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  • Lena Dunham: ‘Girls’ Just Wanna Have ‘Fun.’

    Here’s a tip for BHB followers who adore celebrity gazing in the neighborhood… Brooklyn Heights’ resident and Emmy-nominated creator, star and writer of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham obviously believes that girls just wanna have fun. According to Gawker, the 26 year old is dating indie rock dork Jack Antonoff from American band fun., whose Queen-esque […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    September 5, 2012
  • 38th-Annual Atlantic Antic Scheduled For Sunday, September 30

    The ever-entertaining end-of-summer Atlantic Antic—which brings madness, music and playful mayhem to a 10-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue, bordering Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill—will convene Sunday, September 30, noon to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation, it offers 500+ retailers and pop-up shops pawning goodies, food, dancing, family fun and more, […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    September 4, 2012
  • Way Cool: Artist Jonathan Lopes Recreates Boerum Hill Nabe Out Of Legos!

    The adult child inside me has always believed that Legos are the coolest toy ever invented, allowing limitless imagination… as long as those pesky kits are avoided. That was the idea behind New York artist and sculptor Jonathan Lopes’ recreation of his Boerum Hill neighborhood as a small-scale replica using nothing but Legos, which is […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    September 4, 2012
  • Avenue Ardor! 38th-Annual Atlantic Antic: Sunday, 9/30

    The ever-entertaining end-of-summer Atlantic Antic—which brings madness, music and playful mayhem to a 10-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue, bordering Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill—will convene Sunday, September 30, noon to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC), it offers 500+ retailers and pop-up shops pawning goodies, food, dancing, family fun and […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    September 4, 2012
  • Children of Abraham Peace Walk Scheduled For Tuesday, 9-11

    The ninth-annual Children of Abraham Peace Walk will be held in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11. Recognizing the solidarity that arises after any disaster, this year’s walk will visit several houses of worship, and include a local firehouse and Christ Church, which was severely damaged following a fatal lightning strike […]
    (via Cobble Hill Blog)

    September 4, 2012
  • Smorgasburg Comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park Starting Sunday

    Smorgasburg, the popular food fest that has attracted crowds to the Williamsburg waterfront on Saturdays will start having Sunday sessions at the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park, at Water and Dock streets in the Fulton Ferry Historic District, starting this Sunday, September 9. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy provides this info: Beginning Sunday, September […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    September 4, 2012
  • CBS Drama Person of Interest Shooting Here Wednesday

    Residents of the North Heights take note – the CBS drama Person of Interest will be shooting in the area on Wednesday (9/5). We saw notices on Hicks and Henry Streets that cars must be moved by 10pm to avoid being towed away. Be sure to look for any postings wherever you may be parked […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    September 2, 2012