Billy Blank, the fitness guru who cashed in on the Tae Bo craze of the 1990s, is letting go of a Hidden Hills megamansion after divorcing his wife of 33 … Read more

Photo: Homes of the Rich · A 50,000-square-foot mansion from Robert A.M. Stern. [Homes of the Rich] · Bloomberg wants ten more Frank Gehry buildings in NYC. [The Real Deal] … Read more

Show and Tell: Artists Talk and Answer Questions with Shawn Dulaney and Hugh Crawford On Tuesday, February 7 , 2011 from 8-10 p.m. at The Old Stone House Remember Show … Read more

FIVE PLAYWRIGHTS AT THE OLD STONE HOUSE! On Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 8 p.m., Brooklyn Reading Works presents the 2012 edition of New Plays by Brooklyn Playwrights, an annual … Read more

We’ve just discovered the David Rumsey Map Collection Database and blog, and have been pouring over old farm line maps of Brooklyn.The above (click to enlarge) is part of a … Read more

- Cop shot in East Williamsburg last night. NY Times - Artist rendering, released by Theatre for a New Audience, shows a view of the planned 299-seat auditorium that will … Read more

After reporting January 20 about the filthy dumping ground teeming with trash, glass and vermin on Henry Street behind Montague Street’s Andy’s Chinese, Dashing Diva and Heights Vision, the gods … Read more

Tuesday, February 14, may be a day of reckoning for developer Forest City Ratner, as two key court cases proceed in Manhattan.Sometime after 2 pm, there will be oral argument … Read more

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who gives his invitation-only State of the Borough address tonight, apparently will be promoting future events at the Barclays Center.As Newsday first reported yesterday, the Islanders … Read more

Carlo Scissura, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s designated heir--former Chief of Staff, now Special Advisor so he can campaign--discusses his political predictions and political future in a mid-December 2011 … Read more

The latest two-week Atlantic Yards Construction Alert, dated 1/30/12, was distributed yesterday by Empire State Development (after preparation by developer Forest City Ratner).There’s not much dramatic in the alert, just … Read more

What’s on your mind? Comment away! BHB Photo Club pic by BrooklynBill via Flickr Read more

In anticipation of the Indian chain Baluchi’s opening today in the former Seasons spot on Henry between Cranberry and Middagh, Karl took his cam to the store on Warren Street … Read more

The Brooklyn Historical Society and the Bronx Museum of the Arts are together presenting a Valentine’s party at BHS, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., … Read more

What are skinheads, Neo-Nazis and white supremacists doing in a special election race between Democratic City Council Member Lew Fidler and Republican lawyer David Storobin for Carl Kruger’s vacant State … Read more

Quick update on our post from earlier in the week. We received this email from Maureen Hogan, we THINK the owner of that totaled Volvo on Kane and Henry St. … Read more

Let’s take another look at the explanation given for the disruptive overnight work beginning last Saturday at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Sixth Avenue.Arana Hankin, Director, Atlantic Yards Project, … Read more

Click here to view the full photogallery. Known best for their domination on the field, the following NFL stars also attempted to master the world of real estate, building elaborate … Read more

Plymouth Church is hosting The Bandana Splits, “a concert for kids and their grown-ups,” on Saturday, February 11 at 11 a.m. The female trio’s signature is reminiscent of classic girl … Read more

Photo via the Los Angeles Times Protests against gentrification and pleas of “there-goes-the-neighborhood” can take many forms, but here’s one not oft seen—OK, never seen: a Seattle woman has wed … Read more

Photo via Apartment Therapy PORTUGAL—Designers Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soars have re-envisioned an empty urban space into a hybrid of Le Corbusier’s Maison Dom-ino, Japanese modernism, and pods sold … Read more