Just a friendly reminder for those out there who haven’t scheduled their COVID-19 vaccination yet: DO IT NOW!!! As of this post’s publish time, there are thousands of appointments available — including over 20,000 slots at the Brooklyn residents-only Medgar Evers College site. There’s a plethora of ways to make an appointment: For the NY […]
PSA: GET VACCINATED!!!

Cadman Plaza Park Cleanup Sunday
This Sunday, April 18, from noon to 2:00 PM, the Cadman Park Conservancy and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Democratic Club are co-hosting a clean up – rake up leaves and pick up trash – event at the north end of Cadman Plaza Park, near the Brooklyn Bridge off-ramp. Presumably, rakes will be provided. Families are […]

Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Presents Silhouette Artist Deborah O’Connor – Send Her a Photo
Thanks to the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, as she has in past years, silhouette artist Deborah O’Connor is available to work her scissors magic and produce silhouette portraits that make welcome Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or any day presents or keepsakes. To have one made, you need to send a photo of the subject – child, […]

BHA Invites You to Spring into Service and to Fight Helicopter Noise
This Sunday, April 18 the Brooklyn Heights Association will hold its “Spring into Service” event, combining fun with community service and charity. Gather at the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade at 10:00 AM, “wear your best florals, paisley prints and bonnets! Get a bag & gloves from the BHA to collect trash. Kids will […]

Gage & Tollner Re-opens for Indoor Dining Thursday
As reported by Kevin Duggan in the Brooklyn Paper, the legendary downtown restaurant Gage & Tollner, at 372 Fulton Street, under new ownership and with a new kitchen and floor crew, will resume indoor dining, with customers limited to half capacity, this Thursday, April 15. Before it closed in 2004, G&T had been a favorite […]

Poplar Street Community Garden Open Again
The Poplar Street Community Garden, at Poplar and Hicks streets, has re-opened after being closed for a year because of COVID-19. The Garden is open for visitors Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. until noon, and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Masks and social distancing are required. This coming Saturday, April […]

Let’s Name the Noisy Building
Update:Curbed interviews an acoustician who suggests some possible solutions. Big hat tip to reader Remsen Street Dweller for alerting us to Mary Frost’s Eagle story about 347 Henry Street, or 5 River Park (photo by your correspondent), a nearly completed high rise residential building two blocks south of Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill, that is […]
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- PSA: GET VACCINATED!!! April 17, 2021
- Cadman Plaza Park Cleanup Sunday April 16, 2021
- PSA: GET VACCINATED!!! April 17, 2021
- Cadman Plaza Park Cleanup Sunday April 16, 2021
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