Brooklyn Paper's "Smart Mom" and publisher of Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn Louise Crawford has a great post today about celebrating her Dad's birthday at Le Petite Marche: Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn: My Father's Birthday: Tonight we ate in a new French place in Brooklyn Heights on Henry Street. The joint was packed and […]
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Kosher Steak Drama Continues
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Mike's Kosher Steakhouse closed over a dispute between owner Mikel Domgjoni and his partner, nabe restaurateur Nando Ghorchian, over back rent. While Domgjoni hurls accusations of anti-semitisim at his partner in the article written by Christie Rizk, Ghorchian won't hear it telling the writer, "This is total bulls—t. I was […]
Thug Beats Heights Man
The Brooklyn Papers Police Blotter reports a December 26 incident in this week's edition: A man breaking into a Jeep on Clinton Street turned his violence on a Brooklyn Heights man walking home on Dec. 26, cops said, but still ended up empty-handed. As the 54-year-old victim neared the corner of Aitken Place around 11:15 […]
Heights Hero Reveals Herself
Our pals at Brooklyn Papers have uncovered the mystery of the Brooklyn Bridge footpath sign maker, it's nabe resident Roslyn Beck: Brooklyn Papers: Know Your Sign: The mystery of the surreptitious sign-maker has been solved! Okay, so it’s not exactly the Bermuda Triangle enigma, but for years, many Brooklyn Heights residents have wondered about […]
DUMBO Gets Trees
Brooklyn Papers reports that trees are being planted in DUMBO. “The streetscapes in this neighborhood have been neglected for years, not only due to a lack of trees, but also basic things like sidewalks and sewers,” Tucker Reed, executive director of the DUMBO Improvement District, tells the paper. “We’re just trying to catch up to […]
Buh-Bye: Kapadokya
BHB tried to order dinner from Kapadokya last night, but no one answered. Today Self-Absorbed Boomer and other commenters have informed us that our fave Turk eatery is closed for good. UPDATE: BHB reader epc tells us in comments that a new Mediterranean/Turkish restaurant called Taze will be opening in Kapadokya's location. The scrap heap […]
NY Post Won’t Pay for Totaled Car
Rupert Murdoch's NY Post is claiming that it's not responsible for the total destruction of a nabe resident's car, according to Brooklyn Papers. A Post delivery truck collided with a car in early October, the report says, causing a chain reaction involving 6 parked cars. One of the vehicles was a 1990 Toyota belonging to […]
Signs Will Point to Bridge Path
It may be easier for folks without the "secret code" to find their way to the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian path, the Brooklyn Papers reports in this week's issue: Brooklyn Papers: Mapping a Way to the Bridge: It may take “practice” to get to Carnegie Hall, but to get to the virtually unmarked Brooklyn Bridge footpath […]
Not Kosher on Clark Street
Some disturbing news from Mike's Kosher Steakhouse as reported in today's New York Post: NY Post: Unkosher Sex Rap vs. Deli Man: A well-known Brooklyn kosher deli owner was busted for allegedly forcing himself on an 18-year-old waitress in the basement of his new eatery – and then calling to harass her after she quit, […]
NY Post Picks Up on BBP Subway Scheme
As previously reported, one of the access paths being proposed by city planners to Brooklyn Bridge Park is an underground access tunnel leading from the Clark Street subway station. With a pricetag of up to $50 million, one can only hope that the project would include major aesthetic improvements to the station's Clark Street arcade. […]
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