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Literary couple buys Brooklyn Heights brownstone

Brooklyn Heights
Documentary filmmaker and writer David Schisgall, and his wife, Vanity Fair writer  … Full Article
 

Check out DUMBO street and plaza plans at a public workshop on January 8

DUMBO
Channel your inner urban planner at a DUMBO Public Design Workshop on Tuesday, Jan 8 at Etsy Labs (55 Washington Street). … Full Article
 

Obit: Harry Smith, beloved Heights-based poet and publisher, dies in Maine at 76

Brooklyn Heights
Longtime Brooklyn Heights resident Harry Smith, a poet and publisher whom the NY Times Book Review called “a venerable small press editor” , died recently at the age of 76 in Portland, Maine. … Full Article
 

NYU-Poly new business incubator in Brooklyn’s DUMBO graduates first startup

DUMBO
 Less than one year after Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s (NYU-Poly) DUMBO-based tech incubator opened its doors, the school recently announced that TENDIGI, a mobile app development company, has become its first graduate.  The business incubator,  … Full Article
 

Brooklyn business library to abandon Downtown; future of Brooklyn Heights and Carnegie branches in doubt

Brooklyn Heights
UPDATED AT 6 PM ON JAN. 15 TO INCLUDE COMMENT BY LIBRARY SPOKESPERSON … Full Article
 

Diamond wants to renew search for 1830s steam engine under Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn Heights
The last time we checked in on the long-running story of railroad buff Bob Diamond vs. … Full Article
 

Legal issues in retail: The pizza wars

DUMBO
A new Grimaldi’s pizza place, Juliana’s, now has the right to serve up cheesy slices just one block from another Grimaldi’s in DUMBO, a Queens judge has ruled.  … Full Article
 

VIRAL SENSATION: 'Gangnam Style' acoustic by Brooklyn Heights teens an instant YouTube hit

Brooklyn Heights
An acoustic version of Psy's "Gangnam Style" by two Brooklyn Heights teenagers has become an instant YouTube sensation, drawing nearly 150,000 views. … Full Article
 

Henrik Krogius, Emmy-award winning editor of Brooklyn Heights Press, retires

Brooklyn Heights
Henrik Krogius – world traveler, Emmy-award winning news producer and editor of the Brooklyn Heights Press for 22 of Brooklyn’s most transformative years -- has announced his retirement.  … Full Article
 

Brooklyn takes its trendy artisanal food to the bank

DUMBO
From cafes to artisanal pickle makers and craft beer manufacturers, Brooklyn’s burgeoning food scene is an engine of job growth for the borough. … Full Article
 

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