Tag: brooklyn-heights

Facade forward: Developers propose five-story build behind historic State Street wall

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Jun. 27, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A 19th century trolley powerhouse turned parking garage in the early 20th century on State Street in Brooklyn Heights will be largely demolished to make way for new condos, but the Art Deco street-facing facade will remain, if a plan presented to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission goes…

84th Precinct: Air conditioner con man caught red-handed

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Jun. 26, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen 84TH PRECINCT Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–Downtown Air conditioner con man caught red-handed A young man was arrested for trying to steal an air conditioner out of an apartment window on June 12. A witness told police he was watching the Duffield Street home on a closed-circuit TV when he…

Mayoral hopeful Brad Lander outlines his vision for New York City at Brooklyn Heights town hall

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Apr. 16, 2025 By Gabriele Holterman With President Donald Trump’s extreme political actions escalating, New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander addressed the concerns of New Yorkers at a town hall at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights on April 15. Lander applauded the few hundred concerned citizens who…

‘Moonstruck’ house in Brooklyn Heights for sale for $14M

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Apr. 3, 2025 By Susan De Vries After selling for $12.5 million in 2022, the Brooklyn Heights dwelling perhaps best known as the “Moonstruck” house is back on the market. The most recent buyer of 19 Cranberry St. was an LLC, with the New York Post reporting at the time that comedian Amy Schumer and…

Ex-Brooklyn Heights teacher jailed for 7 years after coaxing teens to send sexual images

Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champion and Brooklyn private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty earlier this month to soliciting sexually explicit images of children

Mar. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly Winston Nguyen, a former “Jeopardy!” champion and private school math teacher in Brooklyn Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for soliciting sexually explicit images from teenagers. Nguyen, 38, of Harlem, pleaded guilty earlier this month to posing as a teenage boy on Snapchat and…

Weigh-in-motion tech has cut overweight trucks on BQE by 60%, city says, urging state to extend program

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Mar. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The number of overweight trucks barreling across the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever is way down, thanks to the city’s weigh-in-motion technology, according to a new report released Tuesday. Since the tech was deployed in the fall of 2023, overweight truck traffic on the Queens-bound BQE is down 60%,…

Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champion, Brooklyn Heights teacher pleads guilty in child exploitation case

Former 'Jeopardy!' champion and Brooklyn private school teacher Winston Nguyen.

Mar. 4, 2025 By Dean Moses Former “Jeopardy!” champion and Brooklyn Heights private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting sexually explicit images of children and is expected to be sentenced to seven years in prison. The 38-year-old gained fame after winning on “Jeopardy!” in July 2014, appearing in two episodes. A…