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Trolleys: Our Past; Our Future?
As reported in The Brooklyn Paper last week, workers installing new water and sewer lines near the foot of Old Fulton Street encountered some trolley tracks that had been buried under asphalt for many...
View ArticleLevin to Lead Discussion on Manhole Blasts
Next Tuesday, February 9, City Coucil Member Steven Levin will lead a discussion about the recent underground explosions that rocked the neighborhood around Joralemon Street and Willow Place on January...
View ArticleLevin’s Meeting on Underground Blasts Yields Disturbing Information
Ben Bankson, President of the Willowtown Association, gives the following report on last evening’s meeting about the January 18 explosions that shook the area around Joralemon Street and Willow Place:...
View ArticleBHB Reader Robbed at Gunpoint
This disturbing news from a BHB reader: Last night about midnight, I was robbed at gunpoint while walking my dog at the corner of Aitken and Sydney. After the cops showed up (very quickly I might add)...
View ArticleTimes Likes Iris Cafe; Slams Rest of Heights Restaurant Scene
Oliver Strand, in his “$25 and Under” column in Wednesday’s New York Times: Iris Cafe, 20 Columbia Place (Joralemon Street), Brooklyn Heights, (718) 722-7395, opened in November on one of the sleepiest...
View ArticleBrick Attack on Joralemon
A BHB tipster sent us this dispatch last night claiming: Someone threw a brick at a guy walking down the street around 8pm. He was waiting for his friend to come and pick him up and I guess they had...
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A Profusion of Fallen Foliage
BHB photo by C. ScalesToday’s strong winds spread sprigs of foliage over sidewalks and streets throughout the Heights, and on Joralemon Street between Henry and Hicks brought down this large limb....
View ArticleWillow Place Repair Work to Start Tuesday
This in from the Willowtown Association: Repair work on the NYC Transit’s cables in ducts running from the substation on Willow Place to Joralemon Street damaged in last January’s explosion will...
View ArticleBHA Presses DOT on Pier 6 Crossing Safety
Judy Stanton, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, has contacted the City Department of Transportation about concerns over safety of pedestrians, especially with children, crossing...
View ArticleKarl’s Holiday Weekend Wrap-Up
Mr. J. finds some historical scenes to contrast with present-day realities, notes what’s new and what’s about to be, and finishes with a last look (it goes away after today, so brave the heat if you...
View ArticleJoralemon Man Tells Brooklyn Paper It’s Hot
The Brooklyn Paper reports on the heat in town this week with a special appearance by Joralemon Street resident Stephen Brown: Brooklyn Paper: Joralemon Street resident Stephen Brown, 61, watched as...
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Walking the Brooklyn Bridge Park Path: a Photo Essay
Late Friday afternoon, your correspondent walked the new Brooklyn Bridge Park pedestrian and bike path from Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue, to the north end of Pier 1, at the foot of Old...
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Muni-Mall at Court and Joralemon?
BHB photo by C. ScalesMayor Bloomberg and Borough President Markowitz today announced that the City is issuing a Request for Proposal to develop 37,000 square feet of space on the ground and second...
View ArticleUpdates on Parking; Garbage
From Notify NYC comes word that alternate side parking is suspended for tomorrow, Friday, January 14 and Sturday, January 15. The Brooklyn Heights Association advises us that garbage collection will...
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New Digs For Park Staff
Officers and staff of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation should be moving into new quarters by fall. New York Post: Brooklyn Bridge Park employees will soon have new offices – and in the heart of...
View ArticleTimes Profiles Joralemon Gardener Catherine Fitzsimmons
Friday’s “Habitat” section of the Times has a profile of Joralemon Street resident and urban landscape designer Catherine Fitzsimmons: The New York Times: THE cobblestone part of Joralemon Street is...
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A Botanical Tour of Brooklyn Heights
On Thursday, your correspondent joined fifteen or so others for a tour of plant life in the Heights, led by Promenade Gardener Jonathan Landsman (photo) and funded by the Promenade Partnership....
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Reader: Brooklyn Heights Sewer Dangerous and Unfixed for Two (!) Years
This just in from a BHB tipster: Curious to know if you heard anything about the NW corner of Clinton/Joralemon being fixed? It’s been broken (and unsafe) for about 2 years now. A couple of weeks ago...
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Big Tree Falls on Joralemon Street
Just as your humble publisher was mulling over when to move his car out of the relative safety of the Cadman Plaza garage (tonight?), comes this dispatch from Karl Junkersfeld: A very large tree on...
View ArticleTwo-Way Furman Means No More Bike/Pedestrian Path
The conversion of Furman Street to two-way traffic (which seems to be a long-term proposition, given that new striping is being painted) has necessitated the elimination of the combined bike and...
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