Two stores, a pet boutique and a wine shop, will be the first tenants in retail space at One Brooklyn Bridge Park: New York Observer: Brooklyn Bridge Bark, a high-end pet boutique, has signed one of the inaugural leases for 1,760 square feet of ground-floor space on Park Drive in a long-term deal. “One Brooklyn […]
Archive | April, 2011
Promenade Protection Progress
Following last Wednesday’s collision on the Promenade, a number of BHB readers were concerned about the potential hazard of the gaping hole between the bent vertical bars. Recognizing that it would be terrible if a child fell through, BHB poster Linda called 311, which resulted in some tape being applied.
Heights Happy Hooker is Stuff of Urban Legend
There is an urban legend in the Heights to the effect that Xaviera Hollander’s brothel was in the Behr House. Not true. When 84 Pierrepont was the Palm Hotel it was a house of ill repute, probably in the 1930s and forties. It was purchased by the Franciscan Brothers in 1961 as staff housing in […]
Spring Egg Hunt Fun
BHB reader Carl sent in these photos of the Spring Egg Hunt at Pierrepont Playground.
Spring at Last?
Sarah Maslin Nir, in today’s New York Times Metropolitan Section: ACCORDING to the calendar, it’s been spring for the past five weeks. But you could have fooled me. And me, for that matter. We’ve had a couple of teases, like Wednesday, which started cloudy and chilly, but by early afternoon it was sunny and the […]
Gap in Promenade Fence Now Secured With…Tape?
The breach made by Wednesday night’s car crash in the Promenade fence, all that stands between an errant toddler and a plunge to the BQE, has now been “secured” by police tape. Parents should keep a sharp eye on small children on the Promenade in the vicinity of Clark Street.
American Express Ad, Shot on Hicks Street, Airing Now
Hey, remember that American Express ad that shot at 68 Hicks Street in March? Yeah, it took up the entire corner, blocked traffic and there were hoses and stuff everywhere! We love show biz, but this shoot was a little “busy” you might say. Well folks, we first spotted it on American Idol on Thursday […]
Nothing Says Happy Earth Day More Than Three Staples in a Tree
Unless you’re a Dramarama fan, you know that today is Earth Day. Mrs. Fink’s lovely stroll today was stopped in its tracks by this display of “green-ness” applied to a Hicks Street tree with 3 staples. (Tip of the hat to David on Middagh who mentioned this earlier in the week)
Controversial Attorney Alan Young Has Passed Away
Alan Young, partner in the
Mad Soda Can Bomber at Clark Street Dorm?
A reader alerted us to this disturbing message on the Yahoo Brooklyn Heights Parents page: This evening at 8:30pm my husband was walking on the sidewalk in front of the dormitory at 55 Clark Street and an extra-large, full can of soda fell to the ground almost hitting him on the head. It missed him […]
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