Happy Open Thread Wednesday for January 23, 2013. Interesting numbers, given that temps this week are in the neighborhood of 13 to 23 degrees or so, eh? So what’s making you feel hot, cold, bothered and blithe? Comment away, BHB minions! (Photo/Joralemon & Court streets: CT)
Archive | January, 2013
148 Hicks Street: Front Room For $3.50 A Week (In 1902)
Earlier this month, we shared CWB Architects’ photos of its interior reno at 146 Hicks Street, after 2011′s Hurricane Irene hurled a mature elm from Mansion House into the two adjoining townhomes at 146 & 148 Hicks Street. Now it’s time to give a little love to the equally lovely wood clapboard residence at 148 […]
Pedestrian Bridge Nears Completion, and More Morning Walk Photos
As seen during my walk on Saturday morning, the all wooden pedestrian bridge that will connect Columbia Heights and Squibb Park to Brooklyn Bridge Park has its sections completely in place, though guardrails are still being installed. We look forward to walking it once it has been opened. More photos and text follow the jump. […]
Wednesday’s Wicked Deep Freeze
Winter is showing its true colors this week—with a dusting of snow this morning—while Wednesday is going to be the most frigid day we’ve yet had this season. By midnight, temps will settle at 17 degrees, continuing to dip before reaching their wicked low just before sunrise: 14 degrees. The high during the day Wednesday, […]
‘Truth in Advertising’ Author John Kenney Likes The Heights
Brooklyn Heights’ writer & author John Kenney’s debut novel “Truth in Advertising” was released this week by A-list publisher Simon and Schuster. The book explores the fictional life of a modern day ad pro—after Kenney worked as a copywriter in NYC for 17 years and as a New Yorker magazine contributor since 1999. It was […]
Rental Townhouse At 102 Pierrepont Street Sells For $3M Cash
A former rent-controlled townhouse at 102 Pierrepont Street, between Henry and Clinton Streets, has sold in an all-cash transaction for $3 million to Ira Lifshutz, a local investor. The broker is Massey Knakal, which reports that the 6,600/sf home rests on a 20’x100′ lot, with six residential units. Garden and parlor floors will remain one […]
Mews News: Only Five Remain At Ambitious Love Lane Condo Complex
Since the condo development at Love Lane Mews launched in early 2011, units have moved at a fairly rapid clip. A broker with the complex tells Brownstoner that a 3-bedroom, 2-bath penthouse apartment recently sold for $2.725M. Note that at $1,482 per square foot, this is the highest price per square foot to date for […]
MLK & Inauguration Day—And A Christmas Tree?
The annual Christmas tree that has festively lighted the Brooklyn Heights Promenade’s Montague Street entrance for 63 years is still standing – on January 21. According to tradition, January 6—the day of Epiphany or Twelfth Night, is the last day for ol’ tannenbaums.
‘Brooklyn Heights Plaza’ At Court & Joralemon Solicits Major Retailer
It was more than two years ago that NYC Mayor Bloomie & BK Borough Prez Markowitz announced a proposal to develop 39,500/sf of retail on the ground & second floors of the Brooklyn Municipal Building at the corner of Court & Joralemon Streets, as city offices were moved to upper floors. Now, the newly renamed […]
Downtown’s $2M, 14,000/sf Willoughby Plaza Officially Opens
Willoughby Plaza, the new $2 million 14,000/sf pedestrian seating area between Panera Bread and Shake Shake near the entrance to Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall, has officially opened. On Friday, politicos, including Borough Prez Marty Markowitz, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony. In the coming months, the Downtown BK Partnership says it will be dressed with greenery, […]
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