On July 20, 1891 the cable cars connecting Brooklyn City Hall (now Borough Hall) and the Wall Street Ferry started running on Montague Street. The line was designed by Robert Gillham who was known for his work on the Kansas City Cable Railway. It ran until 1924, twelve years after the Wall Street Ferry stopped […]
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Local Man Pushes for Promenade 9/11 Memorial
The Brooklyn Eagle reports nabe resident Phil Asby an "artist and paralegal" is leading a movement to build a 9/11 memorial on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Both Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Brooklyn Heights Association's Judy Stanton have been "approached" with the idea according to the paper. It adds that Asby has contacted […]
Mayor Bloomberg Visits P.S. 8
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: Praising P.S. 8/The Robert Fulton School as a model of what’s going right in New York City public school education, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein officially opened the school year at this transformed elementary school in Brooklyn Heights. As reporters clustered around the tree-lined Middagh Street entrance […]
Cranberry’s Mom Turns 92
Brooklyn Eagle: Anne Montemarino celebrated her 92nd birthday by baking cakes at the family-owned Cranberry’s, at 48 Henry St. Her daughter, Jeanette, said her mother had been the eatery’s pastry chef during the last 28 years in Brooklyn Heights. She was born in Forest City, Pa., one of 14 siblings.
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