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You’ll See Pierce Brosnan Tuesday in Brooklyn Heights For Sure, Pattinson Maybe

Word coming into the BHB Newsroom tells us that the Remember Me shoot around Cranberry Street Tuesday will also include Remington Steele/was he really James Bond(?) Pierce Brosnan.   Fans of pretty boy/Twilight star Robert Pattinson are hoping for more than just a cursory glimpse at their hero as well.

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Heights Wine Bar Opens

Oenophiles rejoice. The door was open, the bartender was pouring, and customers were enjoying their drinks and conversation at the new Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar, at Henry and Cranberry, on Thursday evening.

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Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar to open in 3 weeks!

The owners of the new Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar were out this morning putting final touches on their new space at 50 Henry St., and owner Mark Lahm said the spot will be open within the next three weeks. “We wished we could have opened earlier, but there were things out of our control,” Lahm […]

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Chasm on Cranberry

There’s a hole in the street in front of Assumption Church on Cranberry Street — and the city is sorting out who will fix it. An eight-inch part of Cranberry Street, between Hicks and Henry streets and just by the curb, collapsed over the weekend, and was marked off this morning with a board and […]

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Brooklyn Heights (Lame) Graffiti Gang Spotted

From a BHB Tipster comes a lead on the “gang” who may be responsible for the recent outbreak of (really lame) graffiti in Brooklyn Heights.  This report comes from Cranberry Street: Hey Homer, thought I’d pass this by you. I was walking the dogs Friday night around midnight in the North Heights when I saw […]

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Fire Guts 67 Cranberry Street in Brooklyn Heights

BHB newshound BP sent in this photo of a fire at on Cranberry, between Henry and Hicks streets. No further details as of yet. Says BP: “I think that’s the one that’s under construction..” Update: this has been confirmed, it’s 67 Cranberry, which was undergoing a gut renovation. According to neighborhood photojournalist Marc “weegee” Hermann, […]

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And to Think That I Saw It on Cranberry Street!

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Farewell, QE2

Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 ended her forty one years of service to New York this past Thursday, departing on her final trans-Atlantic voyage en route to retirement as a floating hotel in Dubai. Here she is, as seen from the overlook near the foot of Cranberry Street, passing the Statue of Liberty for the last […]

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CSI:NY Filming on Cranberry Today

According to signs posted on Cranberry Street between Henry and Hicks, CBS’s CSI:NY will be shooting on the street until 11pm.  We saw no signs of a film crew around 9:30am but if you see them, send us a photo (upload to the BHB Photo Club or email to webmaster AT brooklynheightsblog.com).

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More Cranberry Fest Fun

Nabe Jazzman Eric Loffswold and guitarist Bruce Edwards entertained the crowd at this year’s Cranberry Street Fair. More vids after the jump.

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