Brooklyn Bloggers, luminaries and fans took to Twitter in reaction to the death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch today:
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Not So Magic, Johnson: Carpenters Protest Wages at 20 Henry Street
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America are miffed about how the developers of 20 Henry Street, Magic Johnson’s Canyon Johnson Funds, is compensating its workers. Our man in the NYC Council Steve Levin pointed out the firm’s questionable hiring practices earlier this year.
Firefighters Rally to Save Firehouses
Gathering in front of endangered Engine Company 205 on Middagh Street and in Cadman Plaza Park this morning, firefighters and civilians then marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall, where they met an assembled crowd of about 5,000, to protest plans to close twenty firehouses, eight of them in Brooklyn. Details and Channel 7 […]
Is Bread and Butter Toast?
Sources tell BHB that Henry Street eatery Bread and Butter (nee Le Petit Marche) has served its last dish of “American comfort food”. One report has the operators of Picket Fence in Ditmas Park taking over the operation. Bread and Butter [46 Henry Street] debuted in January 2010, flipping its name and menu to American […]
2010 in Review: Top Stories on Brooklyn Heights Blog
2010 was an interesting year in Brooklyn Heights. You think you know what the most popular stories were? You may be surprised by what made the BHB Top 10 of 2010:
New Kings Democrats Demonstrate Against Vito, but Get Crushed in Committee
As previously announced, the New Kings Democrats held a rally early this evening, prior to the meeting of the Kings County Democratic Committee, on the steps of Borough Hall. In the clip above, NKD President Matt Cowherd introduces Lincoln Restler, candidate for male district leader in the 50th Assembly District (ballots are still being counted […]
Great Wall Re-Opens – We Ordered and Lived
Henry Street Chinese take-out staple Great Wall has reopened after being shut down by the NYC Department of Health last week. We ordered from there this evening – beef and broccoli, egg foo young and other dishes – and a few hours later we’re alive and feeling fine. Unlike the weird and bizarre chain […]
BHB Contributor Marc Hermann Wins Photo Award for Montague Fire Shot
Frequent BHB contributor and ace photojournalist Marc Hermann, aka “Weegee”, has been awarded second place in the spot news category of the annual “Year in Pictures” contest held by the New York Press Photographers Association. Marc won the award for a photo, “The Devil Comes Out to Play”, taken during a fire at 132 Montague […]
New York Times Pans Bread and Butter
So much for Bread & Butter being the Phoenix rising from the ashes of its former incarnation Le Petit Marche. Already facing an uphill battle after last year’s missteps regarding several DOH violations and what appeared to be a cover-up, Bread and Butter needed to come strong to the hoop to regain neighborhood loyalty. While […]
Nurses Protest LICH Contract Stance
Nurses at Long Island College Hospital today marched with placards to protest management’s attempt to modify their union contract. The Brooklyn Paper: Nurses at Long Island College Hospital took to the street in front of the Cobble Hill medical center on Wednesday, alleging that the financially flatlining institution is tinkering with their contracts as it […]
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