Open Squash, a non-profit “on a mission to make the game of squash more accessible and affordable to everyone,” will move into the space soon to be vacated by Eastern Athletic Club at 43 Clark St. Eastern will close for good on May 31, 2023. The target open date for Open Squash is sometime in […]
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Nxivm Sex Cult Housed Secret “Pod” in Brooklyn Heights
File this story under “you can’t make this stuff up!” With the arrest and arraignment of “Smallville” actress, Allison Mack on sex trafficking and other related charges, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports an offshoot of the pyramid scheme”self-help” group and purported cult Nxivm (pronounced NEKS-ee-əm) took up residence at “111 Hicks St., a Brooklyn Heights tower, where […]
St. George Tower Ground Floor Space To Be Sales Office For Brooklyn Bridge Park Condos
This dispatch from BHB contributor Teresa Genaro via Open Thread Wednesday: The huge, long-vacated space on the northeast corner of Clark and Hicks — was a pizza place for a while, was rumored to be a Tea Lounge at one point — is undergoing a complete renovation and will be the sales office for the […]
More Evening and Morning Walk Photos
Yesterday (Friday) evening there was an even prettier than usual sunset, so I walked across to the Promenade and got this shot of the harbor, with the Statue of Liberty seen beyond Governors Island. Tug Bruce A. McAllister, seen this morning from Whitman Peak on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. The nearly completed lower portion […]
A Mother’s Plea
The mother of the young man whose life ended in a fall from the roof of the St. George tower on March 5 has asked us to help quash some rumors that have circulated since then. In particular, he did not, as rumored, fall through a skylight at 60 Pineapple Street. His foot struck and […]
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Tragedy at St. George Tower
Police are currently investigating the death of an unidentified person who apparently fell or jumped from the St. George Tower at 111 Hicks St., landing at the adjacent 60 Pineapple St. UPDATE: TUESDAY MORNING: The New York Daily News reports: A young man jumped to his death from a Brooklyn luxury high-rise and crashed through […]
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Rare Look at the “Egyptian Rooftop” of St. George Tower
Karl Junkersfeld sent us this YouTube video by DatanBasen of the recently renovated Egyptian Rooftop at the Hotel St. George Tower. You may remember the 2009 destruction of terra cotta columns from the roof raised the ire of many in Brooklyn Heights. Now, as promised, the columns have been replaced and look great! Video after […]
Cursed Corners?
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: “Is it poor management, bad timing, or just a terrible location?” When a commercial corner location in toney Brooklyn Heights remains perpetually empty, or even when occupied it is home to short-lived enterprises, one might ask that question.One of these unfortunate corners (photo above) is at Clark and Hicks, in the St. […]
Terra Cotta Will Be Replaced at 111 Hicks Street
The 41 terra cotta pillars on the roof of 111 Hicks Street will be replaced with identical terra cotta replicas, according to an employee in the management office. The current roof work is being done under Landmarks Preservation specifications, said the employee.
More Art Deco Destruction at St. George Tower
This just in [with photos] from BHB community member Andrew Porter: They are throwing gorgeous pieces of yellow and green and black art deco terra cotta into the dumpster on the Pineapple Street side of the St George Tower, just across from my building. It’s there right now. I suspect the dumpster will be replaced […]
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