The Danish Seamen’s Church will hold its annual Christmas Fair this Saturday, November 19, from 11a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Church, 102 Willow Street (just south of Clark Street) and at Plymouth Church, Orange Street between Henry and Hicks, and on Sunday, November 20 from 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. at the Danish Seamen’s […]
Archive | November, 2011
Suspicious Package at BHS
Police are the Brooklyn Historical Society on Pierrepont Street investigating an unattended briefcase. As of 11:30 am, the situation has been cleared.
Open Thread Wednesday 11/16/11
What’s on your mind? Comment away! P.S. Don’t forget the BHB/Brooklyn Bugle mixer tonight (11/16) at Vineapple. Details here. Photo by Mrs. Fink
New “No Standing” Space on Columbia Heights
Yesterday reader Laura asked: [There’s] a brand new parking designation on Columbia Heights where it would intersect Middagh St. The two signs and cones just appeared recently forbidding parking in that very small space. I’m wondering, though, if this has anything to do with the proposed bridge/walkway that will connect the promenade to the Brooklyn […]
BHS Hosts “Trivial and Convivial” Pub Night Thursday
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will hold its third annual “Trivial and Convivial” pub night this Thursday evening starting at 7:00 (doors open at 6:30), sponsored by Urban Oyster and Brooklyn Brewery. Come test your wits with themed rounds about all sorts of Brooklyn ephemera including music, movies, geography, and […]
Sunday Sunset: A Gift From The Heavens
The view Sunday at dusk’s peak from a Montague Street rooftop (nope, photo is not edited, colored or digitally manipulated one iota).
Brooklyn Heights People: Dan Horan of Five Acre Farms
To be clear, Five Acre Farms is not a farm at all. There is no pastoral landscape where cows graze, no ever-present smell of manure percolating the air. There is no big red barn, no silo, no wooden sign on an oak tree announcing that Five Acre Farms is two miles down the road to […]
New Subway Track Maintenance Schedule to Reduce Weekend Madness
Our weekly post on planned weekend subway service changes may be shorter starting in January. According to NY1, the MTA will have more track maintenance work done late at night–10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.–on weeknights, rather than on weekends. This means that service on the affected portions of particular lines will be suspended in both […]
Dr. Bernard Wasserman, Beloved Veterinarian of Brooklyn Heights, Dies at 91
BHB reader “Eddy” informs us of some sad news: NYT: Dr. Bernard Wasserman, 91, of Brooklyn Heights, died November 11. Dearly beloved husband of the late Bernice, cherished father of Harvey and Kim and Andrew and Donna; loving grandfather of Jake and Sarah; beloved uncle, cousin and friend. Graduate of Brooklyn College and Michigan State […]
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