Mr. J. finds some historical scenes to contrast with present-day realities, notes what’s new and what’s about to be, and finishes with a last look (it goes away after today, so brave the heat if you yearn to play) at folks playing the piano at Pier 1.
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Crumbs Coming Soon
Work on the Crumbs cupcake store on Montague Street is continuing sources tells BHB. It’s expected to open later this summer. DEVELOPING…
Brooklyn Heights Poet Daniela Gioseffi Outs Emily Dickinson as “Wild” Heterosexual
Poet, novelist, literary critic, and Montague Street resident Daniela Gioseffi has had an eventful career. The most recent anthology of her works, Blood Autumn, won the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. She started the Brooklyn Bridge Poetry Walk which, in this year’s incarnation, included actor and poetry enthusiast Bill Murray. She is […]
Nail Salon Coming to Old Laundromat Space on Montague Street
At last week’s Montague BID meeting, it was rumored a nail salon would be opening at the site of the burned out laundromat at 132 Montague Street. The laundry announced it would be moving down the block to the vacated Korres space at 140 Montague Street. Today, the Brooklyn Eagle confirms the nail salon […]
Heights Casino Uncovered, and Green!
I was considering the Heights Casino, beneath whose sidewalk bridge for what seems like a small eternity I have dodged strollers and racquet wielding members charging down the steps, for a Cheops award, but today the scaffolding and bridge came down, revealing once again the Dutch colonial revival facade (including a row of English sunrises […]
Brownstoner Salutes 62 Montague
I’ve lived across the street from this Romanesque revival (a style I love) building for many years, hearing here and there that Arthur Miller had lived there; alas, not with Marilyn Monroe. I now know, thanks to Brownstoner that it was designed by Montrose Morris, an architect known for many distinguished Brooklyn apartment buildings completed […]
Eater Gives La Traviata Some Love
Foodie blog Eater quotes writer Brooks of Sheffield of Lost City on La Traviata on Montague Street, reviewed as part of the Who goes there? series of posts about unprepossessing establishments that have managed to survive for many years (in Traviata’s instance, thirty three). Brooks had this to say: The menu at La Traviata is […]
Dimples, Wonderland Featured in Article on Kids’ Spas
An article about the evidently growing “kids’ spa” market, which we are told is catching on in Beirut as well as Brooklyn, has this to say about Dimples, on Montague Street: The Epoch Times: Dimples Kids Spa, in the affluent New York neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, offers makeup, manicures, pedicures, and novelty facials, in addition […]
CB2 Hearing on Starbucks Sidewalk Cafe Tomorrow
“Huh?” you’re saying to yourself, “Hasn’t Starbucks on Montague had tables outside during the warm months for the last gosh-knows-how-many years? Don’t they have a permit?” Fact is, they don’t. So, since someone has now noticed, they need to jump through the proper hoops. There will be a hearing before the Community Board 2 land […]
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