Last week the story broke that former New York City mayor Rudolf Giuliani would be an “enthusiastic supporter” MTA Chairman/Brooklyn Heights resident/Republican Joe Lhota’s potential bid for NYC mayor in 2013. Another former mayor of NYC, Ed Koch, told WCBS 880 that while he felt Lhota was a well qualified candidate for the GOP, he’d […]
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The helicopters hovering above Brooklyn Heights this morning signaled that something out of the ordinary was happening nearby. As many Brooklynites tweeted and news sources reported, traffic on the Manhattan bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge was halted due to a police action. NY Post: The 19-year-old was threatening to jump from the Brooklyn-bound roadway […]
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The Brooklyn Nets defeated their cross river rivals the NY Knicks Monday night in overtime 96-89 at the Barclays…
November 27, 2012They were a great success last year, so our Brooklyn Heights neighbors, David Fuller and Judith Jarosz of Theater 2020, are presenting holiday events on the next two weekends. Both will be happening at St. Charles Borromeo, 21 Sidney Place. The first, on this coming Sunday, December 2, starting at 3:00 p.m. will be A […]
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Friday evening my wife and I went to a New York Philharmonic concert featuring guest conductor Andrey Boreyko. On the program were Felix Mendlessohn’s Overture to Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde (“Son and Stranger”), a sprightly piece that got th…
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The recently re-invented Lola BKLYN in Fort Greene (387 Myrtle Avenue) contributes the latest cocktail recipe to the Brooklyn…
November 25, 2012Police have released a photo of a “person of interest” they say may have information pertaining to a trio who robbed the RadioShack on Montague St. on the afternoon of October 28, as well as two others in Brooklyn and Queens. In each incident, three males allegedly entered the establishments while wearing ski masks, brandished […]
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You don’t love pumpkin pie? You’re like me. Looking for something different for Thanksgiving? Try this delicious cranberry apple pie, which my wife and her fellow members of the Grace Church cooking crew served at our Harvest Dinner, and which …
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Folks, say what you will about the hipster scene in Williamsburg but you gotta give credit where credit is…
November 21, 2012Sunshades are being put up on the perimiter of Pier 5, seen here from the Promenade. Note also the blue parasols over the tables on the “Picnic Peninsula,” which is on the landward side of the pier. (Click on photo to enlarge; more photos and text after the jump.) A closer view of Pier 5; […]
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