Joseph Lhota, appointed by Governor Cuomo as the new Chairman of the MTA, is a Brooklyn Heights resident.
Archive | October, 2011
BHA Hosts Public Discussion on Child Safety Next Wednesday
The Brooklyn Heights Association, in conjunction with neighborhood parents, will present a discussion on child safety in Brooklyn Heights next Wednesday evening, October 26, from 7:00 to 8:30, at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Court), in the first floor student cafeteria. The purpose of this meeting is to engage parents of […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestion: Brooklyn Poetry at BHS
This in from the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton): Poets and editors Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell of Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn will discuss their work on the anthology and share samplings from the book that express the borough’s rich and diverse literary history. This event is jointly sponsored […]
Weekend Subway Diversions
It’s a repeat (and next weekend will be a three-peat) of the no-2-or-3-train-to-or-from-Brooklyn madness, so, again, no service at Clark Street or on the 2 and 3 platform at Borough Hall. To get to destinations in lower Manhattan for which you would normally take the 2 or 3, use the 4, 5 (which, unlike most […]
GQ Hearts Brooklyn, Cool Music and More at the Brooklyn Bugle
GQ Magazine has declared Brooklyn the “Coolest City on the Planet.” Get our take at the Brooklyn Bugle. Also, discover We Are Augustines in our latest Brooklyn Bugle Session. We first wrote about two of the band members when their last group, Pela, played bocce at Floyd with Rolling Stone magazine after being named one […]
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Brooklyn Heights Home Visited by Obama is on the Block for $13.5 Million
The Brooklyn Heights home then-candidate Barack Obama visited in 2007 is on the block for $13.5 million dollars.
Cruisin’ with Hart Crane on Sands Street
Ephemeral New York takes a look at the seedy history of Sands Street and mentions how much one time Brooklyn Heights resident/author Hart Crane sure liked to “cruise” the strip:
Art at Hanco’s – Racy or Awesome?
No doubt that Hanco’s [147 Montague Street] is a super-fantastic addition to Brooklyn Heights. Nothing beats their classic Vietnamese sandwich or, if you’re so inclined, the Bubble Tea. But we’ve noticed something there that seems oddly out of place, the huge mural facing the counter. Now, we don’t know nothin’ ’bout fancy art but the […]
NYT: Fight Breaks Out Over Mailer’s Columbia Heights Apartment
The New York Times reports today on a lawsuit over the sale of the late Norman Mailer’s 142 Columbia Heights co-op:
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