In this week's Heights Lowdown, Brooklyn Paper columnist Juliana Bunim visits with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Brooklyn Paper: The Witnesses Next Door: Inside the Brooklyn Heights “Kingdom Hall,” which is on Willow Street near Orange Street, there were no crucifixes or images of any kind — only a simple auditorium and an unassuming pulpit for speakers. […]
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Watchtower to Soap Box Derby: NOT ON OUR HILL!
John Mejias the organizer of the annual Paping Soapbox Derby that has wowed spectators on the steep Columbia Heights hill for the last couple of years, tells BHB that it will not take place in Brooklyn Heights this year. The organizers of the race, which features homemade racers bearing names like "The Armoire", attempted to […]
Toll Bros Bidding On JW Properties
The NY Post's Rich Calder brings us this news: The Toll Brothers, developers of crappy luxury homes and several luxury high rises in Manhattan and Williamsburg, are bidding on the Columbia Heights buildings currently owned by the Jehovah's Witnesses: David Von Spreckelsen, a vice president for Toll Brothers, confirmed the company is going to make […]
Witnesses Settle Sex Suits
Silentlambs, a victim's rights group, reported last week that the Jehovah's Witnesses have settled lawsuits with 16 people who claimed they were sexually abused by church elders or that church brass failed to respond to their allegations. The group asked that the church change its policy regarding reported sexual abuse. The settlements, most of them […]
Watchtower Not Totally Buggin’ Out
This week Brooklyn Paper's Heights/DUMBO correspondent, Christie "Worldly Person" Rizk reports on the comings and goings of the Watchtower: Brooklyn Paper: Selloff! But Witnesses Say They Will Remain King of Kings: The Jehovah’s Witnesses may be selling a third of their Brooklyn Heights holdings, but the religious sect, a neighborhood fixture for almost a century, […]
No Tennis For You
In this week's Brooklyn Paper, Heights news diva Christie Rizk reports on a super-fantastic rooftop tennis court in DUMBO that has enthusiasts buzzing. Trouble is, it's only open to members of the Watchtower. Is giving up "false religion" that much of a sacrifice to enjoy some sweet court time? We'll let you be the judge.
Watchtower to Sell Standish Arms
The Brooklyn Eagle reports today that the Watchtower will soon announce plans to sell the Standish Arms Hotel on Columbia Heights: The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society —the Jehovah’s Witnesses — will be offering for sale the large property it owns at 169-171 Columbia Heights, formerly the Standish Arms Hotel, this newspaper has learned […]
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Heights History: If You’re Thinking of… Brooklyn Heights 1982
On November 21, 1982, the New York Times published If You’re Thinking of Living in Brooklyn Heights outling the benefits of living here in the nabe. We found a few passages to be of interest, especially this one which had us regretting selling our time machine: Real-estate people in the Heights report that a two-bedroom […]
Lawnmower Man of Dumbo
BHB's favorite Brooklyn journo, Gersh Kuntzman, has a piece in this week's Brooklyn Papers about a Watchtower member who is dedicated to keeping a grassy hill in DUMBO manicured to perfection. Brooklyn Papers: The Lawnmower Man of DUMBO: The season is finally over for the Lawnmower Man 0f DUMBO.That’s how most people refer to Tom […]
All Along, The Watchtower
Robert Frost's Mending Wall is the origin of the oft-quoted "Good fences make good neighbors", a phrase that has been subject to interpretation for decades. On one hand it's an ode to xenophobia (i.e. Bush's latest plan to curb illegal immigration) or an homage to knowing one's boundries. We prefer the latter interpretation. Good manners […]
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