How does Karl love LPQ? Let him count the ways…. Video after the jump.
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Saturday’s Spring Egg Hunt A Smash Success!
The Spring Egg Hunt on Saturday drew a crowd of parents and kids that started lining up to the entrance of the Pierrepont Playground by 9:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m. event. Within 15 minutes, the line extended past 2 Montague Terrace all the way to Remsen Street. See Karl Junkersfeld’s action-packed video after the […]
Mr. J. Goes Mexican At Gran Electrica
The intrepid Karl and his cam trek southward, both geographically and gustatorially, to try the fare at Gran Electrica, the new Mexican restaurant at Five Front Street, just below Old Fulton, recently opened by the owners of Colonie. His verdict on the spareribs? Delicioso. The climb back up Squibb Hill may have helped to burn […]
VW Bugged: Tree Falls on Columbia Heights
Looks like this tree branch went after the VW rather than wait for a bug to come to it. At around 1:30 p.m. on Columbia Heights near Clark Street, a tree branch crashed on the hood of this vintage Volkswagen Bug. The good news is that there doesn’t appear to be much, if any, damage. […]
Mr. J.’s Dine in Brooklyn Halftime Report
Today (Friday, March 23) marks the halfway point of the Dine in Brooklyn event (also see here), in which local restaurants are offering three course dinners for $25.00 and lunches for $20.12 (Geddit?). Karl, bringing his cam and a friend, sampled the offerings at River Cafe and Baluchi’s. Video after the jump.
Karl and Claude’s Excellent Culinary Adventure at Dine in Brooklyn Presser
Yesterday, Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted a Dine in Brooklyn (details on this forthcoming event are in Chuck Taylor’s post) preview tasting for the press at Borough Hall, and Karl, his cam, and your correspondent were there. Results: some taste thrills, two full tummies (yes, Karl did his share of eating, too), and a splattered […]
Michael Randazzo, Ubiquitous Brooklyn Heights Resident, Interviewed on Channel 2 News
Some readers spotted the Channel 2 News crew on the Promenade Thursday, interviewing passers-by about the unseasonably balmy weather. One of those was Heights resident Michael Randazzo, who was out walking his dog Enzo. Karl Junkersfeld has made a video that incorporates Michael’s moment on citywide news, as well as footage of him in other […]
Mr. J. Loves Baluchi’s
In anticipation of the Indian chain Baluchi’s opening today in the former Seasons spot on Henry between Cranberry and Middagh, Karl took his cam to the store on Warren Street in lower Manhattan. Was it DEE-licious? Give it a look.
Times Briefly Reviews Two Books on Brooklyn Heights History
Sam Roberts’ “Bookshelf” column in yesterday’s New York Times includes brief reviews of two books on Heights history, both of which have been reviewed here: Henrik Krogius’ The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, which review includes a link to Karl Junkersfeld’s video; and Martin Schneider’s Battling for Brooklyn Heights. Roberts recommends Krogius’ book for containing “accounts of […]
Times on Brooklyn Heights Promenade History
The New York Times Real Estate section has a piece by Christopher Gray on the history of the Promenade, headed by the very photo of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Promenade under construction in 1948 that begins our own Karl Junkersfeld’s video about Henrik Krogius’ book that recounts the Promenade’s history. Gray quotes Krogius on the […]
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