We’ve received notice from the NYC DOT that starting next Monday, August 11, or soon thereafter, the block of Columbia Heights between Cranberry and Middagh streets will be closed to all vehicular, ...

Mary Frost in the Eagle reports that a “National Night Out” event, sponsored by the 84th Precinct Community Council, will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, August 5) on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park ...

As reported by Gothamist, at about 7:00 this morning the large metal awning covering the sidewalk at the Henry Street entrance to the Clark Street subway station at the St. George ...

Mary Frost in the Eagle reports that a “National Night Out” event, sponsored by the 84th Precinct Community Council, will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, August 5) on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park ...

As reported by Mary Frost in the Eagle, a fire in the 15 story office building at 185 Montague Street, recognizable by the Chipotle restaurant at sidewalk level, late yesterday afternoon drew a huge ...

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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. ...

Times haven’t changed but so much between 1937 and 2012. Some 75 years ago, the U.S. was enduring a marked recession that lasted 13 months and catapulted unemployment from 14.3% in 1937 to 19.0% in ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Brooklyn Heights residents persuaded “Power Broker” Robert Moses to re-route his plans to ram the BQE through the heart of the neighborhood and to halt bulldozing ...

As reported by the Eagle, the former Hotel Bossert (photo by C. Scales for BHB), at Montague and Hicks streets, has been bought by Somera Road Inc., described as an “opportunistic real estate and ...

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 ...

What's on your mind? Comment away!By Claude Scales on July 8, 2025 11:26 pm in open thread ...