Ever wonder how much it costs for college students to stay in the St. George Hotel? Kaplan International Centers is offering an end-of-summer residence special at the Weller Residence on 100 Henry Street for the bargain basement price through August 25 of… $320 a week! Included with a furnished room & private bath are a […]
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Mountain of Garbage at Clark and Hicks Streets in Brooklyn Heights
At about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, we spotted this mountain of garbage surrounding the mailbox on the southwest corner of Hicks and Clark Streets. Another passerby was already on the phone with 311 to report the pileup which was made up of some household items and mattresses. What happened? Someone moved and just got tired of […]
Collegiate Housing At The St. George: Deluxe Living
If you’ve walked past the St. George Hotel outside the 2/3 subway stop on Clark or Henry streets and been curious about what the EHS collegiate residences there offer today’s poor, starving, overworked college students, I’ve got two words to describe it: luxe living. “You’ll have the time of your life,” EHS suggests. “Our all-inclusive […]
Image Of The Day: Brooklyn Heights Shoe Master, 100 Henry Street
The Brooklyn Heights Shoe Master at 100 Henry Street, inside the St. George Hotel 2/3 subway entrance, sure looks like it’s been in place for decades. One factoid: A phone number in a lighted box above the store is no longer relevant: 852-2016. Has the joint been there long enough to have had a 212 […]
Housing Works Protests in Brooklyn Heights Against AIDS Funding Cuts
Several readers complained of being awakened or disturbed this morning by a noisy demonstration along Clark Street. We have learned that the protest was organized by Housing Works, the same folks who run the popular thrift shop on Montague near the corner of Henry Street. It was aimed at Heights resident Robert Doar, Commissioner of […]
Michael Rothenberg, Brooklyn Heights Resident and Public Interest Lawyer, Dies at 47
Michael Rothenberg, Clark Street resident, lawyer, and advocate for social justice, died yesterday.
Car Smashes Into Brooklyn Heights Promenade Fence
Reader “Y” on OTW tipped us off to this: earlier this evening, a car came down Clark Street at what must have been a pretty good clip, crossed Columbia Heights and kept going, smashing through the barricades that have blocked off the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade for lo! so many months, crossed the […]
Clark Street Sushi: How do you decide?
We’re lucky over here in Brooklyn Heights– we have a vast selection of sushi restaurants anytime we’re craving a giant dragon roll. With three sushi restaurants on Clark Street alone, how do we decide where to go? Ambiance? Price? BYOB? Let’s take a look at the break down: 1. Iron Chef House, 92 Clark Street […]
Eagle: St. George Students “Good Neighbors”; “Club Wild Fyre” to be Resurrected?
Clark Street residents have recently endured “turnover season” at the St. George student residences, as summer residents (the rooms are typically almost full during the summer with students on internships or taking summer classes) give way to those moving in for the fall, meaning lots of traffic loading and unloading on the block between Henry […]
Clark Street Promenade Entrance Partially Open
Apparently convinced that the sinkhole won’t suddenly expand and swallow passersby, the Parks Department folks have opened a narrow passage to allow entrance to and exit from the Promenade at Clark Street.
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