Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation President Regina Meyer tells the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn Bridge Park will become reality: Citing updated construction costs and actual data, Ms. Myer said the funds are in hand for the development of Pier 1 (off Fulton Ferry Landing) and Pier 6 (off Atlantic Avenue), as well as part of Pier […]
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Obama Advisors to Speak at First Presbyterian Sunday
The Brooklyn Eagle reports: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — On Sunday, Jan. 25, beginning at 1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, 124 Henry St., a distinguished panel of professionals who served on President Obama’s transition team, will talk about their experiences, provide critical information and take questions from the audience. Read more here. Further information […]
Heights Hero Herbert Kaufman Dies
Herbert Kaufman, an architect who, along with fellow Heights Hero Edwards Rullman and others, helped preserve and revive Brooklyn Heights, has died at 92, The Brooklyn Eagle reports. He restored many brownstones in Brooklyn Heights, including the old YMCA on Joralemon Street. Kaufman was a BHA board member and vice president and worked on the […]
Eagle Checks Out Appellate Court Building
The Brooklyn Eagle takes a tour of the Appellate Division Second Department building at 45 Monroe Place, an amazing structure nestled in our neighborhood:
CB2 Hearing on Dock Street DUMBO Tonight
Community Board 2 will hold a public hearing tonight to get community input on the proposed Dock Street DUMBO project which includes construction of a middle school. It will be held at 6:00 p.m at the Long Island University Health Sciences Center, 1 University Plaza, Room 107 [map]. Jed Walentas made his case for the […]
Eagle Profiles Heights Honey Juiceman
The Brooklyn Eagle profiles Brooklyn Heights resident/cancer survivor/Deluxe Honeydrop creator David Luks: Brooklyn Eagle: Heights Entrepreneur…: …he created Deluxe Honeydrop (David Luks’ nickname is “Deluxe”), a honey and juice-infused beverage that he launched in October at Natural Products Expo East trade show in Boston, the largest natural products trade show on this coast. Of 116 […]
Storybook Theater for Kids
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on fun shows for kids staged by the Storybook Theater: Brooklyn Eagle: Producer Keeps Storytelling Alive…: Having started out in October, 2006 with “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” the Storybook Theater is now in its third season. Though surviving, Wood says, the ensemble could still use more support from the community. […]
Public Service or Propaganda?
From the BHB Inbox comes photos of a “diorama” from Two Trees promoting its Dock Street DUMBO project in the window of The Brooklyn Eagle’s headquarters at 30 Henry Street. Is this a sign that the Eagle is “in the tank” for the Walentas or is it an old media version of a “guest post” […]
Ivanov the Terrible’s Day in Court
Ivaylo Ivanov appeared at a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. Ivanov was arrested in January after accidentally shooting himself in his Hicks Street apartment. Police responding to the report discovered a cache of illegal firearms and pipe bombs. It was later discovered that Ivanov was also responsible for a spate of hate […]
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