August – 2012 – Brooklyn Bugle

Open Thread: Best Dry Cleaner In Brooklyn Heights

August 27, 2012

Number four in the BHB “Best of Heights” Open Thread series is all about your threads… and where you prefer to have them laundered. First, we surveyed Best Car Service, then Best Handyman and Best Pizza Pie.

This week, please share your experiences for general everyday dry cleaning. Among so many options in the Heights, where do you find the best service, best prices, best damn spot cleaning and overall Best Dry Cleaner within the boundaries of Brooklyn Heights? Since there are so many, often with rather generic names, please add the address.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46096

From the Web

Food

Wall Street Journal Touts Bevacco

August 27, 2012

It’s been almost a year since Bevacco opened and lifted the “Corner of Cranberry” curse that has haunted many eateries at 60 Henry Street for years. The Wall Street Journal published a short piece on the restaurant this weekend:

WSJ: The residential brownstone haven of Brooklyn Heights is an odd place for a semi-traditional Italian restaurant serving rich, hearty portions for lunch, but restaurateur Peter Sclafani (Bar Tano, Provini, Bar Toto) is betting on good foot traffic from hungry lawyers on break from the courthouses a few blocks away.
Mr. Sclafani’s newest restaurant, Bevacco, is classic and classy, with a marble-faced facade, and a low-lit interior full of dark wood, white tile and heavy stone surfaces that amplify the 1920s-era jazz piped in over the speakers.
The food, created by chef Antonio Morichini, a Roman transplanted to Queens by his wife’s job at the United Nations, is pleasingly offbeat.

Photo: WSJ

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46391

From the Web

Arts and Entertainment, Music

Vote for Final Movie in This Year’s “Movies With a View”

August 26, 2012

You can vote for the final movie in the Syfy Movies With a View series at Brooklyn Bridge Park, to be shown this Thursday, August 30, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Harbor View Lawn on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. The nominees are: Splendor in the Grass (seems appropriate for the venue); Across the Universe (Ah! The view!); Sunset Boulevard (you can watch the sun set as DJ Geko Jones of Que Bajo does the pre-movie sounds); and Clueless (the default choice?). You may cast your ballot here; please be prompt, as the polls close soon.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46381

From the Web

Events

Brooklyn Heights’ Pet’s Emporium Hosts BBAWC’s ‘Kittenpalooza’

August 26, 2012

The Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition sponsored Kittenpalooza this weekend, hosted at Brooklyn Heights’ beloved Pet’s Emporium, run by wonderfully warm owner Sammy. Cats of all ages, sizes, stripes and colors were available for adoption during the two-day event at 105 Montague Street. A huge van provided by the North Shore Animal League housed the posse of pussies.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46361

From the Web

Arts and Entertainment, Events

Week-Long Brooklyn Book Festival Blankets The Borough

August 26, 2012

The Brooklyn Book Festival has announced its comprehensive lineup for the first-ever weeklong series of “Bookend Events” that will take place at venues throughout the borough from September 17 through September 23. The seventh-annual event is presented by Brooklyn Tourism and the Brooklyn Literary Council, initiatives of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with support from AT&T.

It’s billed as the largest free literary gathering in New York City, with numerous events taking place in Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene and Park Slope. See the full schedule here.

Markowitz commented, “Brooklyn has more writers per square inch than almost anywhere else in the country, all contributing to our growing reputation as the epicenter of the literary universe—where authors from across the globe gather each fall for the Brooklyn Book Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious free literary festivals. This year, the Festival expands from four days to an entire week of diverse literary offerings.”

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7785

From the Web

Brooklyn Heights, Events

Pet Post Redux: How Many Pets Do You Think Live In Brooklyn Heights?

August 26, 2012

With the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Dog Show returning to Montague Street Sunday, Sept. 23—part of the BID’s Summer Space—it seems apropos to share info about how much New Yorkers prize their pets. Webbie Puppy Tales featured a “New York Dog Spotting” post Sunday, with stats from the NYC Economic Development Corp.: As of February 2012, +/-1.1 million pets reside in the city (600,000 dogs, 500,000 cats), with an ownership rate of about one pet for every three households.

The corporation breaks down ownership by region: Downtown Brooklyn, which includes the Heights, is home to between 15,001 & 20,000 pets. The most-populated NYC nabes are the Upper West & East Sides (lining Central Park), Staten Island, Astoria and—for whatever reason—Williamsburg.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46305

From the Web

Brooklyn Heights, Events

Ruff! Meow! How Many Pets Do You Think Live In Brooklyn Heights?

August 26, 2012

Meanwhile, BHA President Judy Stanton shares with BHB readers that the organization will offer registration information and details for the Brooklyn Heights Dog Show soon after Labor Day. She says, “The idea is to make this homegrown show fun for dogs, their owners and the audience. Any dog who lives in Brooklyn Heights is eligible to enter the show on a first come, first served basis.” Poochie lovers with suggestions for show categories can email info@thebha.org, heading the Subject with “Dog Show.”

(Doggie pic: Puppy Tales/Chart: NYCEDC)

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/46305

From the Web

Brooklyn Heights Then & Now: Colonnade Row At 43-49 Willow Place

August 26, 2012

Colonnade Row, built at 43-49 Willow Place in 1846, between Joralemon & State streets, is one of few examples in Brooklyn Heights of a particular style of Greek Revival. It was most popular in the late 1830s, with massive columns running the length of the buildings to give them a good bit of drama. Across the street is a second Colonnade home that more resembles a haunted house—originally part of four, although the other two have been “renovated” beyond recognition. The architect is unknown.
Vintage photo by Berenice Abbott, 1936. Current photo by Jeff Dobbins, New York Explorer.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45690

From the Web

Brooklyn Heights Then & Now: Colonade Row At 43-49 Willow Place

August 26, 2012

Colonnade Row, built at 43-49 Willow Place in 1846, between Joralemon and State streets, is one of few examples in Brooklyn Heights of a particular style of Greek Revival. It was most popular around the late 1830s, with massive columns running the length of the buildings to give them a good bit of drama. Across the street is a second colonnaded home that is beginning to look more like a haunted house—originally part of four, although the other two have been “renovated” beyond recognition. The architect is unknown.
Vintage photo by Berenice Abbott, 1936. Current photo by Jeff Dobbins, New York Explorer.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/45690

From the Web

BBP Offers View of Squibb Park Bridge Progress

August 25, 2012

Following Mr. Karl’s video progress report Thursday on the Squibb Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Facebook page features its own pic sharing progress on the bridge, which will connect Brooklyn Heights to BBP: “Check out the first bridge pier being installed at the uplands of Pier 1. Looking forward to watching as Squibb Bridge is built!”

As Brownstoner reminds us, Squibb Bridge will connect Squibb Park, right off the neighborhood’s Columbia Heights, to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier One, where the upcoming mega-hotel and condo complex are scheduled to be built. Construction began on the bridge this spring.