Thanks to our friends at the Brooklyn Heights Association we know that the MTA plans to replace the two aging elevators at the Court Street (N/R) subway station. Work is expected to start sometime in May, presumably once the new elevators at the Clark Street (2/3) station are in service. Unlike Clark Street, which has […]
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Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting Highlights
Because of a long standing conflict your correspondent was unable to attend Thursday evening’s Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting. Fortunately, The Eagle’s Mary Frost was there to provide an excellent summary. As always for the past several years, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was a prominent topic. The Eagle story quotes BHA President Erika Belsey Worth: The […]
Free Covid Testing Sites Near Brooklyn Heights
On December 22nd, The NY Times reported CityMD closed 19 clinics, 13 of them in NYC, due to staffing shortages. As of this writing, there’s still no indication of reopenings. So, while Omicron IS surging, don’t panic if you see longer than usual lines at Montague Street clinic. Cobble Hill residents have been directed to visit the […]
The “Mystery of Montague Street” Featured on Curbed
Curbed published an interesting article on “The Mystery of Montague Street” — why does it suck? There are the usual reasons given — business owners blame the high rent, landlords blame the high taxes, the BHA and the Montague BID don’t want to blame anyone. Incoming city council member (and neighborhood son!) Lincoln Restler puts […]
Storefront Developments Around Brooklyn Heights
It appears that the space formerly occupied by Nanatori, above Lichee Nut on Montague near Clinton, will be taken by another Chinese restaurant, Din; this one specializing in soup dumplings, noodle dishes, and dim sum. Thinking it might be part of a chain, I did a web search for “Din soup dumplings.” This yielded a […]
Get Social IRL at the Montague BID’s Sunday Social This Weekend
After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, The Montague BID’s 5th Annual Sunday Social is this Sunday, September 19th from 12:00 – 5:00 pm on Montague Street between Clinton Street and the Promenade. This free outdoor, family-friendly event will feature an Entertainment Zone full of music and dance, more than 25 free activities in […]
Latest Montague Restaurant Rumblings
The scuttlebutt is that the Teresa’s site, which has been vacant since before the pandemic, will become a Korean restaurant. If so, I welcome it. My limited experiences of Korean cuisine to date have been pleasing. I’ve yet to try kimchi, which I suspect is somewhere in my wheelhouse of spicy and sour. If I […]
Mr. Fix; Newcomer on Montague
Newcomer? Mr. Fix has been open since last September on the south side of Montague between Clinton and Henry. Despite opening in the depths of the pandemic it has been doing well. The store offers many services, including repair of cracked mobile phone screens (their most popular service so far); repair of cracked back glass, […]
Heights Café Becomes Giulia
What was the Heights Café, at Montague and Hicks streets, will re-open soon as Giulia, a restaurant featuring Italian specialties, and more closely tied to its next door neighbor under the same ownership, Dellarocco’s. We’ve heard, thanks to a neighbor who asked, that the burgers for which Heights Café was known will still be on […]
Peaceful Protest Against Anti-Asian Hate Crimes at Columbus Park Tomorrow
While the murders in Atlanta have been especially horrifying, hate crimes against Asian people have been happening in New York City, including here in Brooklyn. Tomorrow – Sunday, March 21 – there will be a peaceful protest against hate crimes, especially those against Asians. Those who wish to join should gather at Columbus Park, across […]
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