I suppose we could have a debate, but I’d win: there’s really nothing more Fall than Halloween in Brooklyn Heights. And with a world going sideways, we need community, small humans and canines in costumes, Fall lovers and spectators, pumpkins, homemade treats and gratitude in this harvest home. This Saturday, October 28th, is shaping up for a […]
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Letter from 16 Organizations to Electeds Rejecting the City’s BQE Rehab Plans
Here is the open letter, printed in full, from 16 organizations rejecting the City’s plan for BQE rehab, including A Better Way (originated by community activists in Brooklyn Heights), Brooklyn Heights Association, the Montague BID, 160 Columbia Heights, and 360 Furman St. August 14, 2023 Dear Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams, Deputy Mayor Joshi, and DOT […]
City Proposes Rule To Banish Vendors From Brooklyn Bridge
Mary Frost reports in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle that New York City plans to ban vendors from all pedestrian bridges, including Brooklyn Bridge. Current rules imply that vending on elevated pedestrian walkways and approaches to bridges is prohibited, but the City says an explicit rule is needed to aid in enforcement. The purpose of the new rule […]
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 […]
Dumbo Drop! June 2, 2023. Enter to Win Fabulous Prizes While Supporting Dumbo’s Title 1 Schools.
Just $20 gets you a chance to win these incredible prizes! Six month family membership to Life Time, with access to the pool, spa, Kids Academy and more. ($4,200 value.) A 2-night staycation at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge plus $200 for dinner at The Osprey. ($1,500 value.) Gift certificates to Dumbo’s finest restaurant’s – Gran Eléctrica, […]
MTA Gives Low Priority to Upgrade of York Street Station Called a “disaster waiting to happen”
As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle, the MTA has made upgrading the York Street subway station in DUMBO, which serves the F line (and during what seem to be frequent route diversions, the A and C lines as well), “low on its list of priorities”. Asked why, at a Zoom town hall sponsored […]
SUV Tires Deflated in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO
Jalopnik reports that a group of climate “activists” called the Tyre Extinguishers deflated the tires (“tyre” is the British spelling of “tire”) of fifty SUVs, some in Brooklyn Heights and some in DUMBO, earlier this week. According to Jalopnik: Tyre Extinguishers aims to “make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4×4 in the world’s […]
“Java with Jo Anne” Wednesday Afternoon
New York State Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, whose 52nd Assembly District includes Brooklyn Heights, will have one of her periodic “Java with Jo Anne” sessions this Wednesday afternoon, November 2, from 4:30 to 6:30, at Dawn’s ’til Dusk, 33 Main Street, in DUMBO. Ms. Simon invites you to join her there to discuss any […]
Restler Announces School Showcases; Participatory Budgeting for Climate Justice
City Council Member Lincoln Restler has announced a “School Showcase” for districts 13, which includes P.S.8 and P.S.307, and 15. It will be held on Saturday, October 22 from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM at the Dock Street School, 19 Dock Street, in DUMBO. At the Showcase you can “learn about our district’s amazing public […]
Neighbors in Need: Family Flees Ukraine, Settles in Brooklyn Heights After Toddler’s Cancer Treatment
Imagine your country is on the brink of war. Then you learn your two-year-old child has a large, cancerous brain tumor. This is exactly what the Negodiuk family from Kyiv, Ukraine has endured. Just two days before Russian bombs began to drop, their son Mark had emergency surgery. Once home, the family of three was forced […]
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