I’m calling this weekend — late night Friday, September 22 to early morning Monday, Swptember 25 — a “green light weekend” — as all trains serving local stations should be running in both directions. The only departure from the normal is that 2 trains will be on a reduced schedule: every 12 minutes. For those […]
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Open Streets Montague This Saturday
Update: Open Streets is cancelled for tomorrow (Saturday, September 23) because of forecast rain. Like last Saturday, there will be a Giant Game Zone for kids, from noon until 5:00 between Henry and Hicks, and there will be an adults only Cocktail Co-Op on Montague just east of Henry from noon until 6:00. Want to […]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of Aesop’s Fables at Brooklyn Heights Library This Saturday
Theater 2020, “Brooklyn Heights’ only redident professional theater” and the Brooklyn Public Library will present a free reading of playwright Lynn Marie Macy’s (photo) adaptation of Aesop’s Fables, at the Brooklyn Heights Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West, this Saturday, September 23, starting at 2:00 PM (doors open at 1:30). This should be fun for all […]
Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History Re-Opens
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced the re-opening of the Center for Brooklyn History after three years of renovations. The Center, located at 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) was previously the Brooklyn Historical Society, and before that the Long Island Historical Society (yes, Brooklyn is part of Long Island). Its Queen Anne style building […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday Evening
The New York Police Department’s 84th Precinct, which covers Brooklyn Heights, will have a Community Council Meeting, to which all are invited, this coming Tuesday, September 19 starting at 6:45 PM at Brooklyn Borough Hall, enter at 209 Joralemon Street. The “[a]genda includes a Cop Of The Month presentation, review of precinct crime statistics, and […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend — late Friday evening, September 15 to early Monday morning, Setember 18, there will be no Manhattan bound service at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, as Manhattan bound N and R trains are both being re-routed to the Q line between DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn and Canal Street […]
Open Streets Montague This Saturday
Like last Saturday, there will be a Giant Game Zone for kids, from noon until 5:00 between Henry and Hicks, and there will be an adults only Cocktail Co-Op on Montague just east of Henry from noon until 6:00. From noon to 4:00 between Henry and Hicks The Service Collective, which maintains the Brooklyn Heights […]
9/11 Memorial Service on Promenade Monday
Update: because of weather, the service was held in the Parish House of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church. The Brooklyn Heights Interfaith Clergy Association will hold its annual interfaith memorial service for the victims of the 9/11 attacks this coming Monday, September 11 starting at 7:15 PM, on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade near […]
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