I took a walk early yesterday (Monday) evening. On my way from the Squibb Park pedestrian bridge on to Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, I was greeted by this gray catbird (thanks to reader elw_ny and FB friend John Hunt for the species ID). A little farther along, I found a red saddlebags dragonfly (thanks […]
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Gawker Goes Bugnutty On Creationist Piece By Brooklyn Heights Writer
Journalist/Brooklyn Heights resident Virginia Heffernan published an essay Thursday for Yahoo! News entitled “Why I’m a Creationist”. Thoughtful? Sure. Troll bait? You bet. It also proved to be great fodder for the folks at Gawker. Hamilton Nolan, no stranger to online ribbing himself, releases the hounds in his counterpoint, “Yes Viginia, There Is A Darwin”: […]
Waterfowl at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park has become an attraction for migratory birds. Several American black ducks have settled, at least temporarily, along the stream that follows the landward side of Pier 1. Over the past few weekends, I’ve seen them every time I’ve crossed a footbridge over that stream. In the photo above, one appears to be […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Saturday (June 22) from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a book launch and talk by Philip F. Napoli, author of Bringing It All Back Home: An Oral History of New York City’s Vietnam Veterans. In BHS’s words: Join us for a discussion from the author and a remarkable group […]
Tree Limb Down Between Clark and Pierrepont On Promenade
The weather may be taking a toll on the flora in the neighborhood. A reader sent a series of photos of a tree limb down between the Clark and Pierrepont entrances on the Promenade. “The worst is when you see that the limb had been recently pruned of some smaller shoots, but then the whole […]
Purple Irises and Serviceberries
Your correspondent is off for a long weekend starting tomorrow. The Bugs and Blooms tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 put me in a botanical frame of mind, so when I started on a short early evening walk today, I couldn’t resist photographing these especially lovely purple irises growing in the garden by the […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Blooms and Bugs”: Lots of Blooms, No Bugs, Some Birds
As we noted before, this was a big weekend for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Your correspondent chose to register for the early Sunday morning “Blooms and Bugs” tour around Pier 1. The tour leader was Matthew Wills (photo), who publishes the blog Backyard and Beyond. Matthew began by noting that we weren’t likely to […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The […]
Mid-Week Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park
Late Wednesday afternoon I took a walk north along the Promenade, across the pedestrian bridge to Pier 1, south along the Brooklyn Bridge Park walkway to Pier 5, then up Joralemon to home on Montague. Cherry blossoms provided a splash of color at the Promenade’s north end. Brilliant green ferns on the Pier 1, Brooklyn […]
Heights Promenade: One Good Perennial Deserves Another
Just as the spectacular spray of yellow daffodils has peaked along the Promenade, the enduring warm weather has allowed a kaleidoscope of colors from the other plentiful perennial—tulips—to burst into bloom. Vivid reds, warm whites, pretty pinks and prismatic purples are now abounding all along the walkway. Ooh, la la! (CT)
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