Brooklyn’s Chanukah Menorah Beams At Borough Hall

Monday evening, December 10, in celebration of Chanukah, Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz joined Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham and Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, along with Paul Amit, a parent from Kiddie Korner, and other officials to light Brooklyn’s 29-foot menorah in front of the Supreme Court building in Columbus Park/Borough Hall Plaza. […]
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Here’s A Look At Lena Dunham’s $3.7M Book Proposal

Brooklyn Heights’ resident and actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham sold her narrative “Not That Kind Of Girl,” in October to Random House for $3.7 million based on the strength of an illustrated 66-page proposal. The book, packed with “frank and funny advice on everything from sex to eating […]
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The L Magazine Ponders Seinfeld in Brooklyn

The most talked about Twitter account Monday is @SeinfeldToday which is a non-stop stream of new episode ideas for…

Nobody Can Get Used to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel’s New Name

On October 22, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel officially became the Hugh Carey Tunnel. A week later, Sandy hit our…

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 to Have Grand Opening Thursday

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 and its uplands, which will include sports fields and a “picnic peninsula,” will have its grand opening in a ceremony to begin at 11:00 a.m. this Thursday, December 13. Rumor has it that Hizzonor himself will make an appearance. All are invited, and refreshments will be served. If you plan […]
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It’s Chanukah, and Chanukah it is.

In the song accompanying the video above, the LeeVees address the burning question: how do you spell the name…
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Rolling Stones at Barclay’s Center

The Rolling Stones performed at Barclays Center on Saturday night and people tweeted about it. Yes, even Boomers scratching something off their bucket list use social media. Read all about it after the jump.

Alligator Owning Couple from Gravesend Indicted

This dispatch from Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes regarding Michael Volpe, 32, and Alisa Volpe, 25, who were busted in October. Cops found weapons, prescription drugs, marijuana and, most notably, an alligator chilling out in a tank.

Earlier this week an indictment was issued:

Is Fred Claus, Starring Brooklyn Heights Resident Paul Giamatti, The Next Holiday Classic?

Back in 2010, Brooklyn Heights Blog asked if 2007’s Fred Claus was destined to be the next flick to…

Holiday Lionel Train layout at NYC Transit Museum Annex, Grand Central

Here’s this year’s version (see last year’s here) of the Lionel Train display at the New York City Transit…
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