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May 12, 2012
A Youth Stabbing and Deadly Fire Last Night in Bushwick
The past few weekends have been a little rough for Brooklyn residents. Last Saturday, we reported on a deadly accident that happened in Sheepshead Bay and a police officer who might have been over the legal limit to drive in Brooklyn Heights. This week, our attention shifts to th ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Christopher Rendell 'In' at Highlands; Andrea Bergquist 'Out' at Red Rooster
Alex Sorenson, the opening chef at Colonie in Brooklyn Heights, has left the restaurant to open his own place. He'll be replaced by Brad McDonald, who has worked at Alain Ducasse at the Essex House, Per Se, and Noma. [Eater] Christopher Rendell has taken over the kitchens at both Mary Queen ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Smoking Ban in Parks, Beaches, Anywhere You Want to Smoke to Go Into Effect
You have two weeks to smoke freely in the out-of-doors. Starting May 23, the city-wide ban on smoking in parks and beaches goes into effect. That means you can no longer smoke in Central Park, the Brooklyn Heights promenade, the Coney Island boardwalk, even the horrid pedestrian plaza outside ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Reginella Closes, Letting the Hot Dog-and-Fries Pizza Dream Die
Reginella zips up its hot-dog pie.Reginella, the casual Italian on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, has closed.
Blogs
March 31, 2011
What to Drink at Colonie: The Bergamot Margarita
Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. Mmmm... bergamotty.The drink: Bergamot Margarita The bar: Colonie (127 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Heights, 718-855-7500) The price: $11 The ingredients: Reposado tequila, orange liqueur, fresh bergam ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Posts of the Week
It's Friday afternoon, and time to look back at the week that was ... Our 10 Best and Cheapest Grand Central Terminal Eats. Imperial No. 9's Sam Talbot talked about egos, mentors, diabetes, and other things. Battle of the Vegan Slices: Viva Herbal Pizzeria faces off with Slice, the Perfect Food. ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Colonie in Brooklyn Heights Offers Dinner and a Show
Brooklyn Heights BlogBrooklyn Heights, Colonie-ized.Colonie (127 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Heights), the new restaurant opened by alumni from Public and Double Crown, and funded using Kickstarter, is already bustling on a Saturday night, taking reservations only for groups of five or more. On ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
Brooklyn Heights Residents Reminded to Lock Doors Because They Live in New York City
Lock your doors. Even if you live here. This story kind of blows our minds. In Brooklyn Heights, people apparently feel so safe that they don't bother, most of the time, even locking their doors, or their windows. Maybe we're paranoid. (Yes, we're paranoid.) But, come on! It's the city! (We h ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
NYC Snow Plow Hits Car Again, On The Same Street! [VIDEO]
Remember that video from last month's snowstorm of the snow plow smashing into the car without any care? Unfortunately for someone, the same thing has happened again during this snowstorm. In a twist of fate, this accident took place on the same exact street in Brooklyn Heights! Video of the ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
New York City Workers Kill Ford Explorer in Demonstration of Supreme Ineptitude
Some poor slob's Ford Explorer gets royally fucked up in this video of apparently impatient/lazy/drunk/stupid city workers trying to free a front-loader stuck in the snow in Brooklyn Heights. Blizzards: Bringing out the dumb. The narrator of this video, by the way, must have some powerful heat in hi ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Crop to Cup Relocates to Gowanus
A walk by Crop to Cup in Brooklyn yesterday revealed that it was the last day of operation at the Atlantic Avenue location. Just seven months after the artisanal roaster opened up shop in Brooklyn Heights, it's moving its facilities and café to Third Avenue in Gowanus. Have a restaurant tip ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Located! Most Expensive Parking Spot in New York: $110,000
This is meant to illustrate the ridiculousness of a $110,000 parking spot.When you have more money that you know what to do with, and also a car, you need: the city's most expensive parking spot, ever, or at least, in recent memory. Which exists in Brooklyn Heights, according to Brownstoner. ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
The Calexico Cart Is Up and Running at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Now with burritos.The first of the long-awaited Brooklyn Bridge Park food vendors has opened for business: Brooklyn Heights Blog reports that the Calexico Carne Asada cart began selling its tacos, quesadillas, and burritos this weekend. Ditch Plains and Blue Marble are expected to follow shor ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
Posts of the Week
As our truncated week comes to an end, here's a look back at the best posts of the last 96 hours: Sugar Mama NYC's Michelle DuQuesnay talked about designing 'adult' cakes, Rice Krispie penises, and the joys of chocolate phalluses. Here's Our 10 Best Places to Slurp Raw Oysters. Ask the Critic: Wh ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Rabbit in the Moon, Goodbye to Le Boeuf à la Mode
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. French mainstay Le Boeuf à la Mode on the Upper East Side has announced that it will close ofter nearly 50 years in operation at the end of the month. [ZagatBuzz] Fat Hippo on Clinton Street ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Gear Up: Friday Is National Bike to Work Day
The signs sometimes do align, as in the case of tomorrow, which is our humble nation's official Bike to Work Day. It's been bike month all of May, in fact, but if you've been focused on other things -- masturbation month, anyone? -- well, it's not too late to get involved.
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May 12, 2010
Chuck Norris Has Gone M.I.A. in Brooklyn
Via Brooklyn Heights Blog.Kitty. Click to enlarge. The picture. Not the cat. The cat is not in your computer. But the picture of the cat will get larger.No, really. Via Brooklyn Heights Blog, posters seeking out a black cat, with yellowish (almost "marigold") eyes have been posted, identifyin ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Probation Officer Shot and Wounded in Brooklyn
A city probation officer was shot and seriously wounded this evening in the 84th Precinct in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources say. The officer is not believed likely to die. Not much more on it right now. The 84th precinct includes the areas of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Vinegar Hill and the F ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Zengo; Goodbye to Lusso
Restaurants, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and taking their leaves this week. It might be curtains for Great Wall on Henry Street, which has been shuttered by the DoH for a total of 58 violations, including evidence of roaches and inadequate staff hygiene. [Brooklyn Heig ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2010
Crumbs Branching Into Brooklyn
CrumbsCrumbs gets its sticky fingers on Brooklyn Heights.Here's the latest news in cupcake proliferation: not content with its 12 locations in Manhattan, Crumbs Bake Shop is branching into Brooklyn Heights. The Brooklyn Heights Blog noticed a "coming soon" sign in the window of the old Height ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Few Surprises in Times Unemployment Map (Though Coney Beats Carroll Gardens)
We are grateful for the Times unemployment map, which shows what New York neighborhoods are doing best and worst in these parlous economic times, though most of its findings come as no shock. The big loser is unsurprisingly East New York (also murder rate increase leader) with 3rd-quarter un ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
A Peek at the New Iris Cafe in Brooklyn Heights
The pocket of Brooklyn Heights located almost beneath the BQE is now home to the Iris Cafe, an airy, high-ceilinged place that opened yesterday on Columbia Place near Joralemon Street. It's one of several storefronts in the historic Riverside Apartment complex, many of which are empty. One ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
An Italian Wine Bar in the Making for Brooklyn Heights
The Iris Cafe isn't the only new tenant of the Riverside Apartment complex on Columbia Place: Down the block, the old River Deli space will soon be home to an Italian wine bar, according to one of Iris's proprietors.
Blogs
October 2, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Travertine; Goodbye to (the Other) Tea Lounge
Danae Cappelletto, a former restaurant manager in her native Australia, has opened Travertine in the space formerly occupied by Little Charlie's Clam House on Kenmare Street. The menu, by Manuel Trevino, is Mediterranean. [NY Times] Hotelier Andre Balazs has introduced The Boom Boom Room, the firs ... More >>
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July 28, 2009
News From Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights Blog attended last night's Community Board 2 meeting and reports on some goings-on in the neighborhood, which is becoming an increasingly popular dining destination: Park Slope's Tea Lounge was approved for a liquor license for its latest location on Clark Street, while the new inca ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Well, some cowboy's Goin' Galt in Brooklyn Heights, anyway. Photo (c) Charles D Rightbloggers decided President Obama is a fascist. Despite this, and the aid and comfort he gives to pirates, the voters like him anyway -- which figures, since many of them are apparently socialists. Which may be wh ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2008
Despite Drop in Costs, Area Bagels, Pizza Go Up
Well, some cowboy's Goin' Galt in Brooklyn Heights, anyway. Photo (c) Charles D Rightbloggers decided President Obama is a fascist. Despite this, and the aid and comfort he gives to pirates, the voters like him anyway -- which figures, since many of them are apparently socialists. Which may be wh ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 23, 2008
STREET ANTICS
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Blogs
September 18, 2008
More Questions on City's School Grades
Overload of the senses
Voice Choices
September 10, 2008
GOING, GOING, GONE!
Bid on original pieces by Thurston and Yoko
Blogs
August 25, 2008
Morning Papers: Drugstore Prices, Ugly Buildings Go Up
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July 15, 2008
The Truth Behind 'Beaver' Shots and Who Owns Your Tofurky?
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Blogs
July 11, 2008
Best Markets: Sahadi's
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Blogs
June 13, 2008
Clip Job: Brooklyn Heights Newest Publication
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Blogs
May 13, 2008
Clip Job: Where the 'Hipnicks' Live
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Blogs
August 30, 2007
Coming Soon: More Ricky's
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Blogs
August 23, 2007
Priceless: The Pietà by Michelangelo is Yours FREE
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July 26, 2007
Zucchini Flowers Made Easy
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Blogs
March 27, 2007
There's a New CSA in Town!
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People
February 20, 2007
Cuming Clean
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Specials
October 18, 2005
Hipniks: Where Do They Bed-Down When the Sun Comes Up
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NYC Life
June 14, 2005
Close-Up on Brooklyn Heights
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NYC Life
April 22, 2003
Close-Up on DUMBO, Brooklyn
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NYC Life
March 11, 2003
Close-Up On: Boerum Hill
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NYC Life
March 19, 2002
Listings
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Dining
December 18, 2001
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
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Film
June 19, 2001
Multiple Choice
A Scene Grows in Brooklyn
NYC Life
August 29, 2000
Studio Apartment In Mid-19th-Century Brownstone
A Scene Grows in Brooklyn
NYC Life
March 2, 1999
Signing Bonus
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