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Details on Shooting at 101 Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights

BHB Photo by Marc Hermann


Shots rang out in front of 101 Clark St. just before 7:00 p.m., leaving a man wounded on the sidewalk. The victim, a resident of the building, was hit twice in the back, and is recovering at Bellevue Hospital. (more…)

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Our Heather Quinlan Featured in Daily News

Photo by Hermann, Daily News

Photo by Hermann for Daily News


Benjamin Peim in today’s Daily News:

Do we really tawk like dat?

A Bronx-born filmmaker is returning to her home borough to shoot a documentary exploring the New York accent.

Heather Quinlan, 35, has been working on the documentary, called “If These Knishes Could Talk,” for a year and half, making the rounds of the five boroughs.

BHB contributor Quinlan, whose film on New York speech, If These Knishes Could Talk, was Project of the Day on the fund-raising website Kickstarter, was interviewed on Columbus Plaza Thursday, and photographed by fellow BHB contributor Marc Hermann.

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BHB Contributor Marc Hermann Wins Photo Award for Montague Fire Shot


Frequent BHB contributor and ace photojournalist Marc Hermann, aka “Weegee”, has been awarded second place in the spot news category of the annual “Year in Pictures” contest held by the New York Press Photographers Association. Marc won the award for a photo, “The Devil Comes Out to Play”, taken during a fire at 132 Montague Street on February 1, 2009. The photo above is another shot Marc took of the same fire; the award winning photo can be found on the NYPPA website, or on Marc’s site.

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BHB Contributor Marc Hermann Profiled in NY Observer

Brooklyn Heights’ own Marc Hermann, NY Daily News photographer and BHB contributor is profiled in the NY Observer:

NY Observer: Mr. Hermann, 27, has been covering the city’s seamy side for over a decade. His job is one for which he is—quite literally—well-suited. In a double-breasted suit, polished wingtips, and a fedora festooned with his press card, Mr. Hermann cuts the figure of a noir newsman at the city’s crime scenes and courthouses.

Or, to others, a cartoon character. Cops who don’t know him often holler “Hey Jimmy Olsen! Hey Clark Kent!” as he maneuvers around a crime scene

“I get a little sick of that,” he told the Observer, injecting his matter-of-fact tone with just a trace of indignation. “I’m not a Spiderman fan, I’m not a Superman fan. I’m Marc Hermann, a factual character.”

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New York Times Magazine Gives Kudos to BHB and Weegee

Brooklyn Heights Blog’s Weegee and the coverage of the recent suicide on Hicks Street are the focus of an article in the Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. The piece, written by nabe journo Virginia Heffernan, documents her quest to find out what all the police activity was about around 166 Hicks Street on August 5.

New York Times: Narrowcast News: That’s when I found weegee. This weegee — lowercase “w” to distinguish him from the famous street photographer of the 1930s and ’40s — is a poster and frequent commenter to a local site called Brooklyn Heights Blog. It turns out that he beat The Sun to many details of the Brooklyn-death story. Like the other Weegee, this guy is Johnny on the spot with crime, but he’s not as arrogant and elusive as the original. His name is Marc Hermann. He’s a news photographer.

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Last Week On The Homer Fink Radio Show…

Just in case anyone missed it: Brooklyn Heights resident, news photographer, BHB contributor, and all around good egg, Marc “weegee” Hermann was on last Friday’s Homer Fink Radio Show, chatting about crime scenes, news photography, and, naturally, Weegee. There’s also a brief interview with the Fruit Dude on Henry Street:

Tune in to the Homer Fink Radio Show this Friday, August 15th, at 4pm, when Homer’s guest will be state senator Martin Connor.

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The Homer Fink Show 8/8/08

BHB Publisher Homer Fink talks to BHB contributor/news photograher Marc Hermann. They’ll be discussing this week’s Brooklyn Heights news and looking back on some memorable events in our neighborhood’s past.

Also: The first on-air interview with the Henry Street Fruit Dude! Listen after the jump. (more…)

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