A USPS mailbox at the corner of Columbia Heights and Pierrepont Street has revealed a brazen new blue hue… without any particular rhyme or reason. We conducted a web search to see if the struggling U.S. Postal Service had perhaps purchased millions of gallons of the gaudy blue paint at a marked discount… but nuttin’. […]
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Pervasive ‘Delivery Man’ Film Shoot Hijacks The Heights
Consider this the week that the “Delivery Man” took over Brooklyn Heights. Locating a street where the feature film shoot from 533 Kids Productions isn’t shooting in the neighborhood is easier than naming all those where it is. Tuesday’s scheduled filming near and along the Promenade was postponed until Wednesday because of cloudy weather—meaning that […]
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Vehicles Must Be Moved Monday 10/22 For Film Shoot: Montague Terrace, Remsen & Pierrepont
Filming for feature flick “Delivery Man” will take place near and along the Promenade on Tuesday, October 23. The NYPD Tow Unit will begin removing all vehicles at 10 p.m. tonight, Monday, October 22. The specifics: both sides of Montague Terrace between Remsen Street and Montague Street; and both sides of Pierrepont Place between Pierrepont […]
Saturday: Annual Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade At Pierrepont Park
The Annual Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade takes place Saturday, October 27 at 10 a.m. at the Pierrepont Playground, between Pierrepont Place, Pierrepont Street and the Promenade. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee. “Bring your little ghouls and goblins to join in the fun and show off their best […]
Heights History: A Room At The Hotel St. George, $10 A Week… In 1880
After going back in time to 1902 last month, we’ve given the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives another spin into the past. This time we transport back to July 10, 1880, 132 years ago today… What a deal! The Hotel St. George is offering special summer rates, for $10 a week. Your offer includes a bedroom, […]
Traffic Accident On Pierrepont Tests Scaffolding Integrity
A cadre of fire engines and police cars gathered at the scene of a minor traffic accident in Brooklyn Heights late Sunday afternoon at 25 Pierrepont Street, after an Acura SUV drove onto the curb and hit a corner pole supporting scaffolding on the building. Bordering the second floor of the residential building and wrapping […]
Traffic Snarl At Cadman Plaza & Pierrepont: Just In Time For Evening Rush
One nitwit driver, six fire engines… A motorist behind the wheel of a Dodge SUV apparently decided the 4 p.m. hour Tuesday would be an ideal occasion to drive over a median strip along Cadman Plaza West at the intersection of Pierrepont Street, snarling traffic just in time for the evening rush. The female driver, […]
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