicopter noise problem, which we highlighted early last April, and which was apparently at least partially resolved at the end of that month with an agreement to ban tourist helicopters from flying over Brooklyn, is still with us. Citywide media are now noticing.
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