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Chicks Street: Family raises chickens in the Heights
In the heart of Brooklyn Heights, on Hicks Street, the Holbrooke family is raising five chickens. Chickens? In Brooklyn Heights? Why not, nine-year Heights resident Sarah Holbrooke, 44, figured. The family likes eggs and they have a backyard. Plus, she noted, it will be fun for the kids. Watch Brooklyn Bugle video of the chicks […]
A Tea Lounge in Brooklyn Heights!
The hip café and music venue Tea Lounge could come to Brooklyn Heights later this year, pending building permit and liquor license approval, its owner told the Brooklyn Heights Blog today. Jonathan Spiel, who also owns Tea Lounge cafés in Park Slope and Cobble Hill, has his eye on a 4,000-square-foot hotspot at in the […]
NYT Features Hicks Street Family Apartment
The New York Times writes about the apartment of Hicks Street residents Kimberly Oliver and Stuart Sclater-Booth: NYT: Habitats: Luckily, friends were giving up their apartment in a town house on Hicks Street, in one of the quaintest parts of Brooklyn Heights. (The cross streets have names like Cranberry and Orange.) The red-brick building was […]
Jack the Horse Reviewed in NY Post
BHB reader Karl points us to a review of Jack the Horse Tavern in the New York Post: New York Post: Let’s Do Brunch…: The menu offered upscale variations on brunch standards like baked eggs, pancakes and French toast. I chose the shrimp club sandwich with avocado, smoked paprika mayonnaise, radishes and butter lettuce. It […]
Film Shooting Alert Tomorrow: TV Show “Damages”
The TV show “Damages”, starring local celebrity William Hurt, will be annexing parts of Montague and Hicks Streets tomorrow, from around 5am to 9pm, though whether the scenes will feature Mr. Hurt is not known. A local tipster overheard they would start towing cars tonight at 10pm. So if your car is parked around the […]
Fire Guts 67 Cranberry Street in Brooklyn Heights
BHB newshound BP sent in this photo of a fire at on Cranberry, between Henry and Hicks streets. No further details as of yet. Says BP: “I think that’s the one that’s under construction..” Update: this has been confirmed, it’s 67 Cranberry, which was undergoing a gut renovation. According to neighborhood photojournalist Marc “weegee” Hermann, […]
Grace Church Celebrates 160th Anniversary
Tomorrow, Grace Church will celebrate its 160th anniversary. The Right Rev. Orris Walker, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, will be the guest celebrant at the 10:30 A.M. service and Eucharist, which will be followed by a festive brunch in the Guild Hall of the Church. Grace is located at 254 Hicks Street […]
Mystery Sign On Cranberry Street: Road To Be Closed Next Wednesday
A tipster sent us this photo of a sign posted at the corner of Cranberry Street and Hicks Street. There doesn’t appear any attribution on it, and the tipster noted with sarcasm that it’s “professional looking”. So, be warned: Cranberry Street will be closed next Wednesday from 9am to 3pm, for unknown reasons. Any readers […]
Raccoon Sighting on Hicks Street
From the BHB Inbox comes this breaking news item from “MP”: I’m having dinner this evening al fresco at Tutt Café, and there’s a huge cat crossing the street. But it’s not a cat, it’s clearly a raccoon walking on the west side of Hicks Street, crossing Middagh and heading downhill towards Poplar. I got […]
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