The city is forcing stores that sell cigarettes to display graphic anti-smoking posters—despite complaints by shopkeepers and customers. So the owner of Montague Street Bagels in Brooklyn Heights is fighting back against the ads, which depict a damaged brain and blackened lungs, by hanging his own handwritten disclaimer reading: "We are very sorry, but by the order of [New York City Department of Health], we are required to post this sign, or face a $2,000 fine!" more ›

Last night Magda Sayeg gathered up the knitting troops to bring these colorful knit "tags" to Brooklyn. 69 Meters is a public art installation commissioned by the Montague Street Business Improvement District and created by Knitta Please (the group which Sayeg is the founder). They've tagged everything from city buses to the Great Wall of China, so why not Brooklyn Heights? Let's hope the rain this morning didn't make the crafty pieces as soggy as that puppy did. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, an 88-year-old man crossing Court Street in downtown Brooklyn was hit by a car. The man was on the car's hood/windshield and witnesses told police the driver swerved for a block to shake the victim off. more ›

Yesterday, it was announced Tishman-Speyer, the real estate firm that bought Stuyvesant Town for $5.4 billion, along with Lehman Brothers would buy real estate investment trust Archstone Smith in a $22.2 billion deal; the Observer calls it the "largest public-to-private acquisition ever among apartment REIT’s." Archstone Smith has over over 85,000 rentals nationally and almost 3,800 in NYC, which would given Tishman-Speyer over 15,000 apartments for its portfolio. more ›

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Yesterday, webchango uploaded some photographs of a man who had been shot after trying to rob a Brooklyn Heights Citibank. It turns out would-be robber Andy Wilson hit the Montague Street branch with a 12-inch knife and demanded money by "banging. his knife" against the bulletproof window, yelling, "Give me the money!" more ›

Egypt. The ACS is investigating what happened and may cancel its contract with St. Vincent's as a result. more ›

Bad Santas everywhere, rejoice, for Santacon 2005 has arrived. Santas are meeting up at 10am at the Supreme Court Building in Brooklyn, at the foot of Montague Street. From there, it'll be many hours of mayhem, as the Santas rampage across the city. We'll try to post location as they come in, and we'll be watching the Santacon tag on Flickr for mobile pictures. If you're planning on joining the fun, let us know where you are going to be, and we'll try to swing by and snap some pictures. more ›

Another one bites the dust. more ›

Brooklyn Heights' Montague Street can finally claim its very own Tasti D-Lite. The Haagen-Daz up the street can eat its heart - and hips - out. more ›

Montague Street, the main shopping and dining drag in Brooklyn Heights has long been known as a drag when it comes to its restaurant scene. more ›

Temptations for culinary connoisseurs abound across the five boroughs, from Zabar's to Murray's Cheese Shop to the Sullivan Street Bakery. But, there is something to be said for the gourmand that wants to reflect their fashion sense along with their food sensibility. For this unique creature, for whom Cynthia Rowley is as important as Nebbiola d'Alba, Gothamist suggests a trip to one of the city's outposts of Fishs Eddy. more ›

If you are unfamiliar with the oft-used term "feh" it is defined by one Yiddish-to-English dictionary as: "It stinks! No good." more ›

Gothamist is always on the lookout for the out-of-the-way, under-the-radar spot that deserves to be recognized by foodies and bar aficionados alike. But, who would've thunk that the bustling neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights would actually have an honest-to-goodness Italian dining and wining destination hidden away, awaiting discovery? more ›

The train, run by the LIRR, would be an extension of the Air Train. On paper, with the little we know, Gothamist thinks this is a great idea - a convenient and cost-effective way for people to get to JFK. Right now, the Air Train still requires passengers to transfer from a bus or subway. Of course, who knows how long it will take for a tunnel to be created under the East River. We might have those Star Trek transporters by then. more ›

Gothamist is always interested in New York crime stories, and yesterday's discovery of pipe bombs in Brooklyn Heights makes for a truly confusing case. Take a look at the details and post your hypothesis in comments. The opening of the Times article gives a sense of the strange intrigue: more ›