8 Artists Making Sculpture to open at BRIC Gallery on September 12

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is proud to announce the first show of its 2012-13 contemporary art exhibition…

Fulton Mall Welcomes Another Major Retailer: Say Hello To Express

A shiny new Express store at 490 Fulton Street along Fulton Mall has opened in the rapidly gentrifying Downtown Brooklyn shopping destination. Michael Weiss, CEO of the men’s and women’s clothier and a Brooklyn native, was present for the festive “block party” opening last Wednesday. He tells the New York Observer that he began his […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Cobble Hill’s Five Guys In A Pickle: Closes Down After A Year

After opening in Cobble Hill at 266 Court Street near Butler just last year, burger chain Five Guys has closed its doors, according to Brownstoner. The joint has nearby locations in Brooklyn Heights on Montague Street and in Downtown Brooklyn at the end of Fulton Mall at the Flatbush Extension. Pretty curious… This place has […]
(via Cobble Hill Blog)

Potbelly Joins Adams Street’s Burgeoning ‘Restaurant Row’; Two More Coming

Chicago-based Potbelly Sandwich Shop is opening its first Brooklyn location and tenth New York locale at 345 Adams, next to Panera Bread, along the corridor’s new “Restaurant Row.” A sign in the window promises, “A warm new neighbor, coming soonish,” Brownstoner reports. The eatery, which serves breakfast, sandwiches, soups and baked goods, will occupy 2,500sf. […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Open Thread: The Best Pizza Pie In Brooklyn Heights

From Best Car Service to Best Handyman (which youse weren’t particularly willing to give up) to something a little more tasty… What’s your bid for the Best Pizza in Brooklyn Heights? Digging the brand new Dellarocco’s of Brooklyn? Convinced that nothing beats Fascati Pizzeria? Wie-Pie on Remsen more to your tastes? Or do you swear […]
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Brunch at Colonie

This past February at the Grace Church Winterfair Silent Auction my wife bid on, and won, brunch for two at Colonie, 127 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry). We finally got around to doing it today. We arrived at around 11:30 (brunch there starts at 11:00) and found all tables occupied (Colonie only takes reservations […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Photo Of The Day: Court Street Subway Station @ Montague Street

From The Heidelberger Papers America blog:
“One of the few well preserved of classic New York City transit minutiae. Taken at the Montague Street entrance of the Court Street subway station.”
(Photo: Matt Heidelberger)

(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Found: Keys To Your Brooklyn Heights Kingdom?

Via Craigslist: “Mysterious Keys found in Brooklyn Heights (Clark Street Station). I found keys on the platform of the Clark St Station on the Uptown 2/3 side. If these are yours, describe them.” The reply link is here.

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USAF Thunderbirds Flyover This Afternoon

This in from Notify NYC: Notification issued 8/18/12 at 12:05 PM. In conjunction with Air Force Week, the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team, the “Thunderbirds,” will perform a coordinated formation flyover pass in their F-16D “Falcon” aircraft over Yankee Stadium, down the Hudson River and towards the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, today at approximately 4:05 p.m. […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

‘Hail No’: Initiative To Bring Livery Cabs To The Boroughs Is A Bust (For Now)

In a rare defeat for NYC Mayor Bloomberg and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice ruled Friday that the popular initiative to allow 18,000 livery cabs to take street hails from Manhattan to the outer boroughs and the upper reaches of the city is a no go. No doubt, this should […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)