This coming weekend — late Friday evening, April 26 to early Monday morning, April 29 — the 2 (although on a reduced, every twelve minutes, schedule), 3, F, N, and R trains should, barring the unforseen, all be running normally. The A, C, and 4 won’t be stopping at any local stations, so no service […]
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Heights resident since 1983. Lawyer, with strong interests in history, philosophy, literature, music, architecture, astronomy, paleontology, ships and the sea, railroads, baseball, food and wine. Married, with one child.Author Archive | Claude Scales
A 19th Century Real Estate Covenant has Shaped Brooklyn Heights and Incited Litigation
A very big hat tip to readers “Karen and Chad” for putting a link to this New York Times article, co-written by Brooklyn Heights Association President Jeremy Lechtzin and Times correspondent Aliza Aufrichtig, on last week’s OTW. The portrait, from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, is of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont (the name was […]
Chef Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill Fatured in Webby-winning Video
A Webby award winning video by Eater (click on “Read full story” to see the video) follows Charlie Mitchell, executive chef and owner of Clover Hill, 20 Columbia Place, as he and his team go about the meticulous business of preparing seafood, from Norwegian crab to Montauk stripers, and other delights for diners. Share this […]
Joseph J. Thomas, Brooklyn Heights Resident and Advocate for Black Retail Workers
As reported by Women’s Wear Daily, quoted in Yahoo! Lifestyle Canada, Joseph J. Thomas, 85, a resident of Brooklyn Heights, retired Bloomingdale’s executive, and long time advocate for Black people in retail work, died last Sunday, April 14 of natural causes at NYU Langone Hospital. Born in 1938 in Opelousas, Louisiana, he was employed by […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Barring any unforseen circumstances, it’s a “green light” all the way through this weekend (late Friday evening, April 19 through early Monday morning, April 22) and the following work week (Monday morning, April 22 through Friday evening, April 26), as there are no planned cancellations, route changes, or station skips directly affecting service at any […]
Monday is Earth Day — Celebrate This Weekend!
This coming Monday, April 22, is Earth Day. The Brooklyn Heights Association has notified us of many celebratory activities this Saturday, April 20 taking place near Brooklyn Heights. The Atlantic Avenue BID is having a celebration on Hoyt Street between Atlantic Avenue and State Street from noon until 3:00 PM on Saturday. The Downtown Brooklyn […]
Single Lane Closures of Queens-Bound BQE to Continue Through May 10
We have been advised by the NYC Department of Transportation that a single lane of the Queens bound portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Atalantic Avenue to Sands Street will be closed from midnight to 5:00 AM starting today and continuing each night through Friday, May 10. The Queens bound entrance ramp from Atlantic Avenue […]
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, April 16 starting at 6:45 PM at the 84th Precinct, 301 Gold Street. The “[a]genda items include a Cop Of The Month presentation, review of crime statistics to date, and […]
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