We understand, however, that a new bridge and scaffolding will be going up later this year, as the building’s new owner, SomeraRoad, does renovation work.

The photo (courtesy of and © Andrew Porter) shows, from left to right, Brooklyn Heights Association President Jeremy Lechtzin, BHA Executive Director Lara Birnback, and City C0uncilmember Lincoln ...

This coming weekend – late Friday evening, March 13 through early Monday morning, March 16 – there will be no Brooklyn bound service at High Street as Brooklyn bound A and C trains will be re-routed ...

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Csaba and Henriett (shown in the photo below with their sons) have been a beloved couple in the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO communities, having built their dog walking and training business since 2000.

We recently went on a trip back in time at some of the restaurants in the North Heights. Now it’s time to start doing the same down on Montague Street. What was there before today’s eateries? What do ...

Three weeks ago Binyamin Appelbaum’s opinion piece, “I Want a City, Not a Museum”, appeared in the New York Times. Mr. Appelbaum blamed the city’s lack of affordable housing on its “preserving the ...

The New York Police Department’s 84th Precinct, which covers Brooklyn Heights, will have a Community Council Meeting, to which all are invited, this coming Tuesday, March 17, starting at 7:00 PM at ...

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As reported by Mary Frost in the Eagle, yesterday at 3:34 pm fire broke out at the five story apartment building at 75 Pierrepont Street. It appears to have started when an air conditioner caught fire ...

Tomorrow (Saturday, February 7) Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (corner of Grace Court, between Joralemon and Remsen) will present its annual Winterfair from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Items for sale at ...

Most of our readers don’t need to be reminded of the Hotel Bossert’s 14-year long neglect, after the Jehovah’s Witnesses sold the building and decamped to upstate New York. There was talk of the buyer ...