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DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone 12 Jun 2013 | 09:06 pm
In a press release today, Ken Thompson, a former federal prosecutor candidate for the Democratic nomination for Kings County District Attorney, declared his intention to establish an environmental cri...
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Romantic French Comedy Saturday 12 Jun 2013 | 07:21 pm
Our neighbors at Theater 2020 will present, as part of their Hearthside reading series, a free dramatic reading (not a staged play; the actors will be seated throughout) of Pierre Marivaux’s The Trium...
Open Thread Wednesday 6/12/13 12 Jun 2013 | 05:26 am
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Erin Boyle Finds Things Rosy in Brooklyn Heights 12 Jun 2013 | 04:35 am
On my walk this morning, I stopped to admire (and snap) these yellow roses in front of 80 Joralemon Street. Brooklyn Heights is rose heaven, according to Heights resident Erin Boyle in this post in Ga...
Former Brooklyn Heights Resident Moves To Harlem To “Escape Multi-Million Dollar Mansions And Unfriendly Neighbors” 12 Jun 2013 | 04:26 am
Brick Underground features a story dissing our neighborhood and penned by "a real-life NYC landlord whose pseudonym is Craig Roche". The headline: -- Brooklyn Heights to Harlem: Escape from multi-mill...
Brooklyn Heights Profile: Andy Brown 11 Jun 2013 | 09:59 pm
When I moved into my building on Henry Street five years ago, I knew it came with heat and hot water, but I didn’t know it also came with Andy Brown. For those of you who have not met him, Andy can us...
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/11/13 11 Jun 2013 | 07:15 pm
Hold onto your iPhones! It’s this week’s blotter. Last week’s blotter theme was the theft of expensive wallets; this one is the theft of expensive iPhones. The first took place on the northbound F tra...
The U.S. Post Office Paints Over The Work Of Brooklyn Heights’ “Captain Cleanup” 11 Jun 2013 | 05:36 pm
This just in from a BHB reader -- it appears the the United States Post Office has determined the work of Brooklyn Heights' so-called "Captain Cleanup" is not up to snuff. A USPS worker was spotted th...
Photoville Fence Unveiling Thursday 11 Jun 2013 | 03:21 am
As we reported earlier, the unveiling of this year’s 1,000 foot long “Photoville Fence” will take place this month; we now know it’s this Thursday, June 13, starting at 6:00 p.m. It’s a free party wit...
Mettle: Documentary about People Who Collect Recyclables for Cash 10 Jun 2013 | 06:26 pm
Local filmmaker Andy Arrow recently completed a documentary called Mettle, about people who earn their living by collecting recyclables, and how they are “cited, or even arrested, for picking up trash...
