Brooklyn Heights is not a parking lot — that’s the message elected officials shouted from the steps of Borough Hall on Friday morning. State Senator Daniel Squadron and Assemblywoman Joan Millman recently introduced joint bills in Albany outlining a proposal to allow residential permit parking in the surrounding neighborhoods, and a who’s who of Brooklyn […]
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The story with use of Cadman Park
There was some chatter on Wednesday’s Open Thread about soccer players who take up the entire turf field at Cadman Plaza Park and don’t leave much room for kids, sunbathers, and others. We talked with Parks Department spokesman Phil Abramson about the matter, who said: This field is an open lawn area that is open […]
CB2 full board meeting recap!
It was a packed house last night at Community Board 2’s monthly meeting — but, if you weren’t there, here’s a round-up of what’s happening in the neighborhood: Share this Story: Tweet
Knitted cozies up on Montague Street
This morning and yesterday evening, knitters covered 69 parking meters along Montague Street with knitted cozies as part of a public art project commissioned by the Montague Street Business Improvement District. Artist and organizer Magda Sayeg (above, far left), the founder of Knitta Please, put the finishing touches on the 69th pole this morning, and […]
Recap of BQE triple cantilever meeting
On Tuesday night, state Transportation Department engineers officially kicked off the two-decade reconstruction project of a 1.5-mile stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that stretches from Sands Street to Atlantic Avenue and underneath our own Promenade. The project will cost $295 million, with 80 percent of funding largely coming from the federal government and 20 percent […]
New sidewalks in the Heights
Notice a lot of roadway construction in the neighborhood lately? The Department of Transportation is currently in the midst of an 18-month, $4.5-million renovation project to build new wheelchair-accessible sidewalks along 47 intersections in Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Fort Greene. More information about the big project is on the DOT […]
BQE triple cantilever meeting Tuesday
This just in! The state Department of Transportation will host its first stakeholders meeting about upcoming construction plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s 1.5-mile triple-cantilevered highway that extends under the Promenade and above Furman Street. The meeting is at 6:30 pm in the Dibner Auditorium at 5 Metrotech Center, in Downtown. “The project team and the […]
CB2 full board meeting this week
Community Board 2 will host its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 13 at 6 pm at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church at 52 Gates Avenue, in Fort Greene. On the agenda are presentations by organizers of the borough hall and DUMBO farmers markets and the manager of the Adelphi Station post office, renderings of the […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter
The big news this week was the arrest of three suspects in the recent robberies in the Heights, and it was a light week in the neighborhood’s crime otherwise. Share this Story: Tweet
BKLYN Designs show this weekend
Looking for something to do this weekend, beyond the Brooklyn Heights Association house tour? It’s the seventh annual BKLYN Designs show in DUMBO, which is a three-day event showcasing contemporary home furnishing designers, speakers, a tour of DUMBO’s galleries, and a special house tour. The main exhibit is in St. Ann’s Warehouse at 38 Water […]
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