This year’s Danish Christmas Fair, presented by the Danish Seamen’s Church, will be on Saturday, November 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday, November 24 from noon until 3:00 p.m. At the Church, 102 Willow Street (just south of Clark) you can shop for gifts, decorations, candles, festive foodstuffs, Danish clogs, and […]
Archive | November, 2013
A Look Inside The Renovation at 55 Middagh Street In Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights architect R.A. Somerby has done quite a job renovating 55 Middagh Street. Our Karl Junkersfeld takes a look at the renovation. Video after the jump.
Squadron Hosts Town Hall Meeting Next Monday Evening
State Senator Daniel Squadron will host an annual Town Hall Meeting for his Brooklyn constituents next Monday evening, November 18, at Brooklyn Law School, Geraldo’s Cafe, Feil Hall, 205 State Street (between Court Street and Boerum Place), from 7:30 to 8:30. Senator Squadron says: “Now more than ever, in this time of transition and possibility […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: Pier 3/4 Uplands open on Saturday
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has announced the next expansion of the Park. The new addition, opening on November 16th at 10 AM (opening ceremonies start at 10:30) will include new lawns, a connecting pathway/bikeway between Pier 1 and Piers 5/6, a granite terrace area, and the sound attenuating hill providing a buffer from the […]
Brooklyn Heights Real Estate Open Thread 11/10/13
Here are some of this week’s real estate headlines. Discuss and comment away!
$699,000 For A 1BR Walk-Up In Brooklyn Heights [Curbed]
Co-op of the Day: 162 Columbia Heights [Brownstoner]
Creative-Class Bonafides Welcome Daily Show Exec Producer to Brooklyn Heights [BHB]
Willowtown Association Potluck Dinner Wednesday
On this Wednesday evening, November 13, starting at 7:00 with a “happy hour”, the Willowtown Association will host its annual Potluck Dinner at the A.T. White Community Center on Willow Place. There will be a program following the dinner featuring the presentation of its 2013 “Alfred” (for A.T. White) award to Peter and Camilla Flemming, […]
Who Is Asking Pope Francis To Visit Brooklyn Heights?
WCBS880 reports that a group of St. Francis College students have begun a letter writing campaign asking Pope Francis to visit their school.
No Garbage Pick-Up Monday
The Brooklyn Heights Association advises us that, because of the Veteran’s Day holiday, there will be no garbage pick-up this Monday, November 11. For those who have Monday recyclables collection, there will be no collection of recyclables this week; the next pick-up will be Monday, November 18. Wednesday collection of recyclables will happen as usual. […]
Brooklyn Heights Resident Diane Ravitch: Five Things Mayor de Blasio Should Do About Education
The election of Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York is a “major setback” for the polices of Mike Bloomberg and George W. Bush says author/Brooklyn Heights resident Diane Ravitch in a new blog post. Saying that, de Blasio “understands the failure of the Bloomberg education policies,” she outlines 5 things the new mayor […]
Cadman Plaza West Residents Are Fed Up With Brooklyn Bridge Construction Noise
A group of Brooklyn Heights residents calling themselves the 140 CPW Peace & Quiet Committee held a press conference today to voice their outrage over noise from the ongoing rehabilitation project on the Brooklyn Bridge. Construction takes place during overnight hours and can be heard in the bedrooms of many of the surrounding buildings. The […]
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