Brooklyn Heights Blog

Friend of BHB and founder of the Paping Soapbox Derby John Meijas will be the first guest on the first ever Homer Fink Show (LIVE today at 5pm).  For this outing we’re trying out Blog Talk Radio. BHB has announced that it will field an entry in this year’s race which takes place on August 23 on “Suicide Hill”.  Listen to the podcast now after the jump. Read more »

EMS is going to Bellevue Hospital with a victim who has reportedly sustained partial amputation of fingers at Montague St. & Hicks St. a few moments ago.

This is one part of a seven part YouTube series where “Danny” give “KatieBear” a tour of Brooklyn Heights. Great videos to forward to your out of town friends.

The New York Daily News reports that a van smashed into a dump truck at the Cadman Plaza West entrance of the BQE at 2:30 pm today.  Eleven people were injured.

Responding to a desperate need in the neighborhood, Dime Savings Bank will be opening a branch at 188 Montague Street by the end of the year. The new branch was mentioned in the bank’s financial second quarter report:

In April 2008, Dime opened its 22nd branch in the Borough Park community of Brooklyn, New York, and anticipates opening its 23rd branch by the end of 2008, located on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. At June 30, 2008, the Borough Park branch had $56.6 million of deposits at an average cost of 3.85%.

And according to the Dime Savings Bank website, the new branch will be located at 188 Montague Street.

Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for the State Senate representing the 25th District Daniel “the Kid” Squadron wants to give Community Boards a stronger voice in the granting of bar liquor licenses. In the Villager newspaper op-ed piece we also learn that Squadron once owned a bar that was ticketed for serving someone under 21. That said, “the Kid” tells us his operation had a great relationship with the community unlike the “problem spot across the street”. Sounds a lot like if Goofus and Gallant ran competing bars to us. Read more »

Developing: A few folks have emailed in saying Cadman Plaza near Court Street is closed due to a suspicious package as of 8 AM.  No further details available.

As Grand Jury proceedings in the case against accused fraudster Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman begin this week, his sordid past in New England is rearing its head.

As the food monger awaits possible indictments on several counts including identity theft, Kaufman’s track record in Vermont suggests that this is not the first time he’s been thought to be involved in this type of mischief.

Last year, while following up on a couple of tips BHB received about him, it was discovered that in 2006 he charmed himself into the position of Chief Financial Officer for a light manufacturing firm in Vermont Read more »

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Flickr photo by joonyah

As BHB newshounds said a couple of weeks ago, a pet store is coming to 57 Clark Street.  NYCPET posted a sign today announcing an arrival in August.  The chain has four other outlets in Brooklyn.

Photo: Qfwfq