The Brooklyn Heights Association has announced that “with much regret, … it has begun a search for a new Executive Director to replace Peter Bray, who will be leaving his post at the end of June to attend to a serious health issue within his family.” Mr. Bray has served as BHA’s Executive Director since […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Fortune blesses us with another “Green Light” weekend. This weekend — Friday evening, March 22 to Monday morning, March 25 — there are no planned (as always, I stress “planned”) service changes directly affecting service at any local stations. The following work week, each night Monday, March 25 to Friday, March 29 from 11:45 p.m. […]
Affordable Housing Lottery Open for The Pierrepont
As seen on the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Facebook page: There are 23 newly constructed affordable housing units at 146 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, 11201 currently accepting applications. Preference will be given to people already living in Community Board 2 (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Ft. Greene, Vinegar Hill). Applications […]
CB 2 Chairman Says DOT “Back to Square One” on BQE Plans
Kevin Duggan in The Broklyn Paper quotes Brooklyn Community Board 2 Chairman Lenny Singletary quoting City Department of Transportation officials as saying, at the closed door meeting with Community Board representatives a week ago, that they moved away from the agency’s two initial plans proposed last fall — which would either turn the Brooklyn Heights […]
Heights Casino Coaches Accused of Sexual Harassment of Local Teens
Apparently, membership does NOT have its privileges. A local family says their daughters were sexually harassed by three of the club’s squash pros and the Casino did little about it. The NY Post reports, “Julie and Edward Burke claim The Heights Casino on Montague Street, “reluctantly” investigated their allegations, but hid its findings and disciplined no […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Our good luck continues with another “Green Light” weekend, appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day. This weekend — Friday evening, March 15 to Monday morning, March 18 — there are no planned (as always, I stress “planned”) service changes directly affecting service at any local stations. The following work week — Monday, March 18 to Friday, […]
Teresa’s to Re-Open Tomorrow Morning?
The Brooklyn Paper reports that popular neighborhood eatery Teresa’s was closed Tuesday by order of the Health Department because of “evidence of mice inside, and … that the kitchen’s setup did not adequately protect food from contamination.” However, this afternoon the yellow Health Department sign was gone, and in its place was a hand-lettered sign […]
City Comptroller Proposes New BQE Plan
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Mary Frost reports that City Comptroller Scott Stringer (photo, Thomas Good / NLN) has proposed an alternative to the City Department of Transportation’s plan to replace the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with a temporary six lane highway for a period not less than six years, or to repair the BQE lane by lane […]
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