Brooklyn Record is deducing from local property sales records that Oscar winners Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon may be headed to Brooklyn Heights. Brooklyn Record: Tim Robbins Buying in Brooklyn Heights?: First there was Jennifer and Paul, then Michelle and Heath, and now Susan and Tim? Maybe so. According to public real estate filings, The […]
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Police Blotter: Thugs Lurk on Cranberry Street
The Brooklyn Papers reports that a 22 year old man was robbed at knifepoint at the corner of Cranberry and Willow Streets on October 13 at 6:30 pm. When the man informed the three knife wielding felons that he had no cash, they forced him to a "nearby ATM" on Henry Street where he withdrew […]
Dev Board Nixes Trolleys
One man's Idea to have trolleys return to Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo, similar to the Montague Street trolleys pictured above, has beed derailed. Brooklyn Papers: Trolley Idea is Derailed: A Brooklyn man’s dream of restoring the borough’s fabled trolleys looks like it’s being derailed by planners of a waterfront development along the Brooklyn Heights and […]
BHA Weary of Promenade BBP Link
Brooklyn Papers: Planners Again Considier Park Promenade Link: A controversial connection between the famed Brooklyn Heights Promenade and a proposed development along the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO waterfront is back on the table. Planners overseeing a $1-million transportation study are again examining the feasibility of creating a “vertical connection” between the two waterfront vistas. “This […]
Artist Talks Promenade 9/11 Memorial
Brooklyn Papers has scored an exclusive interview with reknowned British sculptor Anthony Caro regarding plans for a 9/11 memorial on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The idea was the brainstorm of local artist Phillip Ashby who approached the modernist with the concept. "I am very interested," he tells the newspaper. "I feel that [this is the […]
L’shanah Tovah, Party Like It’s 5767!
We were very thrilled to see the nabe's own SuperRabbi Simcah Weinstein (author of Up Up and Oy Vey!) on the front page of the latest edition of Brooklyn Papers. He's seen celebrating Rosh Hashanah and the year 5767 by blowing a shofar on the Brooklyn Promenade. Elsewhere in this week's Brooklyn Paper, Tina Barry […]
Primary Day – A Comedy of Manners
While BHB is not in the business of endorsing any political candidates, the Connor vs. Diamondstone State Senate Democratic nomination faceoff has been quite nasty. Just ask our mailbox or our pals at Brooklyn Papers who refused to endorse either candidate. This fact is not lost on Nicole Brydson at the New York Observer. NY […]
Nabe Photog Reveals Gargantuan Nature of Yards Project
Brooklyn Heights resident and photographer Jonathan Barkey has created a website showing what he claims are the true proportions of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. He tells Brooklyn Papers, “I was bothered by the fact that Ratner’s renderings make the impact look less because the photos were from so far away…But when you show his […]
Pols Volley on Yards Project
Brooklyn Papers: Two candidates for the 11th congressional district — which includes parts of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Park Slope and Prospect Heights — support Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yard mega-development, two oppose it. Here’s what they said in a debate last week in the offices of The Brooklyn Papers. The 4 candidates for the 11th […]
‘Heights Dreams for Red Hook Pizzaman
BrooklynPapers.com: A Slice of Red Hook: Nearby on Coffey Street between Conover and Ferris streets, Vitale is putting up two new $1.2-million brick carriage-house-style office buildings that he will build to look like they could’ve been on the spot 110 years ago if Red Hook had ever been as wealthy as, say, Brooklyn Heights. “Why […]
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