Gothamist reports that former DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman, who served under Mayor Bill de Blasio, opposes the three alternative long term Brooklyn Queens Expressway plans proposed by Mayor Eric Adams’s administration. All of these plans would keep the “Central” portion of the BQE following its present route around and below Brooklyn Heights. Mr. Gutman notes […]
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Movies With a View Returns Thursday July 6th
The 23rd season of Movies With a View kicks off at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday, July 6th. This year’s lineup is around the theme “We Are Family” and offers a wide variety of films that will “turn on your heart light” or alternatively get your heart pumping. Doors are at 6:00 pm. Movies begin at sunset. Gather on the Pier 1 […]
Movies With a View at Brooklyn Bridge Park, This Year’s Theme: “We Are Family”
From Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy: The beloved outdoor summer film series, Movies With A View, presented by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, is back for its 23rd season, across eight consecutive Thursday evenings in July and August at Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park. This year the theme of “We Are Family” brings […]
Why Is a BQE Solution So Hard to Find? Will We Lose Chapin Playground and Access to Fulton Ferry/DUMBO?
In Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker sci-fi trilogy he imagined something called an “SEP field.” A spaceship surrounded by such a field became invisible because it was “Someone Else’s Problem.” The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, it seems, isn’t covered by a single SEP field, but by a multiplicity of them, depending on the point of view. For those of […]
Kite Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday
This Saturday, May 13, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, weather permitting, there will be a Kite Festival at Pier 5, the soccer field pier near the foot of Joralemon Street, in Brooklyn Bridge Park. If you don’t have a kite, there will be kites for sale. You can also learn how to make your […]
Spring Bird Walk with Heather Wolf This Coming Saturday
Would you like to spend a spring Saturday morning on a walk through Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing bird life, guided by Heather Wolf, author of Birding at the Bridge? During the past week Ms. Wolf has spotted many species of birds in the Park, including the Downy Woodpecker (photo above by your correspondent on a […]
Last Minute Suggestion: Birding in Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday Morning
What could be better than to get up early this Saturday morning, which promises to be chilly but sunny, and meet Heather Wolf, author of Birding at the Bridge, in front of Lizzmonade near the Old Fulton Street entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park at 9:00 AM for what promises to be an enjoyable walk through […]
Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park This Saturday
This Saturday, October 22, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy will present its annual Harvest Festival on Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue, starting at 11:00 AM. Enjoy free live music performances by Stoop Kidz Brass Band and Brooklyn Contra, story time by Brooklyn Public Library as well as Drag Queen Story Hour, lawn […]
Busy Weekend Coming
Yes, indeed! We have the Brooklyn Book Festival, with Children’s Day on Saturday, October 1 and Festival Day on Sunday, October 2. Also on Sunday we have the Atlantic Antic. For dance enthusiasts, and for those who would like to learn more about dance, and perhaps try some steps, the Mark Morris Dance Group will […]
Vote for Last Show in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Movies with a View” This Summer
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s summer Movies with a View series ends Thursday, August 25. You are invited to vote on what will be the last movie shown in the series. The choices are: (a) Back to the Future (PG); Mamma Mia (PG-13); and Mission impossible (PG). You may vote here; voting closes at 5:00 PM this […]
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