Montague Business Improvent District executive director Chelsea Mauldin (BHB Ten 2009) will be leaving the organization this fall, the Brooklyn Heights Press reports. The paper cites an e-mail sent to the group’s board of directors on August 6 announcing her plans to leave in pursuit of “other opportunities”. A successor to Mauldin could […]
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Mess at Montague and Henry
Workers have dug a trench along Henry Street, across the busy intersection with Montague. There’s a plate over part of it on Montague, wide enough to allow one vehicle through. The pedestrian crosswalk on the north side of Montague is closed, but some intrepid walkers still cross there, squeezing through the narrow passageway also used […]
Crumbs is Open! Cupcake Giveaway Saturday
Your correspondent hurried from his dwelling a block away to be there at 109 Montague (between Henry and Hicks) for the announced 8:00 a.m. opening, and found the store already in business at 7:55, with one customer on her way out. According to the friendly staff, 1,000 cupcakes will be given away there this Saturday, […]
Crumbs Co-Founder Reveals Brooklyn Heights Opening Date
CRUMBS Co-Founder Jason Bauer answers our questions about the cupcake empire… especially when their Brooklyn Heights location at 109 Montague Street will open:
Rabbi Urges Fair Shake in Ahava “Controversy”
At Room Eight, Rabbi Serge Lippe of Brooklyn Heights Synagogue posts the full text of an email sent out by Kane Street Synagogue’s Rabbi Samuel Weintrob about the recent protest at Ricky’s on Montague Street by Brooklyn for Peace, inspired by Code Pink’s campaign against Israeli cosmetic company Ahava. The full text after the jump.
One World Symphony Free Concert and Rummage Sale Saturday
The One World Symphony, under the direction of Sung Jin Hong, will present a free concert, along with a fund-raising rummage sale, this Saturday, July 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The orchestra will perform works by Bach, Dvorak, Gershwin, Joplin, and […]
Protest at Ricky’s Draws Attention
The Brooklyn Paper reports on a protest by members of anti-war group Code Pink at Ricky’s on Montague Street Friday: Brooklyn Paper: The centuries-old Middle East conflict turned into a bizarre form of mud-slinging on quiet Montague Street on Friday when protesters demanded that the Ricky’s cosmetics shop stop selling a dirt-based cosmetic that, apparently, […]
Petunias
A showy display of pink and purple blossoms is found by the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade. Thanks go to Jonathan Landsman and the Promenade Partners. (Thanks also to AAR for answering your horticulturally challenged correspondent’s question: “What kind of flowers are these?”)
Biviano Slams Millman for MTA Mess
Brooklyn Heights resident Doug Biviano, who is challenging incumbent Joan Millman in the September 14 Democratic primary for the nomination to represent the Heights and nearby areas in the State Assembly, was seen on Montague Street last week carrying a cardboard poster of his opponent with the words “After 13 years as our Assembly Member…MTA […]
Lost in Translation?
Hmmm, let’s see…I’ll have miso soup, salad, the deluxe sushi and sashimi, and a magnum of Cristal, please.
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