At noon Monday, a vast majority of restaurants and retailers along Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Street corridor were shuttered for the day. Among those open: Custom House, Connecticut Muffin, Subway, Lassen & Hennig, Heights Deli & Convenience, Le Pain Quotidien, Montague Street Bagels and, uh, Verizon Wireless(?). Key Food was also open, with lines out the […]
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Hurricane Sandy Update: 310 Miles From NYC At 8 AM
As rain began falling steadily early Monday, winds are slowing picking up, reaching around 27 mph by 8 a.m. Temps: 54 degrees, remaining steady throughout the day. The storm is currently 265 miles southeast of Atlantic City, and 310 miles south-southeast of New York City. Maximum sustained winds are predicted to reach 85 mph, according […]
Brooklyn Borough Prez Markowitz Weighs In On Hurricane Sandy
Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz has posted a statement for Brooklyn residents regarding Hurricane Sandy. See his full statement here. He advises, “Forecasters expect Sandy to have more far-reaching impacts than Irene, so residents need to remain vigilant, follow directives of the city and emergency officials, and remain home if not under an evacuation order.
It’s 9 O’Clock. You Know Where Your Storm Center Is?
The waiting continues, as Hurricane Sandy continues barreling Northeast, with “unheard of” winds already reaching 75 mph. The storm is moving 15 mph, and could make landfall anywhere between Sandy Hook, N.J., and Delaware. “Once it arrives, a high-pressure system will have the effect of a cork in a bottle, sealing the storm in the […]
Calm Before The Storm: Key Food Aisles Virtually Cleared As Residents Prepare
UPDATE: Key Food will close at 6 p.m. Sunday. As one might expect, hundreds are rushing to neighborhood groceries to scoop up what appears to be enough staples for the remainder of the year. A stop by Key Food on Montague Street around 1 p.m. Sunday revealed a checkout line that more closely resembled the […]
Calm Before The Storm: Bossert Hotel Awning Taken Down
As winds are expected to reach 40 to 60 mph from Hurricane Sandy on Monday, the Hotel Bossert on Montague Street is taking no chances. Early Sunday afternoon, its cup-shaped awning was wisely removed… Stay tuned for more images as the storm mounts. (CT)
Summer For Sale
Two young entrepreneurs offered lemonade and homemade chocolate chip cookies for sale Saturday along Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Terrace, with a beautiful backdrop of perfect late-summer weather. Pictured are 6-year-old Annabelle Wachtel and 5-year-old Isabel Bar. (Photo: Chuck Taylor, posted to BHB with kind permission from parents)
First Day Of Summer 2012: We’re Having A Heatwave!
The weather forecasters certainly got it right on this first day of Summer 2012. Temps reached 95 degrees in Brooklyn today, with Thursday’s forecast calling for a high of 97 degrees. Mind you, it could be worse: In Needles, Calif., and Bouse, Ariz., the high hit 114 degrees on Tuesday. And then there’s the other […]
Who’da Thunk It: 62 Degrees In BK In Mid-March!
With temperatures soaring into the low 60s today in Brooklyn Heights—when the mean average is typically 48 degrees F—local restaurants were quick to indulge midday foodies in outdoor seating along Montague Street. It appears that after the gentle winter of 2011/2012, Spring may truly be arriving ahead of its calendar date of Tuesday, March 20. […]
A Sunny & 60 Saturday… In March!
The weather gods have been kind in the winter of 2012… which just about makes good on last year’s Snowcalypse, with one wintry pounding after another. Saturday temps hit a glorious 60 degrees in New York City. Los Angeles, you got nothin’ on the Heights.
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