Archive | April, 2024

Open Thread Wednesday

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Shake It All Off with the Full Monty

These have felt like dark days recently—–so why not shake it all off 1980’s style—and go for the Full Monty. The pop-rock musical about six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers who stage a strip show after seeing their wives’ enthusiasm for Chippendales opens on Friday at the Heights Players.  The show, an Americanized version of the hit […]

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Montague Open Streets Sundays May 12 through June 30

Open Streets Montague, made possible by the businesses of Montague Street and by the NYC Department of Transportation, produced by the Montague Street BID, with support by the Brooklyn Heights Association, will be held on Sundays from 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM beginning May 12 and continuing through June 30. On these days from 10:00 […]

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St. Ann’s School Puppet Parade This Tuesday, April 30

St. Ann’s School’s annual Puppet Parade will take place this coming Tuesday, April 30, starting at 1:00 PM. The Parade goes westward along Montague Street to the Promenade, turns northward along the Promenade, then returns to the school via Pierrepont Street. Photos from the 2013 Puppet Parade are here. Photo: Chuck Taylor for BHB.

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

This coming weekend — late Friday evening, April 26 to early Monday morning, April 29 — the 2 (although on a reduced, every twelve minutes, schedule), 3, F, N, and R trains should, barring the unforseen, all be running normally. The A, C, and 4 won’t be stopping at any local stations, so no service […]

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A 19th Century Real Estate Covenant has Shaped Brooklyn Heights and Incited Litigation

A very big hat tip to readers “Karen and Chad” for putting a link to this New York Times article, co-written by Brooklyn Heights Association President Jeremy Lechtzin and Times correspondent Aliza Aufrichtig, on last week’s OTW. The portrait, from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, is of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont (the name was […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

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Chef Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill Fatured in Webby-winning Video

A Webby award winning video by Eater (click on “Read full story” to see the video) follows Charlie Mitchell, executive chef and owner of Clover Hill, 20 Columbia Place, as he and his team go about the meticulous business of preparing seafood, from Norwegian crab to Montauk stripers, and other delights for diners.

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Joseph J. Thomas, Brooklyn Heights Resident and Advocate for Black Retail Workers

As reported by Women’s Wear Daily, quoted in Yahoo! Lifestyle Canada, Joseph J. Thomas, 85, a resident of Brooklyn Heights, retired Bloomingdale’s executive, and long time advocate for Black people in retail work, died last Sunday, April 14 of natural causes at NYU Langone Hospital. Born in 1938 in Opelousas, Louisiana, he was employed by […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Barring any unforseen circumstances, it’s a “green light” all the way through this weekend (late Friday evening, April 19 through early Monday morning, April 22) and the following work week (Monday morning, April 22 through Friday evening, April 26), as there are no planned cancellations, route changes, or station skips directly affecting service at any […]

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