This in from Ben at Luke’s Lobster: I wanted to make sure you knew that Luke’s Lobster’s Brooklyn Bridge Park location will be selling $10 LOBSTER ROLLS this Thursday as part of a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy Relief. We hope a lot of BK Heights folks come by to enjoy the discount and help the […]
Archive | June, 2013
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/25/13
Tempers flare with the heat, wallets go missing and lawyers get bamboozled. It’s this week’s blotter.
Outdoor Mystery Theater “Enigma” Debuts Saturday
Those looking for an alternative to spending mega-bucks on a Broadway show need look no further than 3 Pierrepont Place this Saturday, as Enigma, billed as “Brooklyn’s First Outdoor Mystery Theatre Adventure” makes its debut there at noon.
#SaveLICH: Judge Orders SUNY Lawyers Back Tomorrow
The Eagle’s Mary Frost reports that sources present at today’s meeting, closed to the press, between Judge Johnny Lee Baynes, who had earlier issued an order for SUNY to restore full staff levels at LICH, told her that Judge Baynes has ordered LICH and State Health Department lawyers back tomorrow (Tuesday, June 25) “regarding their […]
Paul Giamatti Joins Downton Abbey Cast
Brooklyn Heights resident/actor Paul Giamatti will be joining the cast of Downton Abbey, the Wrap reports. He will play the “playboy brother” of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern) for fourth season of the drama aired here on PBS.
Like A Daisy I Need Water I Need Chestnuts To Consume Or A Neighbor Has A Squirrel Dilemma
This dispatch just in from an animal loving BHB reader:
Area Man Gets In Line For Trendy Restaurant, Opts For Apps Elsewhere While Waiting
The New York Daily News has a piece today about people waiting in line for some of Brooklyn’s best restaurants. Naked waitress hotspot Roberta’s Bushwick leads the story which is where a 28 year old Manhattanite pretty much says what every resident of Brooklyn Heights since the days of Hezekiah Pierrepont has known. “If this […]
Brooklyn Heights: The Weekend In Tweets
The first weekend of Summer 2013 was pretty spectacular in Brooklyn Heights and the rest of NYC. Folks were about and about and using the Twitter to document it. Here are some highlights:
NY Post: The Bike Stops Here!
Today’s New York Post cover story is on the “well-heeled” NYC residents who have been able to get Citi Bike stations either completely relocated or partially removed. As of now “at least 10″ stations have been affected, nine of which are in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn Heights—specifically 60 Remsen St. The man in this […]
#SaveLICH Rally Theme: Where’s Cuomo?
Arriving at the rally in one of the small playgrounds adjoining LICH this morning, I found Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez speaking eloquently about the need to save the hospital, and its importance to the people in nearby neighborhoods. Public Advocate and mayoral aspirant Bill de Blasio listened to Rep. Velazquez’s speech. As this young lady and […]
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