Archive | May, 2011

Vineapple to Open on Pineapple

The long vacant space at 71 Pineapple Street will soon become a new café and wine bar, to be called Vineapple, acording to the press release we received from Julie Meyer of Eat Well Global. She says it is scheduled to open June 1, though my quick look at the premises yesterday suggests much work […]

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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 5/25/11

A lot of people get “bumped from behind” this week, and all end up losing their money. It’s this week’s police blotter.

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Open Thread Wednesday 5/25/11

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Fleet Week Begins

The annual Fleet Week, scheduled to cover Memorial Day weekend, begins tomorrow (Wednesday, May 25) with a parade of ships passing through the harbor, into the Hudson River, and up to the George Washington Bridge, where they will turn and go to their docks. This will be visible from the Promenade from 8:30 a.m. to […]

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It Was 128 Years Ago Today

So the Brooklyn Bridge is celebrating the anniversary of its opening today, in low-key fashion. Back in 1983 though, the centenary was a big deal. Lots of fireworks, and the FDR Drive was closed to cars, so people could get a good view. I was working as a messenger for a downtown law firm at […]

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St. Ann’s Library Second Hand Book Sale Tomorrow and Thursday

This in from St. Ann’s School Library: Hello. We thought your readers might be interested in knowing that we are holding our annual second-hand book sale Wednesday, 5/25, and Thursday 5/26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The sale takes place in front of the school, at the corner of Clinton and Pierrepont. […]

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Music, Books and More at the Brooklyn Bugle

We’re just gettin’ started at the Brooklyn Bugle. Check out our latest Brooklyn Bugle Session with MyNameisJohnMichael, discuss Suleiman Osman’s book The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn, read about Brooklyn bar owner/raconteur Jesse Levitt and more.

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Former Precinct House at 72 Poplar Sold to Developer

As reported by Brownstoner, the former police building at 72 Poplar Street, between Henry and Hicks, which has been vacant for some years, has been sold by the previous owner, who bought it at a city auction for $9.6 million seven years ago but whose plans to add two additional stories as part of a […]

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BQE Reconstruction Topic of Tonight’s CHA Meeting

An update on the plans for reconstruction of the triple cantilevered roadway of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which runs past Brooklyn Heights below the Promenade, will be one of the items on the agenda for tonight’s Annual Meeting of the Cobble Hill Association, to which all are invited and there is no admission charge. The meeting […]

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Caesar Stabbed, Buried in Brooklyn Heights Coffee Shop

“Tazza” sounds like it could be the name of a character in Two Gentlemen of Verona, so perhaps it’s not odd that the Clark Street location of this shop has become the venue for a weekly reading of Shakespeare. Eagle writer Mary Frost was present for Julius Caesar last week, and found out how this […]

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