Archive | April, 2013

Somebody Started A Concert In Brooklyn Heights And People Tweeted About It

So someone in Brooklyn Heights presented a concert from their apartment on Sunday afternoon. Some folks tweeted about it and that’s all we know. Were you there? Do you know what the deal was? Comment after the jump.

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NYC’s Recyclable Universe Expands

The Brooklyn Heights Association reminds us that New York City’s list of recyclable materials has been expanded to include all “rigid plastics,” a category that includes: plastic bottles, jugs & jars, rigid plastic caps & lids, rigid plastic food containers (yogurt, deli, hummus, dairy tubs, cookie tray inserts, “clamshell” containers, other plastic take-out containers) rigid […]

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City Comptroller John Liu: Library Properties Should Not Be Sold

Citizens Defending Libraries, the Brooklyn Heights-based organization aiming to protect city libraries “from sale, shrinkage and deliberate underfunding,” had an active week, including a story in The New York Times, coverage in The Nation and a sanctioned appearance at City Hall from City Comptroller John C. Liu. In a video posted by Liu’s office, he […]

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HBO’s ‘Newsroom’ Filming In The Heights Sunday 4/28

HBO’s sophomore season of “The Newsroom” is filming in New York on Sunday, April 28, including Court Street between Joralemon & Schermerhorn on the border of Brooklyn Heights, according to website On Location. The new season of the Aaron Sorkin political drama series, which stars Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer, launches July 14. The Heights […]

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Heights Promenade: One Good Perennial Deserves Another

Just as the spectacular spray of yellow daffodils has peaked along the Promenade, the enduring warm weather has allowed a kaleidoscope of colors from the other plentiful perennial—tulips—to burst into bloom. Vivid reds, warm whites, pretty pinks and prismatic purples are now abounding all along the walkway. Ooh, la la! (CT)

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NYC Council Member Letitia James: Bike-Share… Get Used To It

Despite mounting disdain in Brooklyn Heights—and throughout the borough—Citi bike-share is here to stay. At a Town Hall meeting Wednesday in Fort Greene that the New York Times deemed “raucous,” NYC Council Member Letitia James—who helped formulate the program with NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg—told 100+ neighborhood residents, “The public streets belong to all of us. […]

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Celeb Sniffing: Are Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem Heading To Heights?

The New York Daily News reveals in its Confidential column that A-list celebs Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were spotted apartment hunting in Brooklyn Heights. NYDN: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem were recently spotted apartment-hunting in Brooklyn Heights. The duo were looking at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, at 360 Furman St., where they checked out […]

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EHS Volunteers Tidy Up Cadman Plaza Park For Earth Day

Those damn water-balloon dropping neighborhood college kids! No, wait… those lovely, responsible pillars of tomorrow’s society. Yeah, that’s it… Educational Housing Services (EHS) roused 40 area students to help tidy Brooklyn Heights’ Cadman Plaza Park last Sunday, April 21, Earth Day eve. Volunteers represented neighborhood institutes Baruch College, Berkeley College, John Jay College, Long Island […]

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Sen. Dan Squadron On LICH Announcement: ‘It’s Clear We’re Being Heard’

State Senator Daniel Squadron has reacted to the State University of New York’s monumental decision to withdraw the closure plan for LICH, reported earlier today on BHB. (SUNY will work on securing “sustainability” without an active closure plan on the table, creating a possible “collaborative process.”) Squadron says: It’s good news that SUNY is withdrawing […]

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SUNY Withdraws Application To Close LICH; Will Seek “Sustainability Plan”

After mounting community pressure and a unanimous vote from the NYC Council this week to support its existence, SUNY Downstate has officially withdrawn its plan to sell and close Long Island College Hospital.

DEVELOPING

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