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The BHB Ten for 2015!

By on January 10, 2016 11:59 pm in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, CEC13Brooklyn, Celebrity Residents, Cobble Hill, Development, Education, History, Literature, Music, Neighborhoods, P.S. 307, P.S. 8, Pets, Real Estate, Religion

Here, in no particular order, are the people you, the readers, and we nominated for the Brooklyn Heights Ten for the past year, 2015. Tracy (“Mrs. Fink”) Zamot and daughter Gracie: The sudden and unexpected loss of BHB’s founder, publisher, contributor, and guiding light John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo last April left all of us on […]

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CEC Sets Date for Re-Zone Vote, Debates Pros & Cons of Proposal

By on December 11, 2015 5:13 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Education, Kids, Parents, Vinegar Hil

The District 13 CEC held a Working Session meeting this past Tuesday night.  Several items were on the agenda but the merits of the P.S. 8 and P.S. 307 re-zoning proposal was by far the longest and most multi-faceted debate of the evening. First, members approved a special session for the re-zoning vote.  The vote […]

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