Police are looking for a man who, they say, broke into an office at 68 Jay Street this week and stole a laptop computer. The suspect, pictured here, apparently got into the office through a hole in the sheetrock ceiling at approximately 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, where surveillance video shows him removing a computer. His getaway […]
Archive | April, 2012
Subway Service Alerts: Weekend and Next Week
Plus ça change, as our French friends say. Once again, there will be no service in either direction on the 4/5 line at Borough Hall. The 2 and 3 will be running normally in both directions there and at Clark Street, and the 3 will be extended to New Lots for the convenience of those […]
In Spring, Thoughts Turn to…Recycling!
The Brooklyn Heights Association calls to our attention two opportunities for recycling as we do our spring cleaning. There will be an e-waste recycling event the weekend after next at First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street between Clinton and Monroe Place. Bring your no-longer-useful electronics to the Church on Saturday, May 5 from 10:00 a.m. to […]
Best Eats in Brooklyn Heights – Keep Talkin’!
Before it’s time to move on to the voting phase of the Best Eats in Brooklyn Heights, we’d like to continue the nomination process. Join the conversation on the original thread here.
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Local Pizzeria ‘Della Rocco’s Of Brooklyn’ Cooks Up June Opening
BHB EXCLUSIVE: The commercial spaces at 214 and 216 Hicks Street, which were demolished in February to carve out a single larger parcel, will soon make good use of being “unsliced.” In June, 100% local Della Rocco’s of Brooklyn will begin cooking up brick-oven pizzas, along with a beer & wine bar specializing in borough […]
Help Needed for BHA House Tour
The Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual House Tour (the photo was taken in one of the houses on this year’s tour) is coming soon, on Saturday, May 12. You can find more information, and buy tickets, here. The BHA needs “house volunteers” who “are asked to take a shift, watching rooms to be sure there is […]
Memory Lane: Abraham & Straus Department Store, Born & Bred In Brooklyn
Without the commanding presence of Brooklyn’s heralded Abraham & Straus, we surely would not have today’s Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Filene’s or Stern’s. In 1865, before the Brooklyn Bridge linked New York’s largest borough to the rest of the city, Abraham Abraham and Joseph Wechsler opened dry goods retailer Wechsler & Abraham on Fulton Street in the […]
Open Thread: Wednesday 4/25/2012
It’s April 25, which means big savings at the Brooklyn neighborhood Abraham and Straus! Today’s Brooklyn Eagle—uh, in 1902, that is—showcases an advert reminding locals that A&S at 422 Fulton Street features the “broadest aisles, perfect ventilation and prompt service from willing people. And A&S prices are the smallest anywhere.” For example, you can pick […]
Child’s Play NY ‘Shakespeare Players’ Stage Pint-Size ‘Hamlet’ 4/29
It’s just possible that the next Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton or Kenneth Branagh is right here in Brooklyn Heights… and all of 10 years old. The local Child’s Play NY is featuring its Shakespeare Players troupe in a performance of “Hamlet” Sunday, April 29 at 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. at St. Francis College Theater […]
Brooklyn Bridge CSA Event Tuesday, April 24… Registration Open
The Brooklyn Bridge CSA is hosting a Meet the Farmer event tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Phoenix House at 50 Jay Street in DUMBO. The BB and DUMBO organizations are partnering to bring “Farmer Fred and Karen” from Sang Lee Farms to share information about their farm and how vegetables are grown for CSA […]
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