In a lengthy Q&A on New York magazine’s Vulture blog, Spike Lee talks with writer Will Leitch in detail about his roots in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill. The director was born in Atlanta, and moved to Crown Heights at an early age, followed by eight years beginning around the age of 4—from 1961 to 1969—at 186 […]
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In a lengthy Q&A on New York magazine’s Vulture blog, Spike Lee talks with writer Will Leitch in detail about his roots in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill. The director was born in Atlanta, and moved to Crown Heights at an early age, followed by eight years beginning around the age of 4—from 1961 to 1969—at 186 […]
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Channel 7 visited Brooklyn Heights Friday night to highlight the places to cool down here and around the city over the weekend including the new pool at Brooklyn Bridge Park. How’d you keep cool this weekend?
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They’ve been methodically creeping across New York City, and last week, Muni-Meters arrived along Court Street as it moseys through Cobble Hill. According to the Cobble Hill Association, the plan has been in works for months, with advance notice from the Department of Transportation: “Commercial corridors citywide have been getting this treatment, which offers more […]
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You can almost taste it. Dellarocco’s of Brooklyn, the new local brick-oven eatery at 214 Hicks Street, appears days away from opening its doors to the delectable fragrance of fresh pies and a thirst-quenching wine & beer cafe. Over the weekend, signage was etched onto the windows in elegant gold lettering. The restaurant is owned […]
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Fitness center “everyday athlete” will open its second Brooklyn location in the Heights this summer at 130 Clinton Street. Tomas Anthony and Alejandra Belmar opened their first zen-centered store in 1998 in nearby Carroll Gardens at 136 Union Street. According to the company’s website, “We believe fitness is essential and transformative. It also should be […]
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With the mercury rising as high as 100°F Saturday, take comfort in the fact that it could actually be worse. In 2010, we equaled the three-digit heat, while the record high temperature for Brooklyn is 105°F some 46 years ago, in July 1966. Today, meanwhile, an Excessive Heat Warning is in effect until 6 p.m., […]
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Following the collapse of about half of a three-story brownstone in Carroll Gardens Monday, the city will demolish the 50-foot-wide structure next to PS 58 Elementary School. Much of the eastern wall of 241 Carroll Street (between Court and Smith streets) came down at 1:13 a.m. Monday, exposing the interior of the regal brownstone. A […]
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New York City may be offering its neighborhoods an olive branch—or at least snippers to prune it—with a substantial budget increase for care of street and park trees. Over the past decade, NYC’s declining bottom line has given responsibility for beautification and maintenance in the Heights to the Brooklyn Heights Association, which has overseen a […]
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Renovation took longer than planned, but the restaurant on the north side of Atlantic Avenue between Clinton and Henry streets was back in business this evening. The chalkboard sign’s message: “Join Us For Dinner–Reopening To…
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