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Holy Moses! Highway Planners Considering Condemnation of Brooklyn Heights Residences

State Department of Transportation officials studying ways to improve the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which is cantilevered on two levels below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, then curves to the northeast near Middagh, Willow, Poplar and Hicks streets, are considering a scenario under which widening of the highway would necessitate taking some residential buildings near Middagh and Willow […]

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Damages Set to Shoot in Brooklyn Heights Thursday

The FX drama Damages will be shooting scenes around Willow and Cranberry Streets this Thursday March 25.   A crash scene shot at that intersection in November is part of a crucial plot point in the show’s current season. Cars need to be off those streets by 6AM on Thursday. The program also shot in […]

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Damages Shoots Car Crash Scene on Willow and Cranberry Thursday

FX drama drama Damages will “reenact a car crash” in the vicinity of Willow and Cranberry Streets on Thursday (11/19) according to a notice distributed in the area on Wednesday. Read the entire memo after the jump.

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Brooklyn Heights (Lame) Graffiti Gang Spotted

From a BHB Tipster comes a lead on the “gang” who may be responsible for the recent outbreak of (really lame) graffiti in Brooklyn Heights.  This report comes from Cranberry Street: Hey Homer, thought I’d pass this by you. I was walking the dogs Friday night around midnight in the North Heights when I saw […]

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Willow Street Treated to Con Ed Repair Work

Residents of Willow Street between Cranberry and Middagh have been treated to jackhammers, giant bags of rocks and no parking recently thanks to Con Ed repair work being done there.  Today there’s no parking allowed on the strip as this sign in a Con Ed van informed residents over the weekend.

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Danish Fair This Weekend

The Danish Seamen’s Church will host its annual holiday season fair on Friday, November 21 from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M., and on Saturday, November 22 from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. The Fair will be held at two locations: “Danish Food, Crafts, Christmas Ornaments, Music and much more” (last year the “much more” included glog) […]

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Filming on Willow Street Thursday

Get ready residents of Willow Street between Pierrepoint and Orange a Chevy commercial is being shot from 8AM – 8PM on Thursday (7/31).  But no worries if you’re expecting an “important delivery”, location manager Jared will make special arrangements.  Jingle his celly at 646- 773 – 6121. And now the full text as seen on […]

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New Blacktop on Willow Street

After a couple of weeks of construction, not to mention the DOT Dude and his megaphone at 7AM telling folks to move their cars or risk being towed, Willow Street has a sweet ‘n’ smooth new blacktop.

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Renovation at What Cost?

Nabe Blogger AgeBuster notes that many current brownstone renovators – most notably someone on Willow Street – are going too far when gutting their new homes:

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I’m Looking Through You

BHB Photo Club pic by clarknt67

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