Tag Archive | "Brooklyn Heights"

Primping Paws and Whiskers [Video]

Friday, January 27, 2012

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Former Wall Street banker Tom Vasquez left the hustle and bustle in downtown Manhattan and opened Perfect Paws, a pet grooming shop in Brooklyn Heights, to embrace his love for animals.

Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jewish Communities to Feature on Oprah’s New Show

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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As part of her new television series premiering in January, media mogul Oprah Winfrey made stops in Crown Heights, Brooklyn Heights and Borough Park to immerse herself in the daily life of the Hasidic Jewish [...]

Broken Promises for Broken Escalator at High St. Subway Station, Riders Say

Friday, November 19, 2010

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After two months of promises by the MTA to fix a broken escalator at a Brooklyn subway station, riders are still waiting, according to The New York Daily News. Riders, particularly the elderly, say the MTA has failed to [...]

HBO Movie Clears Brooklyn Heights Parking Through Sunday

Friday, November 12, 2010

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The blog, McBrooklyn, reports that HBO’s financial crisis movie “Too Big To Fail,” will affect parking all weekend in the Borough Hall area. Parking along Court Street and Remsen Street, near Borough Hall won’t be [...]

HISTORIC SIGN RESURRECTED

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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By Alexandra Alper The sign, “Welcome to Brooklyn, the fourth largest city in America,” hung on the Verrazano Bridge only for a few years, over three decades ago. But in that time, it became [...]

Internet Kindles Eco-Kindness in Brooklyn

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

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By Manuel Rueda If you thought solidarity was dead in the borough, think back to Sunday, when small clusters of Brooklyn residents joined a global day of action against global warming. Glove-wearing volunteers with big [...]

Heights School Struggles to Breathe

Monday, October 11, 2010

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By Alex Eriksen After seven years of seeing their enrollment swell and their available space dwindle, relief is now in the works for The Robert Fulton School in Brooklyn Heights. Construction of an annex, which [...]

Brooklyn Heights Pastor Steps Down

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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By Alex Eriksen The First Presbyterian Church on Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights has seen a few pastors in 188 years, and today it is losing yet another. Beth Waltemath is giving her last sermon [...]

Brooklyn Brownstones Could Be in Danger

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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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 [...]

Truman Capote’s Heights home breaks market record

Monday, May 10, 2010

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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 [...]