Brooklyn Paper: City Blocks Clinton Street Tower: Brooklyn Heights preservationists hailed a decision by the Department of Buildings to block a developer from adding six stories onto an already nine-story building at the corner of Clinton and Montague street. Buildings officials would not comment on why they rejected the proposed addition, which would create a […]
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NYU Comes to the Heights
A story in the Brooklyn Paper says that New York University has acquired the former Watchtower sliver building at 67 Livingston Street (on the north side of the street between between Court and Clinton) for use as a graduate student residence. Of greater import, the same article reports a possible merger of NYU with Brooklyn-based […]
BBP Condos Gobbled Up
It's 100 contracts in 100 days with word that they're going for over $1k per square foot. Work on Brooklyn Bridge Park is said to be scheduled to start in late October. Brooklyn Paper: 'Park' Condos Selling: The first luxury waterfront condos within the state’s Brooklyn Bridge Park development are selling at a rate of […]
B’Paper Writer Hangs with Watchtower
In this week's Heights Lowdown, Brooklyn Paper columnist Juliana Bunim visits with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Brooklyn Paper: The Witnesses Next Door: Inside the Brooklyn Heights “Kingdom Hall,” which is on Willow Street near Orange Street, there were no crucifixes or images of any kind — only a simple auditorium and an unassuming pulpit for speakers. […]
145 Hicks Board Meets Tonight
The coop board of 145 Hicks Street (Mansion House) will hold an open meeting tonight to share with residents its plan to cut down the 80 year old American elm tree in the building's courtyard. (Note: The meeting is not open to the public. It's an open board meeting for MH residents.) The discourse over […]
Hicks Elm Tree: Is It Our Business?
The controversy surrounding the removal of the huge century old American elm tree at 145 Hicks Street continues with the Brooklyn Paper shedding some light on the coop board's decision: It’s the latest salvo in an ongoing battle that appeared to reach its climax on July 18, when the co-op board at Mansion House, at […]
Power Couple Backs Barack
As previously reported, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama was in the nabe for a fundraiser this week. The Brooklyn Paper sheds a little more light on the event, held at 212 Columbia Heights of hedge fund manager Marek Fludzinski and his book agent wife Nina Collins. The brownstone was purchased for the record setting price […]
Buh Bye Big Elm Tree
"JE" writes to BHB: The board of directors at 145 Hicks is trying to take down the huge elm tree in front of the building. This is one of the most venerable and lovely of our trees, is in perfect health, and removing it would be a terrible loss to our neighborhood. lease consider doing […]
Yassky Smackskies Ratsky
Brooklyn Heights' man in the City Council, David Yassky, delivered a veritable pile driver to Bruce "A Real Nowhere Man" Ratner this week, the Brooklyn Paper reports: Brooklyn Paper: Yassky- Stop Ratner Gravy Train: Bruce Ratner will reap a whopping 50-percent profit on his Atlantic Yards investment, a prominent Brooklyn lawmaker charged this week as […]
Hizzoner Mum on Trivia, Bocce Challenge
While Mayor Bloomberg is apparently not bold enough to take on BHB publisher Homer Fink's Bocce/Trivia challenge, he and his staff are busy fressing and fussing during their stay in Brooklyn according to the Brooklyn Paper: “We stopped for breakfast at the Park Plaza diner across the street from the office. It was pretty good, […]
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