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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Listen to Episode 10: Leaps of Faith Download From iTunes Here In This Episode: The Best Ex: Keith and Chemda, hosts of the popular comedy podcast Keith and the Girl, tell the story of their break up. It was a bit complicated by the fact that they had just written a book about relationships, and had already […]
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Brooklyn Mac opened its Dumbo location last week (a take out location). Their menu includes mac n’ cheese flavors based on Brooklyn neighborhood names. They are asking the community to for sugggestions on flavors for Brooklyn Mac Dumbo. Winner will be announced on June 1, 2013. Brooklyn Mac (brooklynmac.com) 59 Pearl Street (61 Pearl Street […]
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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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SUNY has released its Sustainability Plan, which focuses on preserving its teaching function at University Hospital of Brooklyn while seeking to share or transfer health care responsibilities with or to other Brooklyn hospitals and clinics and to home health care. According to The Wall Street Journal.
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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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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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Brooklyn Heights Montessori School (BHMS) at 185 Court Street, announces the appointment of Martha Haakmat as the new Head of School, effective July 1. Haakmat currently serves as the Head of the Middle School at Brooklyn Friends School. She replaces Dane L. Peters, who will retire at the end of this school year. Haakmat has […]
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A bright start to this season led me to some very qualified optimism. The Mets managed to stay at or above .500 for most of April, but it’s been pretty much downhill since then. Last week I got to wondering how this year’s team compares to the notoriou…
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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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