Get those digits and dactyls ready… VIP Nails & Spa at 93 Montague Street (corner of Hicks Street), which BHB first tipped January 21, will open for business Monday, February 27, at 10 a.m., according to a poster that appeared in the window today. Perhaps it’s time to remove the signage above for Love Lane […]
Archive | February, 2012
Signs Of The Cold War: Brooklyn Heights Fallout Shelters
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Civil Defense officials designated hundreds of thousands of Fallout Shelter sites throughout the U.S. in the event of a nuclear attack. The familiar yellow and black metal signs became standard fare during the Cold War in basement areas of public buildings, schools and other sturdy fortresses. The feds’ network […]
Get Ready For Gap’s Return: Opens In Fulton Mall Feb. 24
Brooklyn Heights residents may recall that Gap had a store at 125 Montague Street in the late 1990s—the current location of Ann Taylor. If you’re still pining for plaid shorts and plain t-shirts, you only need cross to Fulton Street Mall, where a Gap factory store is opening this week. Racked reports that the new […]
Update on Garbage Collection; Recyclables Backlog
It’s a busy day for Judy Stanton and the Brooklyn Heights Association. She sends us this update on Sanitation Department scheduling: 1) There will be no garbage trucks on Monday (tomorrow) because of the Washington’s Birthday holiday. 2) Your regular garbage will be picked up on Wednesday morning. Please hold back all regular trash until […]
Tree Pruning Underway in Brooklyn Heights
The Brooklyn Heights Association tells us that the City Parks Department has begun pruning street trees in Brooklyn Heights from Atlantic Avenue to Pierrepont Street. This is done on a ten year cycle. Thanks to funds contributed by BHA members and earmarked for tree maintenance, pruning will be extended to include six more blocks north […]
Reminder: BHA Annual Meeting Wednesday, Featuring Sam Sifton
As we previously announced, the Brooklyn Heights Association will hold its annual meeting this Wednesday evening, February 22, starting at 7:30, at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, between Clinton and Court. The guest speaker will be Sam Sifton (photo), Heights native and Brooklyn resident who is now the national editor of the New York […]
Manager of St. George Dorm “Gouging” Students: Post
Educational Housing Services, the not-for-profit entity that manages the dormitory for students and interns at the St. George Hotel building, Henry and Clark streets, is giving its residents a bum deal while paying top managers choice salaries, according to an article by Annie Karni in today’s Post. New York Post: New York City college students […]
Heights History: November 1903, The Day BAM Burned To The Ground
As stagehands at the Brooklyn Academy of Music began preparing the opera hall for a banquet honoring Sen. Patrick Henry McCarren the morning of November 30, 1903, no one could have been prepared for the horrifying event about to take place at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. The week before, during Thanksgiving, BAM had […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday Evening
The 84th Precinct Community Council will meet this coming Tuesday, February 21, starting at 7:00 p.m., at the St. James Cathedral Pavillion, 240 Jay Street, between Cathedral Place and Chapel Street, in Concord Village. On agenda are: a special guest presentation on the topic, “Common Ground Homeless Solutions”; presentation of the Cop of the Month […]
Driver and Car Needed to Help Dog Adoption Event
Kate Briquelet of The Brooklyn Paper has asked for our help finding a driver and car to bring puppies from Basking Ridge, New Jersey to Brooklyn Heights for an adoption event sponsored by the North Shore Animal League to take place tomorrow from noon to 6:00 p.m. at 108 Court Street, near Schermerhorn. These are […]
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