Breaking news from The Brooklyn Paper: the long-awaited Trader Joe’s at Court and Atlantic will open for business one week from this coming Friday, at 9:00 A.M. Update: BHB tipster “Stephanie” sent us a photo of the new sign!
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NY Times: P.S. 8 to Receive an “F”
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Bloomberg will be announcing letter grades for NYC Public Schools next week according to the New York Times. The marks are based on a formula that takes into account individual students year to year progress, the overall number of students meeting state achievement standards and how it measures up […]
Eamonn’s Seamus O’Toole Dies
The Brooklyn Eagle reported earlier this week that restaurateur Seamus O’Toole died after falling down a flight of stairs on September 6. The freak accident occurred at Eamonn’s 41 Murray Street location. The beloved entrepreneur will be laid to rest today beginning with a mass at St. Bernadette’s Church at 10:45 a.m. The Eagle reports […]
Thank You, Marty
Sen. Martin Connor served our neighborhood for 30 years during some of the darkest times to be a New York State Democrat. Say what you will about his record, the fact remains that he served faithfully as our man in Albany for a generation. For that we are grateful. And while Martin Connor won’t be […]
Parks Deparment: Chill Out, Trees Will Be Fine
The Brooklyn Heights Association fired off a letter yesterday to the city’s Community Assistance Unit commissioner asking that the NYC Waterfalls “art” installation be turned off after Labor Day, weeks earlier than planned. BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton made the original declaration in this week’s Brooklyn Paper and followed that up by telling the NY […]
Trees are Dyin': BHA Says Shut Falls Off!
The BHA wants the tree-killin’ NYC Waterfalls shut down according to a report in the Brooklyn Paper. The organization’s Executive Director Judy Stanton says, “I think it’s enough…They’re damaging the local environment and I don’t think it’s worth it to have this question remain: Will the trees come back?” What do you think? Is this […]
Raccoon Sighting on Hicks Street
From the BHB Inbox comes this breaking news item from “MP”: I’m having dinner this evening al fresco at Tutt Café, and there’s a huge cat crossing the street. But it’s not a cat, it’s clearly a raccoon walking on the west side of Hicks Street, crossing Middagh and heading downhill towards Poplar. I got […]
Can Alfalfa Stop the War on Trees?
Friends, there clearly is a war on trees happening in Brookyn Heights and DUMBO. Today’s reports from the Brooklyn Eagle regarding two evergreens put in “cement shoes” on Remsen Street and from the Brooklyn Paper of “artist” Olafur Eliasson’s continued NYC Waterfall attack on trees lining the Brooklyn Heights Promenade as well as trees at […]
Towns Won’t Debate Powell or Old Man Take a Look at My Life, I’m a Lot Like You Were
The Brooklyn Paper has offered neutral turf for debate to Rep. Ed Towns and his opponent Kevin “The Real World’ Powell in the race to represent the 10th Congressional District. Towns has refused according to the paper:
Senate Battle Dives into Semantic Cesspool
An email sent to BHB and other media outlets by Room 8 political blogger “C. Gatemouth Brown” over the weekend with the subject “I dare you to post this” touted a post on that site about the Connor/Squadron state senate race. It attempts to put a new spin on the weeks old story of NYS […]
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