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Squash Prodigy, Novelist Ivy Pochoda Writes About Heights Casino in NY Times Magazine

By on January 20, 2013 12:25 pm in Arts and Entertainment, History

The New York Times Magazine features a short piece by former Brooklyn Heights resident Ivy Pochoda about her time as a squash prodigy via the Heights Casino. It’s an interesting peek into the culture of this neighborhood institution:

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Want Olympic Squash? Join Flash Mob on Promenade Monday

By on September 30, 2012 12:53 am in Brooklyn Heights, Events, Sports

Brooklyn Heights is a hotbed of squash–not the kind you eat, but the kind you play. As this Eagle article notes, the Heights Casino “might well be called the squash center of the universe.” Despite the sport’s international popularity, it is as yet not recognized for the Olympics. To boost its chances of being added [...]

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Heights History: Heights Casino, 75 Montague Street

By on June 28, 2012 7:40 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History

As part of its regular series “Brooklyn One Building At A Time,” Brownstoner’s Montrose Morris offers a detailed history of the Heights Casino at 75 Montague Street. The Flemish Revival building was constructed in 1905, designed to accommodate sports and club activities, as well as a reference to Brooklyn’s Dutch heritage. For its entire life, [...]

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Brooklyn Heights History: Clubs Part 2

By on June 26, 2011 9:19 pm in Brooklyn History, History

Dances were a way for young people to meet, and included outdoor events in gardens and taverns, called “germans” or cotillions, when held in private homes. In the 1880s organized dances called Junior Assemblies, Cinderella Balls and Bachelors Balls were held. Clubs often sponsored these events, and Dr. Charles Shephard’s Turkish Bath, America’s first, on Cranberry and [...]

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The Pipes, the Pipes Are Calling….

By on October 10, 2010 5:41 pm in Celebrity Residents, Events

If you heard the skirl of bagpipes wafting along Montague Street this afternoon, you would have found the piper stationed by the entrance of the Casino, greeting guests arriving for the reception following the wedding of Emily Grant and Matthew Turner, who earlier exchanged vows at the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen, on Schermerhorn [...]

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Heights Casino Uncovered, and Green!

By on June 10, 2010 10:32 pm in Architecture, Brooklyn Heights, News

I was considering the Heights Casino, beneath whose sidewalk bridge for what seems like a small eternity I have dodged strollers and racquet wielding members charging down the steps, for a Cheops award, but today the scaffolding and bridge came down, revealing once again the Dutch colonial revival facade (including a row of English sunrises [...]

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Scaffolding Finally Gone from 65 Montague

By on May 13, 2009 12:03 am in Brooklyn Heights, News, Real Estate

Yesterday afternoon, your correspondent was delighted to see workers dismantling the sidewalk bridge in front of 65 Montague that has blighted the sidewalk on the north side of Montague between Hicks and Pierrepont Place for some years now. 65 Montague now joins its Siamese twin 20 Pierrepont in being scaffolding-free. Unfortunately, no end appears in [...]

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Heights Casino Cuts Ivy, Doesn’t Call, Claims Neighbor

By on January 10, 2009 7:37 pm in Brooklyn Heights

Now from the BHB Inbox,  a case of “you kids get out of my yard” : I’m trying to find out more information about the Heights Casino and their plans for working on the back of their building. My wife and I moved to 28 Pierrepont, #1 back in May and had heard they were [...]

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