Brooklyn Heights

The Brooklyn Bugle At Montague Street Summer Space – So What Do People Think Of CrumbNuts And Vito Lopez?

The BHB/Brooklyn Bugle gang pulled out their dusty tent and held court at the Montague Street Summer Space on Sunday. We met many regular readers for the first time as well as catching up with some of our all time favorites.

But what did we do all day? Well for starters, BHB’s Heather Quinlan handed out DVDs of her FANTASTIC documentary ‘If These Knishes Could Talk’ to anyone we thought had a good Brooklyn accent.

Things got really nutty when Homer decided to have passersby taste the new “CrumbNut” from Crumbs Bake Shop. Find out what they thought of the new treats as well as how many actually know who Vito Lopez is in the videos after the jump.
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Cousteau’s Grandson Trains in Brooklyn Heights for Underwater Living

Jacques Cousteau was as much a part of my childhood as Marlin Perkins and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. So I was heartened to hear Cousteau’s grandson, Fabien, is carrying on the family’s oceanographic tradition. Namely, he will try and beat his grandfather’s record of living underwater for several consecutive days—with part of his training […]
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5 Things Bevacco And New Executive Chef Gabriele Corcos Can Learn From Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

Long time BHB readers may recall that we predicted here in 2007 that the North Heights was poised to become a culinary hot spot. So, with the the debut of Gabriele Corcos at Bevacco Friday night and with the opening of Sociale two blocks down Henry Street planned for Monday (7/29) it’s hard not to […]
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SUNY To LICH – ‘Drop Dead’

Update: The Times reports that Judge Johnny Lee Baynes, who earlier issued a temporary restraining order against SUNY’s attempt to close LICH, today, in response to complaints that SUNY was denying LICH essential medical staff, ordered that SUNY “should maintain staffing on par with what it was before SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which operates it, […]
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Unofficial ‘Girls’ Tour

Because Lena Dunham still lives in Brooklyn Heights, we are legally obligated to cover Girls-related topics. According to Jezebel,…
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Brooklyn Heights Area Octogenarian Hearts Citi Bike Share

Transportation alternative maven blog Brooklyn Spoke tweeted a photo of “Werner, in his 70s, lives in Brooklyn Heights, hasn’t been on a bike in 15 years” earlier today. The kicker? He’s a Citi Bike Share customer.

But…wait…there’s more.
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Reader Report: Someone Stole A Photo From The Shrine At Adam Yauch Park

BHB reader/Instagram user “condimented” sends us this dispatch and photo regarding Adam Yauch Park:

[Someone stole stuff] from the Adam Yauch memorial in the playground. weirdly, they took the photo and the candle glass, but left the frame and the wax.

The memorial was added the weekend of the park’s dedication to the Beastie Boy, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights. He died of cancer in 2012. The shrine included a 1995 photo of Yauch, a devout Buddhist, and the Dalai Lama taken in Boston:
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Too Cute Comes To Brooklyn Heights

When Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition took in a pregnant cat who appeared  after Hurricane Sandy, the organization had no idea that she would become a TV star. Juno gave birth to three of her own kittens, and then the magnanimous mom also adopted an orphan kitten, nursing her along with her own babies, who […]
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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 5/28/13

A break-in at Marty Markowitz’s office; a laptop that either costs $28,500 or $2,850 is stolen; and Epic Threads…
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Photoville Announces Photog Winners For Brooklyn Bridge Park Fence: Launches 6/13

United Photo Industries, Photo District News, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flash Forward Festival have announced the selected Photographers for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Fence, which will be unveiled Thursday June 13, and will be up throughout the summer, leading up to Photoville in the Fall. Thousands of photos were submitted for the contest, with winners […]
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