Call it what you will… resurrection, revitalization, renaissance or even recovery. The Montague Street retail corridor is healthier than it has been since the economic collapse of 2009… Over the past year or so, a dozen or so new businesses have gained traction, including restaurants, spas, bodegas, bakeries and clothiers. Let’s take a walk up […]
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Montague Street Revitalization Continues With Launch Of Ruby And Jenna
As we reported a month ago, women’s apparel boutique Ruby and Jenna has opened at 130 Montague Street, above beauty salon Dashing Diva. The store made its soft opening Thursday. Both owners were present, offering an amiable, “Come back and see us, darling.” Two fun chicks. According to the store’s website, it offers “trendy, contemporary […]
Image Of The Day: Hiccup, Belch… Mother’s Day 2012 Post-Mortem
Montague Wine & Spirits, 78 Montague Street (Photo: Chuck Taylor)
What Say You? Montague Street Biz Improvement District Survey
The Montague Street Business Improvement District is calling on all Brooklyn Heights Blog readers and area residents to participate in a survey to collect info on what folks think about programs & services in the nabe’s primary retail destination, as it strategizes future goals. Four survey respondents will be randomly selected by BID to receive […]
Starbucks’ New Montague Street Locale Opens Saturday
The new Starbucks location at 134 Montague Street opens for business Saturday May 12, as the windows at the previous store at 112 Montague were covered in brown paper Friday night, with an arrow pointing up the street. As previously reported, the new space at the former Nine West shoe store will sacrifice major window […]
Custom House Rises on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights
The Irish pub moving into the old La Traviata space at 139 Montague Street will be call the Custom House. BHB contributor Heather Quinlan snapped this shot of its new sign being raised there this morning. We reported earlier this week about the “hidden history” of number 139 that was revealed in the sign changing […]
Vintage Image: Key Food Market, 1976
The 1976 Montague Street Revitalization project offered grand plans for the ailing Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, and included numerous photographs of everyday life. Of course, some 36 years later, these casual B&W shots offer a cool triptych to a time gone by: the fashion, hairstyles and simply the way folks gathered back in the day. We’re […]
Street Work Upsets Montague Street Business Owner
Dr. Stuart Friedman of Heights Vision writes to us via Facebook: Why is it that on the busiest shopping day of the week [Saturday 4/28] for Montague Street business owners, the city decides to rip up the sidewalk and pour cement. My staff and customers at Heights Vision Center today literally had to walk the […]
New Area Yoga @ 144 Montague Opening In May
Carroll Gardens’ Area Yoga & Spa Center, which we reported March 4 will open a second location in Brooklyn Heights, has posted signage on the windows at its new store at 144 Montague Street, alongside a sidewalk chalkboard announcing it will open in May. The new digs—on the second floor above Bentley’s shoes (in the […]
MS Walk Tomorrow: Possible Temporary Street Closures
Notify NYC sez: “Multiple street closures will be in effect throughout Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights tomorrow, Sunday, 4/29/12, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM, in support of Walk MS.” More details on the event are here. According to the route map the walk begins at the South Street Seaport, circles around a small part […]
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