Transit Museum Reopens November 1, Free Admission for the day
Kids still out of school? The NY Transit Museum is open today from 10 AM to 4 PM, and…
November 1, 2012-
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@thelonebellow Help Folks in Red Hook
This afternoon (10/31) at 4pm, our official troubadours of #BrooklynSandy, The Lone Bellow, led by fellow Brooklyn resident, Zach…
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Iconic River Cafe Decimated By Hurricane Sandy
Sad news: With major flooding in low-lying DUMBO from Hurricane Sandy Monday night, eateries Bubby’s and Governor suffered majored damage. But it appears that the iconic River Café beside Fulton Ferry Landing was all but decimated by the storm. Huffington Post reports that water reached the restaurant’s doorstep by Monday morning’s high tide at 8 […]
October 31, 2012
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Iconic River Cafe Badly Damaged By Hurricane Sandy
Sad news: With major flooding in low-lying DUMBO from Hurricane Sandy Monday night, eateries Bubby’s and Governor suffered major damage. But it appears that the iconic River Café beside Fulton Ferry Landing was all but destroyed by the storm. Huffington Post reports that water reached the restaurant’s doorstep by Monday morning’s high tide at 8 […]
October 31, 2012
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Sunday’s New York City Marathon Is On… So Far
New York City Marathon officials continue to check damage caused by Hurricane Sandy before deciding what impact the storm will have on the race, scheduled this Sunday, November 4. Mayor Bloomberg said Tuesday the race will “go on as normal, as of now,” although he will continue to discuss logistics with city & marathon officials […]
October 31, 2012
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Brooklyn Heights Cinema Offers Reprieve From Superstorm
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema continues to provide refuge from the storm, as owner Ken Lowy discusses in a profile in today’s New York Observer. He tells the newspaper, “We all live in the area, I’m 10 minutes away, so why not.” Lowy says he wasn’t about to let Hurricane Sandy shut him down: “We were […]
October 30, 2012
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Brooklyn Heights Cinema Open Tomorrow, with Special Matinee
While many, if not most, local businesses will be closed tomorrow (Monday, October 29), Brooklyn Heights Cinema owner Kenn Lowy tells us the shows will go on at the Cinema, 70 Henry Street(corner of Orange). He’s adding a special 3:00 p.m. matinee. The Master will be showing at 3:00, 5:15, and 8:00; The Other Son […]
October 28, 2012
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The 10th-Annual Howl-O-Ween Doggie Costume Charity Parade
We interrupt this storm for… the 10th-annual Howl-o-Ween Doggie costume charity contest! Despite brisk breezes and the imminent threat of Hurricane Sandy Sunday night, the pet parade took place as planned on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade from 1 to 3 p.m., with Vinegar Hill Veterinary Group sponsoring the after-party. All proceeds for $25 entry were […]
October 28, 2012
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Scenes From Today’s Halloween Parade
This morning was cloudy, but there was no rain and the temperature was…temperate, so conditions were just about ideal for the Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade. Photo (click to enlarge): kids in costumes and parents, many also costumed, gathered in the Pierrepont Playground before the parade. More photos and text after the jump. Borough Prexy Marty […]
October 27, 2012
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Lena Dunham Participates In Lesley Gore ‘You Don’t Own Me’ Political PSA
Brooklyn Heights’ rez and HBO’s “Girls” creator Lena Dunham is among more than a dozen celebs who took to their webcams and lip-synced Lesley Gore’s 1964 hit “You Don’t Own Me” in a pointed political anti-Mitt Romney PSA. Spinner.ca notes, “The lip-syncing is interspersed with messages about (Presidential hopeful) Romney and the Republican Party’s plans […]
October 26, 2012
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