Avian expert extraordinaire Heather Wolf has two upcoming events. This Wednesday, February 28, as part of her continuing “Warbler Wednesday” series at Estuary at ONE 15 Brooklyn Marina, 159 Bridge Park Drive (foot of Joralemon Street), from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, with a talk by data artist and bird enthusiast Jer Thorp. There is no […]
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Floating Pool May Come to Brooklyn Bridge Park
Almost thirteen years ago our founder, John “Homer Fink” Loscalzo, reported about a proposal to build a large plus-sign shaped floating swimming pool that would sit in the East River off of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The pool would use East River water filtered to remove bacteria and other pollutants. This idea seemed to have died. […]
Heather Wolf Leads Bird Walk Sunday; “Warbler Wednesday” Happy Hour at Estuary with Repast Baroque Ensemble
Heather Wolf, author of Find More Birds and Birding at the Bridge, will lead a bird tour in Brooklyn Bridge Park this Sunday morning, January 14. There are many species wintering in the Park. Ms. Wolf has recently seen these: Cooper’s Hawk, Gadwall, American Woodcock, American Kestrel, White-throated Sparrow, and Great Blue Heron. The tour […]
BQE “Boondoggle”: Bad and Good News
Mary Frost’s Eagle story contains what she calls some “chilling” information about the City Department of Transportation’s and Mayor Adams’s plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway beyond the urgent repair work now underway. The bad news for Brooklyn Heights is that these plans would include demolition of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade (although it would eventually be […]
Bird Tour in Brooklyn Bridge Park Sunday
Heather Wolf, author of Birding at the Bridge and Find More Birds, who has seen over 150 species of birds in Brooklyn Bridge Park.will lead a tour of fall migration birds in the Park this Sunday, November 19, starting at 9:00 am. Meet in front of Lizzmonade, near the foot of Old Fulton Street. The […]
Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday
This Saturday, October 21, from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy will present its annual Harvest Festival on Pier Six, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. The festival will feature music, dance events for all to join, arts and crafts, storytimes, a pumpkin patch, face painting, and more. Admission is free. […]
Former Transportation Commissioner Criticizes Mayor’s BQE Plans
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 […]
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 […]
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