Open Thread: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Hello Wednesday. Cheers, BHB readers. Greetings to another Open Thread. Please… share what’s on your mind and talk freely, albeit courteously, amongst yourselves. (Photo: Chuck Taylor)
June 13, 2012-
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Heights Deal Of The Day: 204 Columbia Heights, $7 A Week! (In 1902, That Is)
With summer just around the corner, this is the ideal time to reserve your summer space here in Brooklyn Heights. And have I got a deal for you: 204 Columbia Heights, The Berkshire. Overlooking the Harbor. “Why put up with country inconveniences when you can find all the comforts and coolest of sea breezes at […]
June 12, 2012
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Book Trailer for “Z is for Moose,” by Kelly Bingham, Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Z is for Moose, by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky, was published a couple of weeks ago,…
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HBO ‘Girls’ Creator Lena Dunham: You Can Come Home Again
Lena Dunham, creator, producer, director, writer & star of HBO’s freshman hit “Girls,” who grew up in Brooklyn Heights—and as we reported was planning a return to the nabe—purchased her Heights 1-bedroom, 800 sf digs on Hicks Street in mid-March, according to a frisky Q&A in The New York Times Sunday magazine and a post […]
June 12, 2012
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Reflections On 1974 Brooklyn Heights From A BHB Reader
We’re plucking this endearing reader comment from the June 10 BHB post “Montague Street Is Stirring As It Hasn’t In Years,” which was contributed by Richard Grayson, whose musings on growing up in the borough are published in his multi-series e-book “The Brooklyn Diaries,” available on amazon.com here. Grayson was born in Brownsville in 1951 […]
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MTA’s ‘Fastrack’ Service Changes Return Monday
This week, another “Fastrack” service outage is planned for the Lexington Avenue line through the Heights and Downtown Brooklyn. Beginning at 10 p.m. each night through Thursday, all 4/5 and 6 train service is suspended between 42 St-Grand Central and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center until 5 a.m. the following morning. Customers can use the 2/3 (extended to New […]
June 11, 2012
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Grief of Others” by Leah Hager Cohen
Going it alone is something that people do when they feel they can’t trust another person, for one reason…
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Quote Of The Day: ‘Brooklyn Rents Are Officially As Crazy As Manhattan’s’
A New York Post story on Sunday titled “The Rentals Are Rising” takes a look at 10 new upscale residential buildings that have recently begun leasing. The properties: Manhattan’s 100 John St., 116 John St., 290 Mulberry St., 247 E. 28th St. and 666 West End Ave.; Long Island City’s 4615 & 4540 Center Blvd.; […]
June 11, 2012
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CB2 to Hold Hearing on Bossert Plans Wednesday, June 20
Community Board 2′s Land Use Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 20 to “consider a variance application to be filed at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to reconvert the Bossert Hotel back to its original, transient hotel use.” The hearing, along with another to “review proposed changes to the text of […]
June 11, 2012
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Celeb Chef Anthony Bourdain Tours Brooklyn, Including Stop At Chef’s Table
Celebrity chef and TV foodie Anthony Bourdain chomped his way through Brooklyn this month, stopping by eight restaurants, including the buzzy Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, the three Michelin-starred restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. His triptych was featured in The New York Daily News Sunday, where Bourdain called Brooklyn “the nexus of world […]
June 10, 2012
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