Brooklyn Daily Eagle Tries to Create Controversy Where There Is None

By on May 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

This Brooklyn Daily Eagle story has the headline, “Brooklyn Bridge Park at odds with Heights over bike stations.” It implies some sort of Park-Heights conflict that doesn’t exist. Update: If you follow the link above, you’ll now find that the Eagle headline and story have been re-worded, evidently in response to this post. The story [...]
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Open Thread: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

By on May 16, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights

Open Thread Wednesday has arrived again! What’s on your mind, BHB compatriots? Comment away.
(Photo: Chuck Taylor)

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Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library

By on May 16, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, News, Police Blotter

EMS has transported a 52-year-old man to Bellevue Hospital after an apparent stabbing that occurred at the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Cadman Plaza West Tuesday evening. The victim was reportedly stabbed in the neck and abdomen, but the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. A suspect was taken into [...]
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30 Henry Street Reaps $500K Above Asking Price

By on May 15, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Landmark Preservation

DUMBO-based developer Fortis Manor, which purchased the homely one-story Brooklyn Eagle Building at 30 Henry Street & Middagh in November 2011, paid $3.5 million for the property, according to a post today on Brownstoner. Broker Massey Knakal confirmed the figure, which is $500K over its asking price of $3 million. That comes out to a [...]
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June 14: Annual Montague Street District Mgmt Assn Meeting

By on May 15, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn

The 15th-annual meeting of the Montague Street District Management Assn., part of the Montague Street Business Improvement District, will convene Thursday June 14, 4-6 p.m., on the second floor of Eamonn Doran’s at 174 Montague Street. Addressing the group will be keynoter Seth Pinsky, President of the NYC Economic Development Corp., and guest speaker Tucker [...]
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Quote Of The Day: 1966 Heights Was ‘Brought Back From Slum Death By Influx’ Of Gays

By on May 15, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, History

Writer and theologian William R. Wineke, a columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal and an ordained clergyman of the United Church of Christ, expresses his views on same-sex marriage in an opinion piece for WISC-TV Madison, Wisconsin’s news website Channel3000.com. We’re neither supporting or dissuading the author’s perspective here, but highlighting his reflections on Brooklyn [...]
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‘Real Deal’ Profiles Heights’ Resident & Highbrow Broker Elizabeth Stribling

By on May 15, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Profiles

Elizabeth Stribling, founder of Stribling & Associates real-estate brokerage, made headlines in 2008 when she relocated from the Upper East Side’s East 84th Street to Brooklyn Heights, in a record-setting $6.6 million 12th-floor 3,442SF pad at One Brooklyn Bridge Park. This month, she is profiled in The Real Deal in a story titled “Stribling: The [...]
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Willowtown Fair This Saturday

By on May 15, 2012 in Events, Food

This year’s Willowtown Fair, part of a growing tradition, will celebrate the lives of two women who made great contributions to the life of that community, and will feature a wine tasting, foood from Iris Cafe, bluegrass music, and fun for kids. Ben Bankson, President of the Willowtown Association, gives us the following: The dedication [...]
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What Say You? Montague Street Biz Improvement District Survey

By on May 15, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights

The Montague Street Business Improvement District is calling on all Brooklyn Heights Blog readers and area residents to participate in a survey to collect info on what folks think about programs & services in the nabe’s primary retail destination, as it strategizes future goals. Four survey respondents will be randomly selected by BID to receive [...]
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Karl Goes Foraging with Tony of Noodle Pudding

By on May 14, 2012 in Food

Mr. J and his cam go with Tony of Noodle Pudding to the Hunt’s Point market in the Bronx, where Tony shows what’s available and how he curates selects the ingredients for the dishes on his menu. Then it’s back to the restaurant to taste the day’s gleanings. Having sampled ramps for the first time [...]
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SOLD! Historic Bossert: Plan In Place To Convert Back To Hotel

By on May 14, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights

After revealing last week that Brooklyn Heights’ historic Bossert Hotel was returning to its roots as a hotel, Brownstoner reports today that city filings offer a confirmed buyer for the Jehovah’s Witnesses property. David Bistricer has plans to turn the structure into a 302-unit “Hotels, Dormitories,” in DOB-speak. Meanwhile, according to the filings, the architect [...]
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Memoir of a Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer” by Susan Gubar

By on May 14, 2012 in Books

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. Indiana University English professor Susan Gubar did not quote Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Dirge Without… FULL STORY

Urban Folk Art Gallery Shines Spotlight on P.S. 8 Students

By on May 13, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Kids

Creativity has spilled forth from the classrooms of P.S. 8 and found its way onto the walls of the Urban Folk Art Gallery, thanks to the “How’s the Weather?” exhibition that features dozens of landscape paintings and drawings by first-grade students from the Brooklyn Heights elementary school. The group show marks the end of a… FULL STORY

Mother’s Day Roses

By on May 13, 2012 in Uncategorized

For all you Brooklyn Heights moms, including Mrs. Fink and my sweetie, it’s your day. Enjoy!
Photo: Rosa rugosa at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, May 13, 2012.

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NYC Bike Share Program Includes Multiple Locations Across Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Downtown

By on May 13, 2012 in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Sports

New York City’s Bike Share Program has announced its citywide locations that include Brooklyn’s portion of 600 city bike share stations, with multiple locations around Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and nearby Downtown Brooklyn. The initiative is sponsored by the city Department of Transportation with Alta Bicycle Share. DOT released a draft map of the [...]
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NYC Bike Share Program: Cobble Hill Shunned Until At Least Spring 2013

By on May 13, 2012 in Uncategorized

New York City’s Bike Share Program has announced its citywide locations that include Brooklyn’s portion of 600 city bike share stations. If you’re hoping for a quick ride on the new blue “Citi Bikes” in Cobble Hill, forget it for now. According to the city Department of Transportation, which is sponsoring the initiative with Alta [...]
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Booze & Books: NYC Lit Crawl Coming To Brooklyn For First Time May 19

By on May 13, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Events

The Brooklyn Lit Crawl beer-and-book festival, which stumbles through 13 Cobble Hill, Carroll Garden and Brooklyn Heights venues on Saturday May 19, 6-8 p.m., will comprise cocktails, trivia contests, book readings and special events along the way. Venues include Zombie Hut (273 Smith Street), Knit Lit (253 Smith), People’s Republic of Brooklyn (247 Smith), BookCourt [...]
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