Round one of the annual Battle of Brooklyn rivalry between the LIU Brooklyn and St. Francis Brooklyn men’s and women’s basketball teams is over. With two decisive wins, the Terriers registered a double knockout. On Thursday night at the Pope Athletic Center in Brooklyn Heights, Ben Mockford rained three’s on the beleaguered Blackbirds. The senior […]
Archive | January, 2014
LICH Update: NYU Langone Joins Fortis to Rival Brooklyn Hospital Bid
See updates after the jump. TWC/NY1 News reports that NYU Langone Medical Center has joined in the bid by real estate developer Fortis Property Group, a bid that was earlier tabled by the SUNY board, to close Long Island College Hospital, convert most of its campus to residential use, and provide on the site a […]
Brooklyn Heights Real Estate Open Thread 1/11/14
Here are some links from around the internets regarding real estate in Brooklyn Heights. Comment away about these topics or whatever else is on your mind when it comes to buyin’, sellin’ and lookin’ at real estate:
2014 Brooklyn development to watch: 172 Montague St. [Brooklyn Eagle]
Building of the Day: 129-131 Montague Street [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Heights Real Estate Is En Fuego Says New Report [BHB]
BHA Seeks Feedback on Brooklyn Heights Library Proposals
The Brooklyn Heights Association is seeking community input on the RFPs solicited by the Brooklyn Public Library for its branch here. Participate after the jump.
Fog In Brooklyn Heights
A view looking north along the Promenade, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. (Another photo after the jump.) Looking out from the Promenade, with Pier 3 in the foreground and the lower Manhattan skyline beyond.
A Possum’s Kingdom In Brooklyn Heights
A BHB tipster sends us a shadowy photo of a possum living on Grace Court. Like Sasquatch he’s been quite elusive, perhaps camera shy. But last night he was caught on film. This is not the BHB community’s first brush with wildlife – in 2010 Karl Junkersfeld caught a muskrat on tape at Brooklyn Bridge […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Starting this Friday (January 10) the Brooklyn Heights Cinema will be showing Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen brothers’ take on the 1960s folk music scene; something dear to your correspondent’s heart. The Cinema will continue showing Nebraska, and the Sunday kids’ movie, starting at noon, will be Madagascar. Today (Thursday, January 9) is your last […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
Brooklyn bound F trains will be re-routed over the A line between West 4th Street in Manhattan to Jay Street-MetroTech from 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10 until 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13. This means no service from Manhattan to the York Street station in DUMBO. Those traveling from Manhattan to DUMBO this weekend may take […]
College Basketball’s Best Rivalry Will Play Out At St Francis College
By Michael Randazzo Beginning tomorrow night in Brooklyn Heights, one of college basketball’s best rivalries will be renewed as St. Francis Brooklyn men’s and women’s teams will face their cross-borough rivals from LIU Brooklyn in annual Battle of Brooklyn matchups. The LIU men’s team will walk up the Fulton Mall from their Fort Greene campus […]
Brooklyn Hospital Bids to Keep LICH Partially Open, But Won’t Treat Critical Cases
According to Crain’s, Brooklyn Hospital has joined with a private equity investor and a real estate developer to propose taking over Long Island College Hospital and converting much of its campus to “1.000 mixed income apartments.” According to the Crain’s story, the main hospital building …would be repurposed as a comprehensive care center with ambulance […]
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