Marty Markowitz Mourns Death Of Donna Summer

By on May 18, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment

Disco maven Donna Summer—who died Thursday from cancer at the age of 63—may have been born and bred in Boston, but she certainly had Brooklyn on her mind every day for the past three decades. In July 1980, the indelible singer married Bruce Sudano, a singer with R&B trio Brooklyn Dreams, which accompanied her on… FULL STORY
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Absolution” by Patrick Flanery

By on May 18, 2012 in Books

Clare Wald is a South African writer. She lives alone, with Marie, her ‘woman of business.’ Sam Leroux, an academic from an American university, has come to South Africa for a series of interviews with her, as he is Clare’s cautious choice as her authorized biographer. Clare is divorced; her son, Mark, is a lawyer… FULL STORY

Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

By on May 18, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Music

Our friends at Theater 2020 are taking the weekend off, but they’ll be back next Thursday through Sunday and the following weekend with their production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Bard buffs need not feel dismay, though, as Random Access Theater will present free performances of Twelfth Night at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1, [...]
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Brooklyn Heights Rallies For Montague Street Retail Corridor

By on May 18, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Food

Call it what you will… resurrection, revitalization, renaissance or even recovery. The Montague Street retail corridor is healthier than it has been since the economic collapse of 2009… Over the past year or so, a dozen or so new businesses have gained traction, including restaurants, spas, bodegas, bakeries and clothiers. Let’s take a walk up [...]
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Montague Street Revitalization Continues With Launch Of Ruby And Jenna

By on May 18, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights

As we reported a month ago, women’s apparel boutique Ruby and Jenna has opened at 130 Montague Street, above beauty salon Dashing Diva. The store made its soft opening Thursday. Both owners were present, offering an amiable, “Come back and see us, darling.” Two fun chicks. According to the store’s website, it offers “trendy, contemporary [...]
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Image Of The Day: Hiccup, Belch… Mother’s Day 2012 Post-Mortem

By on May 18, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights

Montague Wine & Spirits, 78 Montague Street (Photo: Chuck Taylor)

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Subway Service Alerts: This Weekend and The Following Week

By on May 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

It’s ba-a-a-a-ack: yet again, from 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday, there will be no service in either direction on the 4/5 line at Borough Hall. The 2 and 3 will be running normally in both directions at Borough Hall and Clark Street, and 3 trains into Brooklyn will have their route extended to [...]
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Brooklyn Heights Cinema At 70 Henry Street To Be Razed, After All

By on May 17, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Landmark Preservation

After a push & pull tug of war throughout 2012, it appears the beloved Brooklyn Heights Cinema building at 70 Henry Street is about to meet the wrecking all, after all. But there’s hope: Plans call for a movie theater on the ground level. BHB Top 10 2011 honoree and Cinema owner Ken Lowy—who wrote [...]
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Super Kitsch! Nostalgic Shuffleboard Club Coming To Gowanus

By on May 17, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment

A campy shuffleboard club inspired by Florida’s senior scene is making its hipster debut in Gowanus. Golden Girls unite! Owners of The Royal Palms, a grocery-store sized club featuring regulation-size shuffleboard courts and a full bar, is set to open their new venue in a 17,000 square foot repurposed Gowanus building—location not yet disclosed—featuring a [...]
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Yikes! A Bed Bug (As In One) Found On Premises At The Carroll School

By on May 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

And we thought the bedbug epidemic had bitten the dust. But according to a notice sent to parents of The Carroll School Tuesday, the pesky little critters are still gnawing in Carroll Gardens… or at least one is. The Patch reports that a notice was sent home with kids alerting them that a single bedbug—yes, [...]
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SAT Scores For 200 Students Nixed at Brooklyn Heights’ Packer Institute

By on May 17, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Kids

Nearly 200 students who took the SAT collegiate entrance exam at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights on May 5 had their scores invalidated by the administrator of the test, according to an article in The New York Times. The reason: Some students were seated too closely together. The decision outraged school administrators, students and [...]
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SAT Scores For 200 Students Nixed at Brooklyn Heights’ Packer Institute

By on May 17, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Kids

Nearly 200 students who took the SAT collegiate entrance exam at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights on May 5 had their scores invalidated by the administrator of the test, according to an article in The New York Times. The reason: Some students were seated too closely together. The decision outraged school administrators, students and [...]
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Reminder: Brazilian Dance Party Thursday (5/17) on Pier 1

By on May 17, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Food, Music

Thursday, May 17 starting at 7;00 p.m. there will be a Brazilian dance party at Pier 1 (enter at foot of Old Fulton Street), Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring Nation Beat (see video after the jump), Maracatu New York, and DJ Greg Caz. Admission to the party is free; food and drinks will be available from [...]
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84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening

By on May 17, 2012 in Events

Deputy Inspector Mark DiPaolo, Commanding Officer of the 84th Precinct, has notified BHB that the Precinct’s Community Council will meet next Tuesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at St. James’ Cathedral Pavilion, 240 Jay Street (between Cathedral Place and Chapel Street). On the agenda are (1) a presentation on crime prevention on NYC transit (2) [...]
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Let’s Make It Happen: Rename Squibb Park to Adam Yauch Park

By on May 17, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents

Commenter “She’s Crafty” suggested in a comment on BHB that Squibb Park be renamed Adam Yauch Park to honor the Brooklyn Heights native and Beastie Boy MC who died earlier this month at the age of 47. We couldn’t agree more. We hope you do too. A Facebook page has been set up to garner [...]
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Squadron (Figuratively) Pours One Out for Beastie Boy, Brooklyn Heights Native Adam Yauch in NYS Senate

By on May 16, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment

Our man in the NYS Senate, Daniel Squadron honored fallen Beastie Boy/Brooklyn Heights native Adam Yauch today with a resolution on the Senate floor. Yauch, who died of throat cancer May 4, was recognized by Squadron for his contribution to music as well as his humanitarian work. Details and video from a presser after the [...]
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Temporary ‘Photoville’ Village Coming To BBP Pier 3 This Summer

By on May 16, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Events

Brooklyn-based art cooperative United Photo Industries is creating a temporary “photographic village” out of 30 shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 3 Uplands for nine days this summer, with the promise that “central to the Village will be a communal beer & food garden serving chilled brews and artisanal snacks.” Gothamist reports that “Photoville” [...]
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