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Pluto Movies With A View, on the Harbor View Lawn of Pier One, Brooklyn Bridge Park, will conclude this summer’s run on Thursday evening, August 28. As before, the public is invited to choose, by ...
As reported by Gothamist, at about 7:00 this morning the large metal awning covering the sidewalk at the Henry Street entrance to the Clark Street subway station at the St. George ...
We’ve received notice from the NYC DOT that starting next Monday, August 11, or soon thereafter, the block of Columbia Heights between Cranberry and Middagh streets will be closed to all vehicular, ...
Mary Frost in the Eagle reports that a “National Night Out” event, sponsored by the 84th Precinct Community Council, will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, August 5) on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park ...
As reported by Mary Frost in the Eagle, a fire in the 15 story office building at 185 Montague Street, recognizable by the Chipotle restaurant at sidewalk level, late yesterday afternoon drew a huge ...
Brooklyn Heights Blog, dispatches from America's First Suburb. Chronicling daily news from the Brooklyn Heights Historic District in New York City.
We recently went on a trip back in time at some of the restaurants in the North Heights. Now it’s time to start doing the same down on Montague Street. ...
Monday morning, August 11 through Friday evening, August 15 – late nights Monday to Tuesday through Thursday to Friday there will be only Manhattan bound service at Court Street and at the N/R ...
It’s that time, for our annual list of ten people or groups of people living or working in Brooklyn Heights, who made an impact on our neighborhood, the city, the country, or the world this year. With ...
Times haven’t changed but so much between 1937 and 2012. Some 75 years ago, the U.S. was enduring a marked recession that lasted 13 months and catapulted unemployment from 14.3% in 1937 to 19.0% in ...
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Brooklyn Heights residents persuaded “Power Broker” Robert Moses to re-route his plans to ram the BQE through the heart of the neighborhood and to halt bulldozing ...
Before the popular Heights Cafe opened at 84 Montague Street and Hicks Street, there was The Promenade Restaurant—teeming with 1970s (1980s?) charisma. A sign at the corner entrance boasts Steaks, ...