As part of a major revamp to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, a five-block section of upscale brownstones, condos and businesses in Brooklyn Heights could be demolished under eminent domain, NBC is reporting. The construction, which is expected to cost $250 million and affect areas around the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Sands Street and Atlantic Avenue, is [...]
Monday, May 10, 2010
The famous canary yellow 18-room mansion on 70 Willow St. in Brooklyn Heights is on sale for $18 million, surpassing the previous record for a Brooklyn home by almost $6 million. Capote—who rented a garden apartment from Oliver Smith, a Broadway art director—wrote “In Cold Blood” and other notable works while living there. It has [...]
Thursday, April 22, 2010
It was 3 p.m. in Brooklyn Heights. School had just let out at PS8 and parents and nannies scrambled to collect their children as they walked out of the gates.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Economic Development Corporation told WPIX that it is in the process of creating a plan to deal with the helicopter traffic over Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. Tourist and commuter flights have caused noise complaints from residents over recent months. Share
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Brooklyn Heights is about to get its close-up. Resident Peter Hedges’ novel, The Heights, will be adapted into a film after the rights were acquired by Focus Films,. the Brooklyn Heights blog reports. Hedges previously wrote and directed 2003’s “Pieces of April.” Share
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Brooklyn got hit with more than four inches of rain - the soggy day was a downer for students on spring break. By Mary Plummer
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Nothing gets the neighbors more riled up than parking spots or wayward cyclists. Put the two together, throw in a 188-year-old church, and it’s pretty much the perfect storm. The First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn Heights lets parishioners park in a bike lane on the side of the road on Sundays, Brooklyn Paper reports. They claim [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
More anti-semitisim in Brooklyn. After Ivalya Ivanov plead guilty yesterday to drawing swastikas on several Brooklyn Heights synagogues, more anti-semitic fliers were found in Park Slope recently. The Brooklyn Ink’s Yaffi Spodek reports. Beekeeping goes legal: From next week, keeping bees will no longer be illegal in New York City. Mary Plummer has the story. Share
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Prosecutors announced today that Ivalyo Ivanov (not to be confused with the Bulgarian soccer player) pled guilty to drawing swatstikas on several Brooklyn Heights synagogues, as well as hoarding a chache of guns and explosives in his apartment. Ivanov, arrested two years ago, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.By all accounts, Ivanov was a committed Nazi [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Navy veterans Milaina Jacques and Shawna Lee knew they wanted to come to the annual Veterans Day Parade along Fifth Avenue — the only question was, what would they wear?
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