Gothamist reports that Brooklynite Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25, who, according to his Facebook page, studied social work at St. Francis College and was employed as a Coordinator at True Care Home Health Care Agency, was among the 49 fatal victims of Saturday night’s terror attack at The Pulse nightclub in Orlando. We at BHB […]
Archive | June, 2016
Nomination Thread: Best Eats in Brooklyn Heights
Travel & Leisure magazine’s latest issue lists its recommendations for where to nosh after a walk on the Brooklyn Bridge. On the Brooklyn side – Jacques Torres Chocolate, Vinegar Hill House, Shake Shack, The River Café, and Henry St. Ale House made the cut. Which reminds us here at BHB, we should revive our nomination […]
OPA! The 39th Annual Greek Festival is in Full Swing on Schermerhorn St.
Nobody parties like the Greeks, and this year’s Annual Greek Festival of the Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Brooklyn is proving it again. The church’s 39th annual festival has been in full swing all week and Saturday is your last chance this year to sample the delicious home-made Greek food and pastries, […]
Dorothy Pilch, Long Time Brooklyn Heights Resident, Dies At 97
Dorothy Helen Pilch, born March 18, 1919 in New Jersey and a Brooklyn Heights resident for over fifty years, died on May 20 after a brief illness. Dorothy was a long time member of Grace Church and the oldest member of the congregation at the time of her death. Until shortly before her passing she […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
The only planned changes affecting service at local stations this weekend and the week after involve the G train. From 11:45 p.m. Friday, June 10 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 11 there will be no G train service in either direction between Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Church Avenue. A and F trains provide alternative service. During this […]
English Country Dance On The Brooklyn Heights Promenade This Evening
The faint sound of concertina music coming from the direction of the Promenade drew your correspondent to put on his windbreaker and head out. A dance troupe was doing English country dance there. They were excellent.
Bargemusic This Weekend
On Friday evening, June 10, at 8:00 Bargemusic will celebrate the 78th birthday of New York resident composer Charles Wuorinen (photo, with his cat Lepton, by Nina Roberts). The Aeolus Quartet, joined by pianist Ursula Oppens, will perform his works. On Saturday evening, June 11, at 8:00 the Horszowski Trio will play works by Schumann, […]
Austin-Style Breakfast Tacos and More Coming to the Clark St. Station
This is Steve Smith and Tommy Byrnes. They’re cousins and business partners. They’re great guys, down-to-earth, full of hope, with big dreams. If you met them, you’d want to have a Brooklyn Lager with them. Steve and Tommy, along with Joel Nearing, are co-founders of Jalapa Jar, and they want you to “Do Breakfast Like […]
Park Board OKs Pier Six Towers; Litigation Looms
The Eagle reports that the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s Board of Directors voted 12-4 to proceed with the construction of two residential towers on the landward side of Pier six, near the park’s Atlantic Avenue entrance. The dissenting votes were by City Council Member Steve Levin; Zeeshan Ott, representing State Senator Daniel Squadron; Michael Stinson, […]
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