Apparently the “big bangs” we were warned about last Sunday were just a warm-up for what the Brooklyn Heights Association tells us will come this Sunday: a full-scale shoot of Homeland will take place this Sunday, February 19 from (yes!) 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (we’re hoping these early and late times are just precautionary) […]
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Downtown’s Starbucks Booming; Seattle’s Best A Bust?
Have you ever met a Starbucks that didn’t do boffo business? The recent move of the Brooklyn Heights’ locale from the open & airy 134 Montague Street to the long & narrow 112 Montague doesn’t appear to have cut down on the number of Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino Blendeds being served in the neighborhood. (More photos […]
Penn Badgley to Walk Among Us Again, This Time as Jeff Buckley
Twentysomething heartthrob Penn Badgley (photo at left), who has graced the sidewalks of Brooklyn Heights in Gossip Girl and Margin Call, will be back next week playing the role of Jeff Buckley, son of the 1960s singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, in Greetings from Tim Buckley which tells the story of Jeff’s preparation for a 1991 concert […]
Terror on Livingston Street – Will It Return Tonight?
This just in from the BHB Inbox: I live in Livingston at Clinton, and we are right now waiting for a dreadful night of road work, just like the one we had 10 days ago, when the pavement of Livingston was scraped out (by the loudest machines you can imagine) between 9pm and 4am. Yes, […]
Statement from the Toulouse Family
Photo by M. Hermann/BHB; inset courtesy of the Toulouse family The following statement was released by Dr. Chris Toulouse, father of Alexander “Zander” Toulouse: “Zander Toulouse (2000-08) was 8 years-old and a student at PS 29 in Cobble Hill. He was killed Saturday afternoon after being hit by a Post Office van in downtown Brooklyn. […]
Young Bicyclist Struck on Livingston St.
A youth on a bicycle was hit by a U.S. Postal Service truck at the intersection of Livingston St. & Boerum Pl. around 2:20 p.m. Police and fire units initiated first aid until an ambulance arrived, which transported the child to Long Island College Hospital in critical condition. UPDATE: Police are confirming that the bicyclist, […]
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