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Luxury 85-Unit Rental Coming To Boerum Hill @ 316 Bergen Street

By on May 4, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Real Estate

A new 85-unit luxury rental development is coming to Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill, one block from the border of Park Slope. Partners the Naftali Group and AEW Capital Management recently closed on a 90,000-square-foot site at 316 Bergen Street, at the corner of Third Avenue for $6.7 million. The eight-story building—with 45 residential parking spaces on the ground level—will include an attended lobby, health club, resident lounge, courtyard, storage and a roof deck with cabanas, sunbeds, a grill and dining area, with 360-degree views of Brooklyn and Manhattan, according to building reps.

The development is also in the vicinity of a Whole Foods market recently approved at Third Street and Third Avenue, next to the Gowanus Canal; and within walking distance to the 585-acre Prospect Park Continue Reading →

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NU Hotel Opens New Café

By on May 2, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Food, News


Just as another season of alfresco dining and drinking in the neighborhood is getting underway, a new sidewalk café opened for business yesterday at the NU Hotel Brooklyn.

Encompassing 416 square feet, the outdoor space has seating capacity for 30 patrons. Current hours of operation are from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., with food served until 11 p.m. Though it has yet to be officially named, the new establishment is already serving up a menu of tapas devised by Chef Jehangir Mehta Continue Reading →

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Boerum Hill Resident Tracy K. Smith Wins Pulitzer Prize For Poetry

By on April 18, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Literature

Boerum Hill resident Tracy K. Smith has won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her collection “Life on Mars,” which the prize committee called “a collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain.”

There was plenty for Smith to celebrate when she discovered the news of her award April 16: It was also the Princeton University Assistant Professor’s 40th birthday. Published by Graywolf Press in 2011, “Mars” is Smith’s third published book. Continue Reading →

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Bike Bonanza ‘Learn To Ride’ This Saturday, March 31

By on March 30, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Events

This Saturday, March 31, organization Bike New York will provide a Learn to Ride class for beginning cyclists and a skills clinic for children who already know how to balance and ride, as part of its Bike Bonanza Festival. The event also includes a bike registration drive, a bicycle swap from Recycle-A-Bicycle (exchange an outgrown bike for a refurbished one of the right size) and a helmet giveaway.

The location: Public School 261, 314 Pacific Street, between Hoyt & Smith Streets in Boerum Hill. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration for the class and the clinic is advised but not required. Free!

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Business Insider Offers Exploration Of ‘South Brooklyn’ Neighborhoods

By on March 11, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, History

A long, luxurious article in Business Insider profiles South Brooklyn’s “BoCoCa” neighborhoods lining Brooklyn Heights: Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.

The piece, headlined “Gentrification Has Made This Old Brooklyn Neighborhood Unrecognizable,” discusses how these nabes have evolved, with a good deal of history on Cobble Hill’s Smith Street. Continue Reading →

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Come See Inside Brooklyn’s “Big House”

By on January 27, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Crime, Events, Real Estate

Admit it: you’ve long itched to take a tour inside that magnificent building at 275 Atlantic Avenue, between Boerum Place and Smith Street. Well, now you can do it next Saturday, February 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and it’s absolutely free. (Update: Chuck Taylor took the tour. Read his observations on BHB.) The good news is brought to us by Community Board 2:

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) invites the community to attend an open house at the Brooklyn Detention Complex, more commonly known at the Brooklyn House of Detention or the “House of D’.”
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Terror from the PJs?: Cobble Hill Man Jumped by “Boo Crew”

By on October 25, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Crime

Just one day after the NY Times wrote a veritable kumbaya story about how Warren Street (between Bond and Nevins) continues to thrive and grow in that shadow of two housing projects, comes a disturbing story via the Brooklyn Paper.

A Cobble Hill man was walking on Boerum Place towards Bergen Street  and a hoard of local teens.  One of the group accosted him, yelling “Boo”.  The amplitude of the youth’s taunt nearly knocked the victim over.  When he confronted the thug, he was met with a big fat knuckle sandwich: Continue Reading →

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“Total Smith Street Immersion,” With More Free Beer, Saturday, June 18

By on May 31, 2011 in Bars, Boerum Hill, Events, Food, Shopping

If you attended the Total Atlantic Avenue Immersion, rocked some free beer and discounts and want some more, or if you missed it and wish you hadn’t, Brooklyn Brewery and Brooklyn Based will present the Total Smith Street Immersion on Saturday, June 18, from noon to 6:00 p.m. Free half pints of Brooklyn Brewery beers or ales will be available at 61 Local, Bar Great Harry, Gowanus Yacht Club and Angry Wade’s, and discounts will be given at other Smith Street establishments. More details as they become available.

Update: “To be a part of it, you’ll need to pick up a free immersion card at By Brooklyn or Brooklyn Tattoo/Urban Folk Art Gallery starting at noon on June 18. There will only be 500 in circulation, so appoint a responsible friend to pick up yours if you can’t get to Smith St. early. (They go fast!)” There’s a list of participating stores giving discounts here.

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Hundreds Mourn Boerum Hill’s Hope Reichbach

By on May 2, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Government, News

The Brooklyn Paper reports on the memorial service for Boerum Hill resident/NYC Councilman Steve Levin’s communications director Hope Reichbach.   The 22 year old daughter of Judge Gus Reichbach died Friday of a reported prescription drug overdose: Continue Reading →

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Community Roundtable with Daniel Squadron Tonight

By on February 16, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Events, Government

The Cobble Hill Association will host a Community Roundtable with State Senator Daniel Squadron tonight at Christ Church (326 Clinton Street at Kane Street). The meeting is open to all members of the public and will be a forum to discuss any issues or concerns directly with the State Senator. It will commence at 7:30pm.

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