Karl gets the lunch special for “Dine in Brooklyn” at River Cafe, and is pleased with what he gets for his $20.11.
Archive | March, 2011
Update on BQE Meeting: Agenda Now Available
We reported last week that a meeting on the reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be held one week from today, Wednesday, March 30, at 6:30 p.m., at St. Francis College. We have now received the agenda for the meeting, which follows the jump.
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 3/23/11
Lessons of the day: don’t lose your cool in family court; don’t invest in silver; and don’t cut in line at the Fulton St. Rite Aid. It’s this week’s blotter.
Dine in Brooklyn Week: Marty Visits “Henry Street Restaurant Row” for Seasons Opening
Saying that Brooklyn Heights is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in all of America, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz ushered in Dine in Brooklyn Week last night at the grand opening of Seasons [46 Henry Street]. Not only that the Beep declared it Seasons Grand Opening Day in the borough. Karl Junkersfeld was there. […]
Brooklyn Bridge Overnight Closures to Manhattan-Bound Traffic Resume on April 4
This in from Brooklyn Bridge Outreach: On Monday, April 4th 2011 full overnight closures of the Manhattan-bound roadway resume. Brooklyn-bound traffic will be maintained under a “counter-flow” operation with Brooklyn-bound traffic traveling in the normally Manhattan-bound lanes. Closings are scheduled in off-peak overnight hours and the bridge will fully re-open to traffic each morning. There […]
Brooklyn Heights People: Theater 2020’s Judith Jarosz and David Fuller
If Judith Jarosz’s infectious energy and David Fuller’s quiet confidence are any indication of what Theatre 2020: Visions for a New Millennium will be like, then expect their new theater endeavor to be serious, and seriously entertaining. “We look at everything like an opportunity,” Jarosz, whose personality is as fiery as her mane of red […]
LPC Public Hearing April 5 to Consider New Construction at 27 Cranberry, Two Other Brooklyn Heights Projects
The Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing, followed by a public meeting, on Tuesday, April 5, beginning at 9:30 a.m., at 1 Centre Street, 9th floor, in Manhattan, at which the application to construct a new building at 27 Cranberry Street, presently an open space between two houses (see photo), will be considered.
News Flash: Court Continues Standstill Agreement in Tobacco Warehouse Controversy; Will Decide on Injunction Soon
BHB reader Martinlbrooklyn sends this report: At 12:15 today, after an extensive hearing of the pros and cons for issuing a preliminary,14-day injunction against St Ann’s Warehouse building a new performance space inside the Tobacco Warehouse shell, Judge Vitaliano, with the agreement of the parties, continued the standstill agreement among the parties for another two […]
Hidden Brooklyn Heights Tour Sunday 3/27
Spring has sprung and so has tour season! We’ve “remixed” Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights for 2011. As is our tradition, the first tour of the season offers “donation/pay what your want” pricing. We’ll be hitting the pavement this Sunday (3/27) at 1pm. Read more and buy tickets here.
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