Our friends at Community Board 2 have advised us that, first, there will be a fireworks display over Ellis Island tonight at about 8:30, and second, that the U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision aerobatic team (photo): …will fly over the Hudson River to take promotional photos in front of One World Trade Center. Six aircraft [...]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This is really last minute. This (Thursday, December 12) evening the Brooklyn Historical Society is presenting “Book Talk: Sarah Zorn and Brooklyn Chef’s Table,” in the Society’s Great Hall, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), starting at 6:30 p.m. A fantastic panel of chefs/restaurateurs profiled by Brooklyn food writer Sarah Zorn discuss the borough’s deliciously [...]
Karl on Heather’s TV Interview
Mr. J. peruses the Times and discovers our own Heather Quinlan’s prominent mention in the TV section for her interview on CUNY TV about her acclaimed documentary film If These Knishes Could Talk. The interview will be shown on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Video after the jump.
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This coming weekend (Friday evening, December 13 to Monday morning, December 16) there are no planned cancellations, route diversions, or station skips that directly affect service at any local stations. The following week, from 11:45 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. Monday to Wednesday, Brooklyn bound F trains will be diverted to the A line from West [...]
BHA, Brooklyn Heights Cinema Present Movie Night Thursday
The next BHA Social event, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Cinema and the Brooklyn Heights Association will be this coming Thursday evening, December 12, at the Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange). Come at 7:30 to socialize with BHA representatives and neighbors while enjoying red wine donated by Montague Wine & Spirits. The movie, [...]
Brooklyn Holiday Events Galore This Weekend and Next
Besides the tree lighting and caroling on Wednesday, December 18, there are other local seasonal events coming up. If you know of anything not listed here, please add a comment. Today (Friday, December 6) until 3:00 p.m. Plymouth Church School is having its Holiday Bazaar, with lots of gifts for sale. Enter through the Beecher [...]
Update on Tree Lighting, Caroling December 18; Now With Free Cookies!
As we noted earlier, this year’s Promenade Christmas tree lighting will be the Wednesday after next, December 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade. Following the lighting ceremony (Marty Markowitz has been a faithful attendee; will Beep-to-Be Eric Adams be there this year?) the Grace & Spiritus Chorale will lead [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Heights Players are opening their production of Big River, a musical based on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with a score by Roger Miller and book by William Hauptman. Shows will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, at the Playhouse at 26 Willow Place. There’s more [...]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
There are no planned route diversions, cancellations, or station skips that directly affect service at any local stations this coming weekend. The following week, from 11:45 p.m. until 5:00 a.m., Monday, December 9 to Wednesday, December 11, Brooklyn bound A trains will be diverted to the F line between West 4th Street in Manhattan to [...]
Theater 2020 Presents Two Holiday Events
They were a great success the past two years, so our Brooklyn Heights neighbors, David Fuller and Judith Jarosz of Theater 2020, are presenting holiday events (video after the jump) on two weekends this month. Both will be happening at St. Charles Borromeo, 21 Sidney Place. The first, on this coming Sunday, December 8, starting [...]
‘Tis the Season for Lights
The lights on the menorah at the Montague Street entrance to the Promenade, sponsored by Chabad of Brooklyn Heights, are already shining. Tomorrow (Monday, December 2) at 5:30 p.m. there will be a ceremonial lighting of the giant menorah, also sponsored by Chabad, in Columbus Park in front of the Supreme Court building. Also tomorrow [...]
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Cleaning Up in Brooklyn Heights
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Gallito’s Kitchen On Montague Street Opening Monday For Dinner
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How Two NYPD Detectives Saved A Despondent Man From Jumping Off The Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday Morning
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Looks Like Clark Street In Brooklyn Heights Is About To Get A Tavern
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Fireworks Tonight; Blue Angels Flyover Tomorrow
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St Francis’ Run to NCAA Water Polo Championship Ended by #1 USC
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
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Karl on Heather’s TV Interview
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
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Brooklyn Heights Open Thread Wednesday 12/11/13
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More On That Proposed Bar At 72 Clark Street In Brooklyn Heights
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Will Brooklyn Heights Lose Senator Squadron?
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Here’s A Great Video About Modernity And Columbia Heights
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How Sweet it Is: Sephora’s Downtown Neighbor Will Be Candy Store It’s Sugar
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