If you were at home, as I was, on the late afternoon of Monday, March 9, you heard the roar of two helicopters hovering nearby. As reported by Mary Frost in ...

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this weekend (late this evening, Friday, March 20 through early Monday morning, March 23) should be a “green light weekend,” as there are no planned cancellations ...

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 ...

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.

This morning Martha Foley got this photo of the sidewalk bridge surrounding the Bossert being dismantled. We understand, however, that it was quickly replaced. We can look forward to the day when it’s ...

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 ...

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It’s that time, for our annual list of ten people or groups of people living or working in Brooklyn Heights, who made an impact on our neighborhood, the city, the country, or the world this year. With ...

Sunday at noon I joined a group of architecture and park enthusiasts for a tour of the completed Pier 5 and the still under construction uplands of Piers 4 and 3. We were led to Pier 5 by Brooklyn ...

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 ...