Bargemusic has a full schedule of concerts this weekend. On Friday evening, January 17, starting at 7:00 there will be a “Here and Now” concert featuring works by Eric Ewazen, Manuel de Falla, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington (photo), Thelonious Monk, Lianna Gekker, and Wayne Shorter. On Saturday evening at 7:00 and Sunday afternoon at 4:00 […]
Archive | January, 2014
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This weekend (from 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 17 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 20) Brooklyn bound A and C trains will be running on the F line from West 4th Street in Manhattan to Jay Street-MetroTech in Brooklyn. This means no service from Manhattan to High Street during that period. The best option for getting […]
Brooklyn Hospital Tries to Stay in LICH Fray with Expanded Proposal
The Eagle reports that Brooklyn Hospital (photo) has amended its earlier proposal for the Long Island College Hospital site. The Eagle story quotes Brooklyn Hospital’s press release: The revised proposal supports community health care needs by providing emergency services, primary and specialized ambulatory services, and urgent care services. The Brooklyn Hospital Center will draw upon […]
So What Is Lena Dunham’s Brooklyn Heights Apartment Really Like And Who Just Moved In With Her?
Brooklyn Heights resident/Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is the subject of the cover story in Vogue Magazine. In the piece we learn that her boyfriend, rock star Jack Antonoff of the band fun., has moved in with her. And while she spends several weeks each year in Los Angeles working on Girls post-production, she […]
Supporters Tell Brooklyn Eagle That Latest SUNY Plan To #SaveLICH Is ‘Smoke And Mirrors’
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Mary Frost reports on the SUNY’s latest proposal for Long Island College Hospital which would team up developers Fortis with NYU-Langone and Lutheran Medical Center:
Lecture on Co-Op Shareholders’ and Tenants’ Rights at Brooklyn Bar Ass’n This Evening
This evening (Monday, January 13) there will be “an informational lecture on co-operative apartments and the rights of shareholders and renters under the Martin Act and New York State Constitution in New York City” from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Henry). “Topics will include leases, dealing […]
The Impressions Rock Plymouth
The Impressions’ gospel-rooted rhythm ‘n’ blues, prominent on the pop charts during the struggle to end Jim Crow’s dominion, has been called the soundtrack of the civil rights movement. They have a rich history. Founded in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1958–Sam Gooden, at left in the photo above, was a founding member–they later moved to Chicago […]
Kudos From BHB Reader Regarding Reno At 265 Hicks Street
This dispatch from BHB reader Andrew Porter regarding the renovation at 265 Hicks Street:
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