Here’s a juicy Open Thread for your consideration. As BHB continues its “Best of the Heights” weekly surveys, we fire up Post No. 6 with a hot one: “Best Burger.” What’s your favorite local joint for a satisfying patty? Oh so many choices… Jack the Horse Tavern or Siggy’s Salmon burger? Henry Street Ale? How […]
Archive | September, 2012
Adams Street’s American BBQ And Beer Beefs Up For March Opening
American BBQ and Beer Co., is prepping an April 2013 launch, alongside Panera Bread and Potbelly Sandwich Shop on the Downtown Brooklyn border in the Adams Street Municipal Building at 345 Adams and Willoughby. The high-end eatery will include a wood-burning oven, smoke pit, seafood station with live lobster tanks, deep-fried turkey station, full bakery […]
Just Another Perfect Day in Paradise
Is Brooklyn Heights paradise? Yesterday, a clear, crisp, hint-of-fall Saturday, it seemed close to it. As I left for a brisk walk, just outside the front door of my building I spotted what may be one of David Glick’s bees gathering nectar to make Rosh Hashana honey. (Click on photo to enlarge.) More photos and […]
Pumpkinman Coming to Cranberry Street
The space at 37 Cranberry Street, formerly occupied by Browning Frames and Prints, looks to have a new tenant. While the windows are covered, a sign hangs on the door reading “Pumpkinman”.
UPDATE: Bloomberg’s Sugar Soda Ban Sails Through NYC Board Of Health
As expected, the New York City Board of Health has approved a ban on the sale of sugar sodas in containers larger than 16 ounces at restaurants, street carts, movie theaters and arenas, the first such restriction in the nation. The measure was championed by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a means to fight obesity. […]
CBS Series ‘Person Of Interest’ Filming In Heights Monday
CBS-TV crime thriller “Person Of Interest” will be filming in Brooklyn Heights on Monday, September 17, from 7 a.m. until noon. According to a posted notice, the shoot will take place on Clark Street between Cadman Plaza West & Monroe Place; Henry Street between Middagh & Pineapple; Hicks Street between Pineapple & Orange; Clark Street […]
Summer For Sale
Two young entrepreneurs offered lemonade and homemade chocolate chip cookies for sale Saturday along Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Terrace, with a beautiful backdrop of perfect late-summer weather. Pictured are 6-year-old Annabelle Wachtel and 5-year-old Isabel Bar. (Photo: Chuck Taylor, posted to BHB with kind permission from parents)
Great Wall Chinese Reopens… For ‘Good’?
Following the Sept. 11 Department of Health shutdown of Great Wall Chinese at 60 Henry Street, in light of numerous health code violations, the restaurant had reopened for business as of Saturday, Sept. 15, with a “Pending” grade in the window, dated Sept. 13. As previously reported, the last NYC DOH inspection available online was […]
Atlantic Avenue’s Sahadi’s Preps For Wall-To-Wall (To Wall) Expansion
It was more than a year ago that BHB reported neighborhood institution Sahadi’s petition to expand the gourmet & Middle Eastern food market at 187 Atlantic Avenue. Good things come to those who wait: Sahadi’s will close from September 17-23, as it begins an expansion that will tie in three storefronts, while offering a new […]
Sunday Sunset: Bossert Boarders Take In The View
A handful of guests at the Bossert Hotel at 98 Montague Street witnessed one of the best views in Brooklyn Heights last Sunday evening, from the soon-to-be former Watchtower property’s 14th-story “Marine Roof” balcony. Check out the sunset they saw below the jump.
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