Brooklyn Bugle

The Citi Bikes Are Here! The Citi Bikes Are Here!

Brooklyn Bugle — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:10:52 +0000

This morning we received as dispatch on Twitter from BHB reader @jfj4 showing us that the Citi Bikes have arrived at Clark and Henry Streets. Are you ready for this jelly?

Summer Cobble Hill Park Concert Series Dates Announced

Chuck Taylor — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:53:21 +0000

The Cobble Hill Association will sponsor its annual Summer Cobble Hill Park Concert series over the course of four weeks: July 18, July 25, August 1 and August 8. Musicians for the live event will be announced in the near future. The park is lo...
(via Cobble Hill Blog)

Brooklyn Heights’ CitiBike Share Foes Aren’t Alone, Sorta

Brooklyn Bugle — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:18:43 +0000

In case you missed it, there are other Brooklynites besides a few (gasp!) NIMBY’s in Brooklyn Heights and other brownstone neighborhoods who are not only against Citi Bike Share (which launches this Monday) but have managed to keep the kiosks out of their neighborhood completely. Bike foes meet your new friends in the “Black Hat [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

‘Sing For Hope’ Public Pianos Return June 1, Including BBP’s Pier 1

Chuck Taylor — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:04:49 +0000

As BHB reported in February, Sing for Hope’s outdoor pianos—last seen the summer before last—will return next month to various locations in New York City, including Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. The project launches June 1 and endures through the 16th, with 88 artist-designed pianos placed in parks & public spaces throughout the city for [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Comedy Troupe dfor1 Hosting Summer Theater Workshop At PS261

Chuck Taylor — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:52 +0000

Pithy comedy troupe Dinner For One—which in January filmed a “Girls” robot parody on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade—is hosting a Brooklyn TV Teen Workshop this summer at PS 261 in Boerum Hill, looking to involve some 45 area teens interested in theater. The group is in the midst of raising funds via Mobcaster.com for its [...]
(via Cobble Hill Blog)

Next Transit Museum Problem Solvers Discussion to Focus on Security

Alexandra Bowie — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:12:08 +0000

On Wednesday, June 5th, at 6:30 pm, Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Subways will speak with Joseph Nugent, the liaison between New York City Transit and the New York Police Department. They will discuss counter-terrorism efforts and other security measures implemented in New York’s and other public transit systems. Ben Kabak, the host of the [...]

Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Good House” by Ann Leary

Alexandra Bowie — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:44 +0000

People are complex – we are not so much good or bad, as capable of doing both good things as we are of bad acts. While we may rationalize our lesser actions, it’s the consequences and how we deal with them that really count. Or at least that’s a central theme in the story that [...]

Brooklyn Heights Resident & Pulitzer Winner Ron Chernow Receives BIO Award

Chuck Taylor — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:34 +0000

Brooklyn Heights resident Ron Chernow, who won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his biography Washington: A Life, as well as a place in the Brooklyn Heights Blog’s Top 10 that year, has received the BIO award from the non-profit Biographers International Organization. During a gathering May 18 at the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Chernow, [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Actor Sean Penn Testifies For Release Of Imprisoned Brooklyn Heights Man

Chuck Taylor — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:15:12 +0000

Actor & activist Sean Penn testified Monday before a U.S. House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that a Brooklyn Heights businessman being held in Bolivia is a “Dead Man Walking.” Jacob Ostreicher, 54, has been held without charge for nearly two years in the South American country and remains under house arrest even though 13 of his [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Adam Yauch To Be Honored At 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

Chuck Taylor — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:04:37 +0000

Following May 3rd’s ceremony in Brooklyn Heights dedicating the newly named Adam Yauch Park in honor of the late Beastie Boy, the childhood Heights’ resident will now be acknowledged with a special tribute at the 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, lost his battle with cancer in May 2012, at age 47. Wes Jackson, [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Open Thread: Brooklyn’s Front Page May 2013

Brooklyn Bugle — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:25:07 +0000

Check out the headlines on Brooklyn's Front Page and discuss them here. Have a link or news tip? Comment below or tweet us - @brooklynbugle .

Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man” by Walter Stahr

Alexandra Bowie — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:58 +0000

William Henry Seward is one of those people we think we know about – wasn’t he the cabinet member who closed Lincoln’s eyes saying “Now he belongs to the ages?” Nope, that was Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. Seward had been in a carriage accident a week earlier; he was home in bed with a [...]

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Sunset Ohana” is Thursday Evening, June 6

Claude Scales — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:02:03 +0000

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is having “Sunset Ohana,” its 14th annual (which seems to go back to when the Park was still a gleam in some local citizens’ eyes) sunset party at Pier 1 on Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This year the theme is Hawaiian. Our little slice of Hawaii [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Tell The Bartender Episode 9: Last Days and the Preponderant Shaft Project

tellthebartender — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:22:17 +0000

Listen to Episode 9: Last Days and the Preponderant Shaft Project Download From iTunes Here In This Episode: Last Days: Stephanie D’Abruzzo has an interesting history with last days on the job. She shares with us two short stories about her last day at the Broadway show Avenue Q, and her last day working at […]
(via Tell The Bartender)

Brooklyn Heights Resident Paul Giamatti Filming ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ In DUMBO

Chuck Taylor — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:58:36 +0000

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ is filming in DUMBO this week, as the neighborhood was taken over by police cars, the “Midtown bus,” crowds of extras and all sorts of whacko action. McBrooklyn offers pics, including lead Andrew Garfield—and Brooklyn Heights’ own Paul Giamatti, who plays villain “The Rhino.” In the film, his alter ego is [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

The Amazing Spiderman Films In DUMBO [Photos and VIDEO]

Brooklyn Bugle — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:38:09 +0000

Brooklyn Bugle pal/ King of All MashStudio NYC Darryl Ohrt (@darrylohrt) has posted some nifty video and pics of this weekend's Spiderman film shoot in DUMBO. The next Amazing Spiderman will be in theaters next year, but DUMBO got a sneak peek of star Andrew Garfield (or is that a stuntman?) in full Spidey regalia. Photos and video after the jump.

NYT Times Covers Heather Quinlan’s NY Accent Movie

Brooklyn Bugle — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:13:53 +0000

The juggernaut that is BHB contributor Heather Quinlan's If These Knishes Could Talk gains more steam with coverage in the New York Times. Last year BHB and its readers along with the Brooklyn Heights Cinema gave audiences a sneak peek of an early version of the film as well as providing donations for its completion.
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “People Who Eat Darkness,” by Richard Lloyd Parry

Alexandra Bowie — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:45:57 +0000

Japan is a country of great natural beauty, singular art, and an unending source of interest to many Westerners. But life there is very different from life in western cultures. “People Who Eat Darkness,” a compelling true story of crime, investigation, and punishment in Japan – and the concomitant grief and loss in the United [...]

Brooklyn Bridge Park Has Second Annual Bluebell Photo Contest

Claude Scales — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:55:59 +0000

The Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica), of which there are many on Piers 1 and 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park, are beginning to bloom (see maps for locations here). So, just like last year, BBP is having a contest for the best bluebell photos...
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

History, Horse Racing, & Politics On Brooklyn’s Sportsmen’s Row

Teresa Genaro — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:44:05 +0000

An archaeologist by training, Lucas Rubin has spent a good deal of his life immersed in the past. He also loves cities, and he loves sports. In his book, Brooklyn’s Sportsmen’s Row: Politics, Society & the Sporting Life on Northern Eighth Avenue, he indulges his passion for all three. Rubin earned an M.A. and a [...]

Tell The Bartender Episode 8: Oops

tellthebartender — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:58:47 +0000

Listen to Episode 8: Oops Download From iTunes Here In This Episode: Horse Power: A few years ago Micaela Walker’s car got hit by a reckless teenage driver. Since this took place in Amish Country, it also happens that the teenager was speeding in a horse and buggy. The Time Of Your Life: Steve Reynolds tells us about one night [...]
(via Tell The Bartender)

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 5/8/13

Heather Quinlan — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:54:53 +0000

The days are getting longer but the perps are getting brazen-er. It’s this week’s blotter. I had to get to the precinct a bit later yesterday but was greeted with a much more relaxed 84–maybe because of the weather, maybe because it was almost lunchtime. Because it certainly wasn’t due to the lack of crime [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Dance Parties at Brooklyn Bridge Park Start Thursday With New Orleans Funk

Claude Scales — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:32:23 +0000

BRIC Arts Media and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy are co-sponsoring a series of three Celebrate Brooklyn! dance parties on Pier 1 the next three Thursday evenings, starting at 7:00 p.m. This Thursday, May 9, the featured act is New Orleans’ Big Sam’s Funky Nation (photo). The NYC Freedom’s DJs will warm things up. Next [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Leonardo and the Last Supper” by Ross King

Alexandra Bowie — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:47:59 +0000

Leonardo da Vinci’s rendering of the Last Supper on the wall of the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan must be one of the most venerated paintings in history. Goethe wrote about seeing it, Andy Warhol reproduced it, and countless other artists have made copies. The “Da Vinci Code” increased [...]

Tale Of The Tweets: Game 5 Do Or Die For Brooklyn Nets

Brooklyn Bugle — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:20:19 +0000

The Brooklyn Nets meet the Chicago Bulls in Game 5 of their playoff series. It's do or die for Brooklyn and here's the Tale of the Tweets:

Report: Palmetto Playground To Be Renamed Adam Yauch Park On Friday

Brooklyn Bugle — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:05:49 +0000

BHB sources claim that the Palmetto Playground will officially be renamed the Adam Yauch Playground this week. A ceremony to usher in the new name will reportedly be held this Friday May 3. Yauch, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights before achieving fame as a member of the Beastie Boys died on May 4, 2012 [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

SUNY Withdraws Application To Close LICH; Will Seek “Sustainability Plan”

Brooklyn Bugle — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:52:06 +0000

After mounting community pressure and a unanimous vote from the NYC Council this week to support its existence, SUNY Downstate has officially withdrawn its plan to sell and close Long Island College Hospital. DEVELOPING
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

84th Precinct Police Blotter – 4/24/13

Heather Quinlan — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:37:40 +0000

Another robbery at Macy’s, another sleeping straphanger loses his iPod, and Planet Fitness is now 0-4. It’s this week’s blotter. On Thursday outside Perla Grocery at 429 Warren St., a 48-year-old man was assaulted and robbed of $19.14. A 47-year-old was later arrested for stealing the loot. A 25-year-old asleep on the D train on [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Mayoral Candidates’ Forum Monday Evening, May 6

Claude Scales — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:51:56 +0000

On Monday evening, May 6, the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Park Slope Civic Council, and several other neighborhood civic groups, are co-sponsoring a Mayoral Candidates’ Forum to be held at Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place (at Eighth Avenue), from 7:00 to 9:00. All interested voters are invited, and no RSVP is necessary. You may [...]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Tell The Bartender Episode 7: I Didn’t Know I Was Nugent

tellthebartender — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:35:04 +0000

Listen to Episode 7: I Didn’t Know I Was Nugent Download From iTunes Here In This Episode: Brooklyn based restaurateur Ted Mann always knew growing up that he was adopted. Recently he found out that his birth father wanted to meet him. Then he found out that his birth father is Ted Nugent. He shares the story [...]
(via Tell The Bartender)