Sure, Heights home prices may be skyrocketing, but so is our rat population according to Beep Marty Markowitz. Rat tales have heated up in Brooklyn Heights lately — the Brooklyn Paper has covered a dude called the "Rat Hunter" and BHB's own building has seen at least one of the critters stopping by its basement […]
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Drats! Rats!
Sure it may be the holiday season and time for cheer, but this week’s Heights Lowdown in the Brooklyn Paper takes a stab at our neighborhood’s rats: Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn’s Rat…: “The rats are getting more brave every year,” said Javier Quintana, a nine-year resident. “I’ve seen some the size of small dogs cruising down […]
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B’Paper Shouts Out Park Plaza
The Brooklyn Paper covers our borough's diners in this week's edition and shouts out own Park Plaza Restaurant: Brooklyn Paper: Diner Dash: Nick Likourentzos and his family have owned this diner near the Brooklyn Bridge for all of its 25 years, and he and his brother Dimitri know each of the regulars by name. Walking […]
Scandal! Sahadi’s Dumps Glass Jars
This week’s Brooklyn Paper sheds light on what can only be seen as a conspiracy against tradition: Brooklyn Paper: Jarring Change…: Customers at Sahadi’s, Brooklyn’s primary stop on the Near Eastern spice route, are still fuming that the grocer has replaced the classic glass jars with generic plastic containers in the nuts, dried fruits and […]
Markowitz Appoints CB2 Chair McRae to City Planning Commission
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Borough President Marty Markowitz has named Shirley McRae, Chair of Community Board 2, which includes the Heights along with Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, DUMBO and Fort Greene, to be Brooklyn's sole representative on the City Planning Commission. She replaces Dolly Williams, a construction company executive who has been Brooklyn's representative […]
Neighbors on Mailer
This week's Brooklyn Paper has a nice round up of the Brooklyn Heights Glitterati's memories of Norman Mailer:
Ooooo That Smell!
We’ve talked about it here on BHB… that stinky smell in parts of the Heights. BHB Commenter “No One of Consequence” was first to inform us of the stinky ginko biloba trees. This week, Brooklyn Paper’s Heights Lowdown column dives deeper into the matter: Brooklyn Paper: Ginko…: You can describe it as the smell of […]
What Can Brown Do For You? Double Park!
Following in the great tradition of Heights Lowdown columns discussing parking, the Brooklyn Paper's Juliana Bunim tackles the issue of DOUBLE parking in this week's issue: Brooklyn Paper: Heights Cars…: UPS trucks consistently double-park on residential streets in Brooklyn Heights. “We need to keep commerce moving,” said Dan McMackin, a UPS spokesman based in Atlanta. […]
Alternate Side of Street Parking
This column originally appeared in Brooklyn Paper on July 14, 2007 The mystery “illegal” parker of Pierrepont Street has broken his silence! To me! Exclusively! In my last column, I reported on the controversy surrounding alleged parking permit abuse on Pierrepont Street. The problem is so bad along the strip between Henry and Hicks streets […]
Permits a Plague on Pierrepont
This column originally appeared in Brooklyn Paper on June 30, 2007 Parking is at a premium in Brooklyn Heights even when no laws are being broken. But plenty of laws are — and sometimes by the enforcers of them. It is illegal to park in a “No Parking” zone, even if your car has a […]
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