Signs are posted for a film shoot Monday and Tuesday June 18-19, that runs along the cobble-stoned Joralemon Street from Hicks down to Columbia Place. Cars must vacate the street from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. on those days. The shoot is for a project called “Treasures.”
Tag Archives | hicks street
Local Pizzeria ‘Della Rocco’s Of Brooklyn’ Cooks Up June Opening
BHB EXCLUSIVE: The commercial spaces at 214 and 216 Hicks Street, which were demolished in February to carve out a single larger parcel, will soon make good use of being “unsliced.” In June, 100% local Della Rocco’s of Brooklyn will begin cooking up brick-oven pizzas, along with a beer & wine bar specializing in borough […]
Heights Has The No. 2 Most Expensive Block In Brooklyn
The Epoch Times has been scouring New York City for its “most expensive blocks,” based on median sale prices with at least three home sales over the last two years. Research covers January 2010 to December 2011. In Brooklyn, the newspaper’s March 27 survey comes up with three Park Slope blocks in the top 10, […]
214/216 Hicks Street Carves Out Space For Larger Tenant
The two narrow retail spaces at 214 and 216 Hicks Street—which housed the recently closed Overtures and Dara Ettinger—have been demolished inside to carve out a single larger space. A manager at next door neighbor Heights Cafe at 84 Montague Street—which owns the retail building—tells BHB that no one has yet leased the space, but […]
New 5-Level Townhouse At 314 Hicks Is Rising Fast
When does a single family home have its own sales website? Answer: When the asking price is $6.2 million for new construction in the Heights. The five-story red brick townhouse (including garden level) at 314 Hicks Street on the corner of State, is one story from topping out, according to Brownstoner. Inside: 5 bedrooms: 5 […]
Welcome to Brooklyn Heights: Actress Amy Ryan and Writer Eric Slovin
The NY Observer reports that actress Amy Ryan (The Office, The Wire) and her former SNL writer husband Eric Slovin are moving to Brooklyn Heights. Slovin is the writing partner of former Pierrepont Street resident, now Cobble Hillbilly, Simon Rich. So when they’re not crossing the Atlantic Avenue DMZ to visit him, perhaps Ryan and […]
After 30 Years, Final Curtain Call For Overtures In January
After 30 years at 216 Hicks Street, chic stationery and gift boutique Overtures will be closing in mid-January. According to manager and the designer of its lustrous window displays Jerry Morin, owner Michael Davidson decided to shutter the beloved boutique with an eye on retirement amid a testy economy. Beginning on Boxing Day, December 26, […]
Another Car Crash, Hicks and Montague
This was the scene at the corner of Hicks and Montague streets at about 9:00 p.m. A witness said that a man and a woman were taken from the scene of the crash in handcuffs. There were trucks set up for a movie shoot on Hicks between Montague and Pierrepont, but we were told this […]
Cars Crash into Scaffolding on Pineapple and Hicks Streets in Brooklyn Heights
This just in…Two cars collided at the corner of Pineapple and Hicks Street at around 1pm. No reported injuries. Emergency services on the scene.
Brooklyn Artists John & Jane Displaying Oil Paintings At Overtures
Local artists and married couple John Lloyd and Jane Talcott are exhibiting their oil paintings—which capture the architecture, streets, waterfront and gardens of Brooklyn Heights—at Overtures Gift Shop at 216 Hicks Street, through the end of the year.
Nabe Chatter