Brooklyn Heights’ resident and actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham sold her narrative “Not That Kind Of Girl,” in October to Random House for $3.7 million based on the strength of an illustrated 66-page proposal. The book, packed with “frank and funny advice on everything from sex to eating […]
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On October 22, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel officially became the Hugh Carey Tunnel. A week later, Sandy hit our…
December 10, 2012Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 and its uplands, which will include sports fields and a “picnic peninsula,” will have its grand opening in a ceremony to begin at 11:00 a.m. this Thursday, December 13. Rumor has it that Hizzonor himself will make an appearance. All are invited, and refreshments will be served. If you plan […]
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This dispatch from Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes regarding Michael Volpe, 32, and Alisa Volpe, 25, who were busted in October. Cops found weapons, prescription drugs, marijuana and, most notably, an alligator chilling out in a tank.
Earlier this week an indictment was issued:
December 8, 2012Our pals at DUMBO NYC (via the NY Post) note that Google Maps is now showing RAMBO as a neighborhood near the Manhattan Bridge:
December 7, 2012Congrats to Brooklyn Heights resident, singer, songwriter and Icelandic artist Björk, whose “Biophilia” was nominated today for two Grammy awards: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package. For the former nod, she’s up against Fiona Apple, M83, Gotye and Tom Waits. The latter: Boys & Girls, Charmer, Love This Giant and Swing Lo Magellan. […]
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Gothamist reports today that employees of some Brooklyn Starbucks stores, including the Montague Street branch, are being asked to wear Brooklyn Nets hats to promote the team who are now playing at the controversial Barclays Center: Gothamist: One employee at the Montague Street outpost told us the Nets advertising “started a couple of months ago […]
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As much as Christmas trees are a seasonal tradition, so is the presence of Patti Romp and her son Tim in front of Key Food at 102 Montague Street. The Middlebury, Vermont-based pair has been selling trees in Brooklyn Heights for years, and have become such a part of the neighborhood that BHB’s Karl Junkersfeld […]
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Sad news: One of the stalwarts of Montague Street has closed its doors after a robust 24 years. On November 30, St. Mark’s Comics at 148 Montague, which opened the satellite outlet in 1988, called it quits. A staffer told BHB today that it’s a familiar story along Brooklyn Heights’ primary retail corridor: a marked […]
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Nets forward/the ex-Mr. Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries got into a shoving match with two Celtics during tonight’s game in…
November 29, 2012