Brooklyn Comebacks
Totonno's and Armando's will return to their former homes.
Posted 01/22/09 in Grub Street
Empire Building
Five Guys Grows in Brooklyn
The D.C. chain is expanding in Brooklyn. Plus, video of Obama's Air Force One burger.
Posted 01/02/09 in Grub Street
Openings
50 Henry Will Emerge From Its Shadowy Past, As a Wine Bar
But what will become of infamous "Busy Chef" manager Dan Kaufman?
Posted 10/31/08 in Grub Street
Breastaurants
Ridiculous Rumor: Is Hooters Landing in Brooklyn Heights?
If it happens, how will Hooters appease the New Brooklyn Cuisine crowd?
Posted 10/29/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
New Real-Estate Record-Breaker in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights mansion goes for $10.8 mil.
Posted 10/27/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Show of Our Time
‘Gossip Girl’ Goes Fancy in Brooklyn
A tipster spotted the cast of the Greatest Show of Our Time readying for the infamous Snowflake Ball, which will take place … in BK?
Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Brooklyn Heights Soil at High Risk of Stroke Due to Salt Levels
Damn those waterfalls! Now Brooklyn Heights is totally at risk for hypertension.
Posted 09/17/08 in Grub Street
Produce Aisle
Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em
The reopened Gristedes in Brooklyn Heights is hoping to take on Peas & Pickles with healthier products.
Posted 08/28/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Brooklynites Are Really Getting Salty About the Waterfalls
Brooklyn Heights trapped in salty spray! Williamsburg choked by toxic cloud! Kew Gardens easy prey to overdevelopment! Hoods under siege … in today’s boroughs report!
Posted 08/27/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
I.M. Pei to Appear in Chinatown
The reclusive architect will show up at the reopening of the Museum of Chinese in America, the ‘pop-up park’ gets another month in Brooklyn Heights, and a pretty new footpath uptown on the High Bridge doesn’t mean you still can’t find drugs in the park! All in today's boroughs report.
Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
The Revenge of the Stoop Pooper
Behold the return of the Boerum Hill Stoop Pooper, the chilled-out raccoon of Brooklyn Heights, and the aggressive Kennedy Fried Chicken sign of Bedford Park. All in today’s boroughs report.
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Murray Hill Graffiti — Touched (Inappropriately) By an Angel?
A cheeky street artist quotes Saint Teresa of Ávila, a hot-dog cart explodes, and jazz decamps to Brooklyn — that, and more, in our daily borough roundup.
Posted 08/08/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Now Brooklyn Heights Is Climbing Aboard the Ikea Whine Wagon
The Wonder Wheel is 88! On 8/8/08! Whee! Climb aboard the daily boroughs report and drink in the view!
Posted 08/07/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Busy Chef Manager Locked Out of Ransacked Apartment
Dan Kaufman gets a taste of his own medicine, more or less.
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Punk Celebration in Tompkins Square Park Cited — Shockingly — for Noise Violation
Tribeca's ritzy rooftops, Howard Beach's sacred litter, the East Village's decibel-dueling bands, and Brooklyn Heights' unsolved stab death: all in today's nabes report, which hits four outta five boroughs!
Posted 08/05/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Joshua Kushner: Jared 2.0?
Jared Kushner's developer bro rocks the East Village shul crowd, the waterfalls installation is killing the trees at River Café, barges are rotting in Jamaica Bay, and scruffle venue Studio B in Greenpoint is shuttered. In today's hood roundup!
Posted 08/05/08 in Grub Street
Neighborhood Watch
Vegan Dumplings at Rickshaw; Grand Street Gourmet Shutters
Brooklyn Heights feels the reverberations of an accused-con-man restaurant manager, and R&L; restaurant sees another setback, in today's neighborhood food news.
Posted 07/30/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Brooklyn’s Busy Chef Restaurant Closes
The Busy Chef closes, and its owner's arrest might have something to do with it.
Posted 07/29/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
McKibbin Street Cinéma-vérité: Mesmerizing, Terrifying
A mysterious video of a bunch of kids hanging around McKibbin Street spawns a new urban legend (in our minds), and more, in today's tour around the boroughs.
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