Brooklyn Heights Blog

Today LIVE at 4pm on The Homer Fink Show - NYS Senate candidate Daniel Squadron.  The 28 year old upstart is challenging 30 year incumbent Martin Connor in the September 9 Democratic primary.  H...

Channel 2 has picked up on the 1 Pierrpoint Plaza probation office story - about a month late and with no new information.  But hey at least Hillary Richard, parent of a St. Ann’s student got...

The Corcoran Group posted listings and a rendering (above) today for a renovated townhouse at 45 State Street and a new home to be built on a vacant lot at the corner of State and Hicks that is listed...

Friends, there clearly is a war on trees happening in Brookyn Heights and DUMBO.  Today’s reports from the Brooklyn Eagle regarding two evergreens put in “cement shoes” on Remsen ...

First “artist” Olafur Eliasson’s NYC Waterfalls project was unmasked as a secret plot to kill trees in DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights with its salt water spray.  Now the intrepid repo...

This just in (12:17 p.m.) - An attempted bank robbery has just occurred at the Bank of America on Montague Street.  No weapons were displayed, and no money was taken.  Police are looking for a w...

The Brooklyn Paper has offered neutral turf for debate to Rep. Ed Towns and his opponent Kevin “The Real World’ Powell in the race to represent the 10th Congressional District.  Towns h...

The customers at the new Spicy Pickle restaurant [143 Montague Street] seem to think it’s a “spicy” new hot spot. The people I spoke to were return customers who raved about the food...

Brooklyn Heights resident/Emmy nominated actor Gabriel Byrne will receive the first ever Gregory Peck Excellence in the Art of Film Award at Ireland’s Dingle Film Festival next month.  Byr...

The first rule of Gleason’s Gym in DUMBO’s White Collar Boxing should have been “don’t talk about White Collar Boxing.”  The amateur competition held there and at othe...