This Memorial Day weekend (Friday, May 23 through Monday, May 26) is another “green light” weekend for stations in Brooklyn Heights or nearby, as there is no planned maintenance directly affecting service at any of these stations, apart from there being no 3 trains running in either direction from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5:00 a.m. […]
Archive | May, 2014
84th Precinct Police Blotter: Lotta Crimin’ in Brooklyn Heights
While HQ is reliving the 1986 World Series, here’s a round-up of some crimin’ that happened last week in Brooklyn Heights via Brooklyn Daily: Cat Burglar! The nimble intruder got on the roof of a building between Orange and Pineapple streets at 1:10 pm and tried to open the door of an adjoining roof, police […]
Read Heights Preservation Leaders’ History of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Heights preservationists Scott M. Hand (photo) and Otis Pratt Pearsall have written a history of the efforts that led to the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park. This is the opening paragraph: This is the improbable David and Goliath tale of three pivotal years, roughly 1986 through 1988, during which the Brooklyn Heights Association (the […]
It’s a Miracle! Lemi the Brooklyn Heights Parakeet is Home
Lemi, the Brooklyn Heights parakeet who literally flew the coup last weekend is back home – safe and sound.
She’d been spotted on Flatbush Avenue, and more recently on the tennis court at Fort Greene Park. Now, word comes via Instagram that she’s A-OK:
Penthouse at One BPP Now Brooklyn’s Priciest
The penthouse at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, with an asking price of $32 million, is now Brooklyn’s priciest single family residential property. Gothamist comments, the penthouse has “a home theater, a climbing wall, a terrace, a wine room for 3,500 bottles, his and hers closets, [and] six bedrooms” as well as “a sick view of […]
The Recycling Scavengers of Brooklyn Heights
Last year, we wrote about Mettle, a film about folks who go through garbage cans looking for metal and other recyclables to sell. While its Kickstarter campaign didn’t hit its goal, the issue is still very much alive. Each week in Brooklyn Heights, right before recycling days, a ragtag crew of mettlers rifle through private […]
Kiddie Korner Stages Friendship Walk in Brooklyn Heights
This dispatch just in from our friends at Kiddie Korner and Congregation B’nai Avraham: Kiddie Korner Preschool took to the streets on Monday May 19th, in a special ‘Friendship Walk’ celebrating the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, Worldwide Friendship Day. Lag B’Omer is a day that was dedicated in memory of a great sage, Rabbi […]
5 Brooklyn Bugle Posts You Must Read Now
The Brooklyn Bugle is en fuego with great new stories and podcasts. Not on your radar? Well get on it! Here are 5 must read posts from this month for you to check out:
#BringBackOurGirls Rally at City Hall: Progress or Feel Good Activism?
Wine Pairings For Your “Gourmet” Brooklyn Bodega Cuisine
#Unaffordable Housing: One Brooklyn Bridge Park Penthouse on the Market for $32 Million
PODCAST: Tell the Bartender LIVE with the Daily Show’s Wyatt Cenac
Danylo Rakowsky, Brooklyn Heights Resident, Inducted into NYS Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame
Brooklyn Heights resident/Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Danylo Rakowsky has been inducted into the NYS Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame. Rakowsky has been an active advocate for veteran’s rights including leading the charge to untangle the mysteries of tax breaks for vets last year: DNA Info: The confusion has frustrated veterans including Danylo Rakowsky, 31, a […]
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