As previously reported, after filming Burn After Reading in Brooklyn Heights the Coen Brothers and their production company showed their appreciation to several neighborhood organizations with cash. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the Brooklyn Heights Association came out the biggest winners in the Hollywood lottery, taking in a donation of $10,000 from the filmmakers. Brooklyn […]
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Holes Everywhere
Brooklyn Paper's Heights Lowdown column covers the nabe's pothole issues this week: Brooklyn Paper: Sinking…: “A pothole is when there is damage to the roadway, and it’s filled with asphalt for a temporary fix,” said Craig Chin, spokesperson for the Department of Transportation. A sinkhole is an entirely different problem caused by a leak or […]
20 Henry Street Deal Closed
The Praedium Group has closed the sale of 20 Henry Street (Peaks Mason Mint candy factory) to Urban Realty Partners for $19.6 million. The property was originally listed in January for $22.5 million. Before selling, Praedium had secured the Landmarks' approval to construct a 14,500 square foot, 4 story residential building (pictured) on the […]
B’Paper: Magpies Whine Over Clooney, Pitt Shoot
This week’s Heights Lowdown column in the Brooklyn Paper doesn’t help Brooklyn Heights shake its reputation as the “neighborhood that fun forgot” one bit. Juliana Bunim wastes no time in joining the chorus of negatrons (zombie-like negative thinkers) who are whining over being inconvenienced by the Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading shoot in the neighborhood:
NoHe Food Scene in B’Paper
Heights Lowdown writer Juliana Bunim rounds up the Fall offerings simmering this season in the red hot North Heights food district: Brooklyn Paper: Food Delights…: Jack the Horse Tavern on Hicks and Cranberry streets will axe its cool summer soups, red snapper and Mediterranean salads in favor of toasty warm soups like apple butternut squash. […]
Clinton Erection Deflated
Brooklyn Paper: City Blocks Clinton Street Tower: Brooklyn Heights preservationists hailed a decision by the Department of Buildings to block a developer from adding six stories onto an already nine-story building at the corner of Clinton and Montague street. Buildings officials would not comment on why they rejected the proposed addition, which would create a […]
NYU Comes to the Heights
A story in the Brooklyn Paper says that New York University has acquired the former Watchtower sliver building at 67 Livingston Street (on the north side of the street between between Court and Clinton) for use as a graduate student residence. Of greater import, the same article reports a possible merger of NYU with Brooklyn-based […]
BBP Condos Gobbled Up
It's 100 contracts in 100 days with word that they're going for over $1k per square foot. Work on Brooklyn Bridge Park is said to be scheduled to start in late October. Brooklyn Paper: 'Park' Condos Selling: The first luxury waterfront condos within the state’s Brooklyn Bridge Park development are selling at a rate of […]
B’Paper Writer Hangs with Watchtower
In this week's Heights Lowdown, Brooklyn Paper columnist Juliana Bunim visits with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Brooklyn Paper: The Witnesses Next Door: Inside the Brooklyn Heights “Kingdom Hall,” which is on Willow Street near Orange Street, there were no crucifixes or images of any kind — only a simple auditorium and an unassuming pulpit for speakers. […]
145 Hicks Board Meets Tonight
The coop board of 145 Hicks Street (Mansion House) will hold an open meeting tonight to share with residents its plan to cut down the 80 year old American elm tree in the building's courtyard. (Note: The meeting is not open to the public. It's an open board meeting for MH residents.) The discourse over […]
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