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:
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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 […]
Some “Henry Street Restaurant…located near Cranberry Street” missing $5,000
Of course, we would be remiss in our duties if we failed to highlight this other item from Brooklyn Paper's crime blotter: Missing money A restaurant employee who was entrusted with taking $5,000 to the bank on Feb. 14 may have followed the age-old advice, “Take the money and run.” The 35-year-old left the Henry […]
Running For Yassky’s Seatsky
Let the games begin! As City Councilman David Yassky enters the race for City Comptroller, three folks have thrown their hat into the ring to represent the 33rd District. We're so engerized (not!) about this group that we'll give you the topline but suggest you read this article in the Brooklyn Paper for the deets… […]
Oh No! Not This Sh*t Again
The Brooklyn Paper covers parking placard abuse in Downtown Brooklyn and the Bloomberg administration's promise to crack down on it in this week's issue. Also in the mix – similar abuses in Brooklyn Heights. It's deja vu all over again!: Brooklyn Paper: Placard Crackdown…: Downtown isn’t the only neighborhood crying out for relief. Judy Stanton, […]
It’s a Jail AND Middle School
From Cobble Hill Blog: The Brooklyn Paper reports this week that City Councilman David Yassky (D- Brooklyn Heights) is supporting a plan to add a middle school to the Brooklyn House of Detention development plan. UPDATE: Yassky's office responds to the report at CHB
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B’Paper Big on Le Petit Marche
Brooklyn Paper food writer Tina Barry's year end round up of good eats in the borough includes a mention of Le Petit Marche: Brooklyn Paper: Digesting 2007: It’s not like Brooklyn Heights is teaming with great restaurants, so when one comes along that has everything working for it, people notice. Le Petit Marche is the […]
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