Twitter user/Brooklyn Heights resident @estwhile tweets Thursday: Either there’s a skunk hanging out at the #BrooklynHeights #promenade or ppl have been smoking crazy amounts of weed on my corner all day. We’ve also noticed a steady flow of folks toking on “Mary Jane” in the neighborhood recently. Have you?
Archive | July, 2011
Rainbow Over Brooklyn Heights
BHB reader “Glenn” sends us this photo of a rainbow over Brooklyn Heights which appeared after Wednesday night’s storm.
Reader: Brooklyn Heights Sewer Dangerous and Unfixed for Two (!) Years
This just in from a BHB tipster: Curious to know if you heard anything about the NW corner of Clinton/Joralemon being fixed? It’s been broken (and unsafe) for about 2 years now. A couple of weeks ago I noticed what looked like a plank of wood and an orange cone but it seems to have […]
Clark Street Promenade Entrance Re-paved
Voilà! (Sorry, Buggs. It being Bastille day, I couldn’t resist using a bit of French.)
Court Nixes St. Ann’s Use of Tobacco Warehouse
Last April, Judge Eric Vitaliano of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction against the transfer of the Tobacco Warehouse in the Fulton Ferry Historic to St. Ann’s Warehouse as a new home for its theater and performing arts space. On Tuesday, as expected, he reaffirmed his […]
Tree Down on Joralemon Street
Many readers have sent us photos of a downed tree and subsequent damage it caused (ie smashing a car) earlier today. BHB reader “Cindy” writes:
Tug and Barge Week Coming to Pier 6
The historic tugboat Pegasus and Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79 will arrive at Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park (foot of Atlantic Avenue) this Thursday, July 14, and remain until Monday, July 25. A schedule of activities is here. This Saturday, July 16, is City of Water Day, and Brooklyn Bridge Park will participate with tug […]
And So It Begins…Columbia Heights Sgraffito Restoration Project
The Columbia Heights Sgraffito Restoration Project officially has begun! As mentioned a couple of times before here at Brooklyn Heights Blog, the building’s co-op board had been looking to restore the unique sgraffito façade for years.
Volleyball for the People, or for Profit?
The pristine sand volleyball courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 offer one of the best views in town. As luck would have it, playing volleyball on them is also free. Enter Big City Volleyball and Metro Beach Sports, two city-wide volleyball leagues, and suddenly that privilege costs a pretty penny, even if league director […]
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