The Brooklyn Paper reports that Brooklyn Heights filmmaker Doan Hoang’s Oh Saigon has been named Best Feature Documentary at this year’s 42nd annual Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival. The film tells the story of Hoang’s family and their journey from Vietnam to the United States. It will be screened on May 9 a the […]
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Bossert On Display For House Tour
According to the Brooklyn Paper and the Brooklyn Eagle, the Bossert, that lovely former hotel turned Jehovah ‘s Witnesses hangout, will be one of the houses featured during this year’s Brooklyn Heights House Tour on Saturday, May 10th. Currently, the Bossert is up for sale, so this could be considered an “Open House” for any […]
Maybe They’ll Call It “Chateau Buttermilk Channel”
According to this Brooklyn Paper story, a California winemaker plans to open a winery in a nineteenth century warehouse building near Fairway in Red Hook. He intends to make wines from grapes grown on the North Fork of Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.
Will Marty Bully Kid Off the Ballot?
An interesting tidbit in this week's Brooklyn Paper regarding Democratic challenger Daniel Squadron's bid to win his party's nomination for the 25th District State Senate seat held for three decades by incumbent Marty Connor. In mentioning that Squadron, who Marty has called "a kid" in interviews, has received the backing of the Working Families Party […]
Morrone to Document Every Brooklyn Heights Building
As previously reported in our coverage of the Brooklyn Heights Association's annual meeting, noted historian Francis Morrone will be collecting historical information on every building in the neighborhood. The Brooklyn Paper reports on the project this week:
Fink Talks Lobster
The Armando's Restaurant Lobster will be shut off for the last time Sunday night. We here at BHB are resigned to the fact that our "Save the Lobster" campaign has fallen off its soapbox. But that didn't stop BHB Publisher Homer Fink from talking to the Brooklyn Paper:
Press Cover Up of Packer “Plot”?
Just asking: Why did both the Brooklyn Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper choose not to name Packer Institute in their reports on a student’s threats against staff and students at the school on February 22? Commenters on BHB soon revealed that Packer was the “Brooklyn private school” mentioned in the Eagle’s February 26 story. One […]
Buh Bye Armando’s, Hello Corporate Fun!
Brooklyn Paper reports: Armando’s owner Peter Byros told GO Brooklyn, “I am retiring,” and said that a Midwestern chain restaurant would be going into the space, although he declined to name the chain. Neighborhood preservationists, along with state Senate candidate Daniel Squadron, are currently campaigning to save the neon “lobster sign” that hangs over […]
Walentas Cabanas?
From Cobble Hill Blog: The Brooklyn Paper reports this week on possible “cabanas” atop the new Walentas building on Atlantic Avenue. Great! Now you can pay a million bucks for a wonderful view of Sahadi's. Read more
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Crimewave: Burglary Edition
According to this week's edition of the Brooklyn Paper, there was a slew of burglaries last week, hitting Willow and Orange Streets: Around the corner, in a building on Orange Street between Willow and Hicks streets, a renter returned from a week on Feb. 11 to discover that another “fire escape burglar” had raided her […]
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