• Ruff! Meow! How Many Pets Do You Think Live In Brooklyn Heights?

    With the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Dog Show returning to Montague Street Sunday, Sept. 23—part of the BID’s Summer Space—it seems apropos to share info about how much New Yorkers prize their pets. Webbie Puppy Tales featured a “New York Dog Spotting” post Sunday, with stats from the NYC Economic Development Corp.: As of February […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 26, 2012
  • BBP Offers View of Squibb Park Bridge Progress

    Following Mr. Karl’s video progress report Thursday on the Squibb Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Facebook page features its own pic sharing progress on the bridge, which will connect Brooklyn Heights to BBP: “Check out the first bridge pier being installed at the uplands of Pier 1. Looking forward to watching as Squibb Bridge is […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 25, 2012
  • Construction Ensues For BBP’s Squibb Park Bridge

    Following Mr. Karl’s video progress report Thursday on the Squibb Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Facebook page featured its own pic Thursday sharing progress on the bridge, which will connect Brooklyn Heights to BBP: “Check out the first bridge pier being installed at the uplands of Pier 1. Looking forward to watching as Squibb Bridge […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 25, 2012
  • Brooklyn Book Festival Line-Up

    The Brooklyn Book Festival has announced its comprehensive lineup for the first-ever weeklong series of “Bookend Events” that will take place at venues throughout the borough from September 17 through September 23. The seventh-annual event is presented by Brooklyn Tourism and the Brooklyn Literary Council, initiatives of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, with support from […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 25, 2012
  • Karl on Squibb Park Bridge Progress

    Mr. J. is a fan of all things Brooklyn Bridge Park. In the video (see after the jump) he’s given us some glimpses of progress in construction of the pedestrian bridge that will connect Squibb Park, just below Columbia Heights near the path that leads from Middagh Street, with Brooklyn Bridge Park. The poured concrete […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 24, 2012
  • Brownstone At Hicks & Joralemon Undergoes Ooh-La-La Conversion

    A four-story Brooklyn Heights townhouse at 265 Hicks Street (on the corner of Joralemon) is undergoing a renovation that will convert the eight-family property into two units. Brownstoner reports that the DOB permit calls for “exterior demolition and restoration of the existing brownstone,” which will include construction of a new front stoop, rear balcony, new […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 23, 2012
  • ‘Summer Space’ Returns To Montague Street, September 9 & 23

    Coming up Sunday, September 9th and September 23rd, the Montague Street BID presents its annual Summer Space, with a bevy of fun, free events. Closed to traffic and re-imagined as a pedestrian oasis from noon to 5 p.m. both Sundays, Montague Street restaurants will expand outdoor seating and hand out free samples, while other retailers […]
    (via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

    August 23, 2012
  • NY Observer’s Deep Dish On Willowtown Mansion Sale

    The manse at 40 Willow Place that sold for $7.3M, as we reported Tuesday, gets a deeper look in a story published by the New York Observer. It begins: “The modern masterpiece may not be able to command a sales price like some of its Brooklyn Heights neighbors—to wit, Truman Capote’s old abode at 70 […]
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    August 22, 2012