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Brooklyn Heights

Apr
04
NYS Senate Passes Bill Allowing For Expedited BQE Repairs

NYS Senate Passes Bill Allowing For Expedited BQE Repairs

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Early Saturday the New York State Senate passed a bill which includes allowing NYC to expedite the design-build
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Apr
02
That’s All Folk! The 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival (April 6-8)

That’s All Folk! The 10th Annual Brooklyn Folk Festival (April 6-8)

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – “Everybody always wants to look forward to the next thing,” said Eli Smith. “For me, I prefer to
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Mar
28
Group Will Not Appeal Court’s Decision To Allow Brooklyn Bridge Park To Build Pier 6 Towers

Group Will Not Appeal Court’s Decision To Allow Brooklyn Bridge Park To Build Pier 6 Towers

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Following a judge’s dismissal [/judge-dismisses-case-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-6-development/] of the Brooklyn Heights Association [https://thebha.org/about-us/]’s (BHA) case
2 min read
Mar
16

Friday Crime Blotter: Coward Arrested in Canarsie, A Stabbing in Flatbush & More

BUSHWICK – Police are looking for the man who robbed a cab driver at gunpoint in Bushwick earlier this week. On
3 min read
Mar
14
Landmarks Commission Rejects 135 Montague Expansion, Approves 550 Clinton Tower

Landmarks Commission Rejects 135 Montague Expansion, Approves 550 Clinton Tower

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/CLINTON HILL – Plans to add two stories to a landmarked Brooklyn Heights building were rejected by the Landmarks
2 min read
Mar
13
Driver Crashes Into Lamp Post On Busy Brooklyn Heights Street

Driver Crashes Into Lamp Post On Busy Brooklyn Heights Street

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A man driving an SUV crashed into a “bishop’s crook” lamp post on a busy sidewalk yesterday
1 min read
Feb
21
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Centennial With Exhibition

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Centennial With Exhibition

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/] is partnering with
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Feb
13
City Politicians Call on Cuomo to Expedite BQE Repairs

City Politicians Call on Cuomo to Expedite BQE Repairs

Council Speaker Corey Johnson at last Friday’s press conference on BQE repairs (Jeff Reed/NYC Council)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The
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Jan
31
Fighting Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn

Fighting Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN – “Sex trafficking in Brooklyn?” – This very question made a young woman create a documentary [http://inourbackyard.
11 min read
Jan
24
How The Former Watchtower Building Will Be Transformed Into A High-End Office & Retail Complex

How The Former Watchtower Building Will Be Transformed Into A High-End Office & Retail Complex

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – After removing the iconic Watchtower sign [/iconic-watchtower-sign-gone/] from the Brooklyn skyline last December, Columbia Heights Associates are forging
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