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September 28, 2009
Confirmed: Björk and Barney Take the Heights
The rumor about Björk and Matthew Barney buying in Brooklyn Heights was true! The singer and artist bought a sprawling apartment in a transaction that was recently recorded in public records. (No, we're not going to publish the address.) This much can be said, however: It was a multi-million-dollar purchase at a coveted address. Welcome to the borough!
Björk Moving to Brooklyn Heights [Brownstoner]
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Someone should warn the 311 operators about this... they're going to get a lot of calls for "strange and frightening noises" coming from folks in this area.
Posted by: tybur6 at September 28, 2009 10:19 AM
A place to hang her swan dress...
Posted by: IMBY at September 28, 2009 10:21 AM
Who are these people???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 28, 2009 10:21 AM
is DIBS joking?
Posted by: Ringo at September 28, 2009 10:22 AM
Welcome Bjork.
Posted by: CookieCutterBrownstone at September 28, 2009 10:23 AM
I thought that youngish families didn't move to Brooklyn Heights?
Am I to think that some of the regular posters here are misinformed???
Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 10:24 AM
Yea, did they buy in that old-people's home with the penthouse that we were all dissing?
Posted by: dittoburg at September 28, 2009 10:26 AM
Haven't we been through this before? Perhaps twice already?
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 28, 2009 10:27 AM
As residents they need to do something for BAM's Next Wave Festival.
tyburg6- The door man will be accepting some freaky UPS deliveries no doubt.
Posted by: IMBY at September 28, 2009 10:27 AM
> Haven't we been through this before?
Possibly maybe.
Posted by: DitmasSnark at September 28, 2009 10:36 AM
I believe that they're making the move in part to put their little tyke into St. Ann's - I happened to be on a parent's tour of the school last year with Mr. Barney and the orange kimono clad Ms. Gudmundsdottir
Posted by: vanessa at September 28, 2009 11:01 AM
"orange kimono clad "
She must be trying to keep a low profile.
Posted by: dittoburg at September 28, 2009 11:12 AM
I love Bjork, but she is hardly a celeb to draw any attention to herself or her family in and around Henry St. As for the orange outfits, she is Icelandic, what would expect?
Posted by: bmfesq at September 28, 2009 11:19 AM
Just for the benefit of those who are not familiar with Brooklyn Heights, it is the schools, both St Ann's and Packer Collegiate, that attract young families with children to Brooklyn Heights. That is one of the reasons why there are so many young families in the the Heights. There is also the Friends School, Montesorri, Grace Church school, Plymouth Church school. The place is overrun with little kids, which makes it so amusing to read certain posters who think the Heights is an elder community with no young people. Those folks either have an axe to grind or have honestly never set foot in the neighborhhod.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 11:42 AM
orange kimono, bright red stockings
very low profile
Posted by: vanessa at September 28, 2009 11:44 AM
Minard, don't forget about PS 8, which has done a complete turnaround over the past 5 years or so and is now considered an extremely desirable public school. (And for everyone who jumped all over it's "F" rating last year, it was just rated an "A" this year...which, as great as the school is, says even more about how ridiculous that whole grading system is).
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 28, 2009 11:45 AM
Biff, did you get your zimmer frame polished this weekend?
Posted by: dittoburg at September 28, 2009 12:00 PM
Biff, thank you,
I should have added..."and the much-loved PS 8."
People who I know who send their kids there do love it.
Posted by: Minard Lafever at September 28, 2009 12:02 PM
ditto, must be the hunger from fasting that is making me even more delirious than usual. That one went right over my head.
Posted by: Biff Champion at September 28, 2009 12:03 PM
Biff: www.holihire.com/zimmer.jpg
Posted by: dittoburg at September 28, 2009 1:11 PM
Bjork maintains a punishing tour schedule with more than 250 days on the road, capped with several outdoor stadium concerts every year in Brazil, Scotland, Australia, and her native Iceland, performing in front of as many as 90,000 persons.
Matthew will likely be the only one you see around the neighborhood.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 28, 2009 1:29 PM
Wow, and they bought it under their own names (no LLCs to hide behind here). At full asking price.
Posted by: babs at September 28, 2009 3:21 PM
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