Players Be Playin’, Haters Still Be Hatin’ — Tale of the Tweets: @BarclaysCenter Opens with Jay-Z
Brooklyn’s controversial Barclays Center opened this weekend with a series of concerts by Jay-Z who is a (teeny tiny)…
September 30, 2012-
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Want Olympic Squash? Join Flash Mob on Promenade Monday
Brooklyn Heights is a hotbed of squash–not the kind you eat, but the kind you play. As this Eagle article notes, the Heights Casino “might well be called the squash center of the universe.” Despite the sport’s international popularity, it is as yet not recognized for the Olympics. To boost its chances of being added […]
September 30, 2012
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Great News! La Mancha’s Sardines Live On at this Year’s Atlantic Antic
Patricia Ageheim & Tarek Debira owers since April of Chez Moi (located at the space formerly known as La Mancha) wrote BHB to reassure our readers that La Mancha’s Atlantic Antic culinary stand-bys of grilled sardines and paella will survive the change of restaurant and nationality! Writes Tarek: As far as the menu that we […]
September 28, 2012
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Shake Shack Must Love Downtown Brooklyn; Opening Second Shop At Barclays Center
Shack Shack must be cooking up a fortune at its Downtown Brooklyn Fulton Mall location, which opened in December. The New York Post reports today that the burger joint is sniffing a second neighborhood shop on Flatbush Avenue, just across from the new 18,200-seat Barclays Center. The venue hosts its grand opening tonight with rap […]
September 28, 2012
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Age of Insight” by Eric Kandel
Did you ever wonder what the new neuroscience of PET scans and functional MRIs can tell us about the…
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BHA’s Third-Annual Dog Show: And The Nine Winners Are…
The third-annual Brooklyn Heights Association Dog Show Sunday, held during the Montague Street Business Improvement District’s Summer Space event, certainly demonstrated the passion neighborhood residents have for their pooches. Before hundreds on onlookers, 63 dogs participated, with nine dogs crowned the 2012 victors in the following categories… Finn, Best Treat Catcher; human companion: Rachel Epson […]
September 26, 2012
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Are Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick Brooklyn Heights-Bound?
Back in March, it was national news that Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick were purchasing a pair of townhouses in south Brooklyn Heights on State Street near Sidney Place, which would total 7,000sf when combined. It was reported then that the celebrity couple was selling their West Village townhouse because they “wanted something […]
September 24, 2012
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Dekalb Market Says Bye Bye On Sunday, 9/30
Dekalb Market, which was booted by development at its Downtown Brooklyn locale, will host a farewell party on Sunday, September 30, from 3-9 p.m. Among the features: an authentic Pig Roast hosted by modern Filipino food vendor Maharlika ($30 a plate), ping pong courtesy of party sponsor PUMA, and a bouncy castle for kids. Throughout […]
September 24, 2012
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Sunday’s Summer Space (Bow) Wows With Annual BHA Dog Show
While Sunday’s second Montague Street BID Summer Space event included plenty of recreational activities, with music, games, dance, restaurant & retailer goodies, the main event was without a doubt the annual Brooklyn Heights Association-sponsored Dog Show, which offered prizes for: Best Treat Catcher, Best Tail Wagger, Best Hairdo, Coolest Ears, Best Trick, Cutest Medium-Big Dog, […]
September 24, 2012
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Tale of the Tweets: The Brooklyn Book Festival
Hundreds of authors and 70s TV icon Jimmy “JJ” Walker were on hand for the 6th annual Brooklyn Book…
September 24, 2012