There will be a free, all ages Halloween celebration tomorrow (Tuesday, October 29) from 3:30 to 4:30 PM in the Multipurpose Room of the Brooklyn Heights Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West (between Clark and Pierrepont streets). Come one, come all and join us for a fun filled, silly yet spookylicious Halloween event with our very […]
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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
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This coming weekend — late Friday evening, October 25 through early Monday morning, October 28 — the only planned service change directly affecting local stations is that on late nights/early mornings there will be only Brooklyn bound service at Court Street and at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, as late night R service will […]
Open Streets Montague Presents “Spooktacular” Sunday, October 27
The last Open Streets Montague of 2024, this Sunday, October 27 from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM, will, appropriate to the impending Halloween, feature a “Spooktacular” presented by Montague Diner, which will be serving warm drinks and Halloween treats all day long. Among the activities will be a dog costume contest, face and pumpkin painting, a […]
Fall Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Saturday, October 19) the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, along with In The Raw, will present “Sound & Color! Autumn in New York,” a fall festival that will feature “live musical performances, food vendors, kids activities, arts and crafts, field games and more—including our signature pumpkin patch [photo].” It will take place on Pier Six; enter from […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, late evening Friday, October 18 to early morning Monday, October 21, just like last weekend there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall, as 4 service to and from Brooklyn will be suspended and 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends. 2 and 3 trains should be running normally […]
Open Streets Montague Features “Bindlestiff Cirkus,” Bikes, Compost, and Other Attractions
This Sunday’s (October 20) Open Streets Montague will include several attractions arranged by City Council Member Lincoln Restler. Starting at 1:00 PM between Clinton and Henry streets, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will present a free “Flatbed Follies” (see photo) performance, featuring “acrobats, jugglers, clowns, and contortionists” as well as a “singing ring-mistress.” From noon until 3:00 PM between Henry and […]
Theater 2020 Presents Free Reading of “Critters & Kindness” at Brooklyn Heights Library Saturday Afternoon
This Saturday afternoon, October 12 starting at 2:00 (doors open at 1:30) at the Brooklyn Heights Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West (near Clark Street) Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own award winning professional theater company, will present a reading of “Critters and Kindness,” a new adaptation of tales from Aesop’s Fables (including “The Hare and the Tortoise”; see image) by Lynn Marie […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, late evening Friday, October 11 to early morning Monday, October 14 (Monday is a federal holiday, but the MTA schedule treats it as a normal weekday), just like last weekend there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall, as 4 service to and from Brooklyn will be suspended and […]
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