Eye On Real Estate: One’s for sale for $16 Million, the other’s got bricked-up windows This is a tale of two brownstones. What will prospective buyers of what could be Brooklyn’s priciest house make of it? One of them is pristine 192 Columbia Heights – a magnificent, manicured 1850s brownstone with six bedrooms that’s for … Read More →
The Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) will sponsor its 30th annual house and garden tour of five privately owned historic townhouses and gardens in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday, May 10, from 1-5 p.m. This go-at–your-own–pace, self-guided tour, for the benefit of the BHA, allows visitors a rare opportunity to experience the architectural grandeur and contrasting styles … Read More →
Linda Doman, a resident of Brooklyn Heights since 1979, died suddenly following a collapse while visiting her grandchildren in upstate New York on April 26. It is believed that she suffered an aneurism, but the family has not released final details. She and John Doman, her husband, loved the village feeling of Brooklyn Heights and … Read More →
Zany, Exuberant Fun! The 29th annual Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade, a high-spirited ritual in Brooklyn Heights, made its joyful way down Pierrepont and Montague streets and along the Promenade on Monday afternoon. The parade, a Saint Ann’s School tradition since 1985, features puppet caricatures with giant heads, towering gods, animals on strings and aliens on … Read More →
Attention Domino devotees! There’s a change of date for the Big Vote. The City Council has moved its full vote on Two Trees Management’s Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment to May 14 for procedural reasons. The 11-acre mega-project on the Williamsburg waterfront will have to wait a little longer to clear its final hurdle. Initially set … Read More →
A proposal for a streetcar line linking waterfront areas in Brooklyn and Queens from Sunset Park to Astoria resembles, in part, a familiar plan by an outspoken Brooklyn rail advocate known for his tenacity. New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, in his column on April 21, praised city planner Alexander Garvin’s proposal for a “desire line.” … Read More →
Getting Ready For the Next Superstorm Sandy New York City is testing an experimental post-disaster housing prototype in Downtown Brooklyn. If the test is successful, the modular housing could be installed in parking lots, on dead end streets, or on other paved land in neighborhoods hit by a disaster. The idea is to keep residents … Read More →
Says BHP focused on closing Long Island College Hospital deal with SUNY Brooklyn Health Partners (BHP), the group which won the bidding war for Long Island College Hospital (LICH) earlier this month, is refuting stories leaked to publications that plans are already in the works to raise “at least two soaring residential buildings of up … Read More →
By Dipti Kumar, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Parking in Brooklyn Heights is unlike any other area. It’s a hunt to find parking, even if you are a resident in the area! The Brooklyn Eagle looked into the issue in this video, which is sure to resonate with anyone who deals with the Heights on a daily basis (“Read More” link … Read More →