The gruesomely unattractive condo conversion at 75 Clinton and Montague streets (above Rite Aid) has scrubbed plans to sell the saltine box’s 74 units, instead vying to go rental. The building’s new owner, Dallas-based investment firm Invesco, will bring the project to market early next month, according to Crain’s. Good luck: Prices range from $2,800 […]
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Knit for Sailors this Saturday
There will be a community knittiing bee this coming Saturday, December 10, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. This from Carol Francescani of St. Ann: Calling all knitters and would-be knitters! Support Christmas at Sea, a program of the Seamen’s Church Institute that distributes […]
Penn Badgley to Walk Among Us Again, This Time as Jeff Buckley
Twentysomething heartthrob Penn Badgley (photo at left), who has graced the sidewalks of Brooklyn Heights in Gossip Girl and Margin Call, will be back next week playing the role of Jeff Buckley, son of the 1960s singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, in Greetings from Tim Buckley which tells the story of Jeff’s preparation for a 1991 concert […]
Reader: Brooklyn Heights Sewer Dangerous and Unfixed for Two (!) Years
This just in from a BHB tipster: Curious to know if you heard anything about the NW corner of Clinton/Joralemon being fixed? It’s been broken (and unsafe) for about 2 years now. A couple of weeks ago I noticed what looked like a plank of wood and an orange cone but it seems to have […]
Karl Checks Out New Brooklyn Heights Food Spots
Mr. J. takes his cam and his palate to the newly-opened Empire Bistro at Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street, and gets a sneak peek inside Vineapple, at 71 Pineapple, which opens today. Alas, the English Sunrise is gone. Video after the jump.
Mr. J. Visits St. Ann & the Holy Trinity
Our man with cam has put together a montage of historic photos of the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity (simply Church of the Holy Trinity until its merger with St. Ann’s Church in the 1970s), designed by the great 19th century church architect Minard Lafever, at Montague and Clinton streets, followed by […]
Clinton Street’s Joe Dec Dies, Neighbors Searching for Family Members
This news just in from BHB reader Jim Murray: Longtime Heights neighbor and friend Joe Dec passed away on Wednesday, December 1, while walking to his home at 30 Clinton Street. Joe could often be seen sitting outside his apartment building chatting with neighbors who walked by. He was a fixture in the neigborhood. Those […]
One World Symphony Free Concert and Rummage Sale Saturday
The One World Symphony, under the direction of Sung Jin Hong, will present a free concert, along with a fund-raising rummage sale, this Saturday, July 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The orchestra will perform works by Bach, Dvorak, Gershwin, Joplin, and […]
Key Food on Atlantic Accused of Re-Dating Spoiled Chicken
A customer of the Key Food store at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street, Marie Viljoen, has accused the store’s personnel of selling her a chicken on May 12 on which the label showing the original sell-by date of May 5 was covered by another showing May 16. YourNabe.com: Talk about fowl play! […]
String Orchestra of Brooklyn in Concert May 15
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn, an institution that, in addition to making great music, has the self-confidence and good humor to refer to itself by its acronym, sends us this message: Variations for Orchestra For our final concert of the 2009–2010 season, the SOB is teaming up with our friends from Hellgate Harmonie to present […]
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