These photos were taken on walks yeterday (Friday) afternoon and this (Saturday) morning. The first was taken from Cadman Plaza East, looking west across Cadman Plaza Park, with lower Manhattan in the background. More photos and text follow the jump. Snowboarding on the slope between Washington Street and the Brooklyn Bridge on-ramp. The Manhattan Bridge [...]
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Shake Shack Coming to Former Pete’s Location at Old Fulton & Water
According to the Daily News, Shake Shack will be moving into the spot previously occupied by Pete’s, One Old Fulton Street, at the corner of Old Fulton and Water streets, near the Pier 1 entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park, in the Fulton Ferry Historic District. (The News piece quotes Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti saying [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions, Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Starting this Friday, August 16, the Brooklyn Heights Cinema will be showing In A World, starring Lake Bell, who also directs (and whom you may have noticed, as I certainly did, on the cover of this week’s New York magazine–the design gives a new meaning to “dotting the ‘i’”), as a vocal coach who becomes [...]
Night Milling for Old Fulton Thursday and Friday
Our friends at Community Board 2 tell us that there will be nighttime milling of Old Fulton Street between Front Street and the BQE this coming Thursday and Friday, July 25 and 26. According to the notice: NIGHTTIME milling is scheduled for heavily trafficked streets where work during the day would have an especially negative [...]
Luke’s Lobster Roll Promotion to Benefit Sandy Victims Thursday
This in from Ben at Luke’s Lobster: I wanted to make sure you knew that Luke’s Lobster’s Brooklyn Bridge Park location will be selling $10 LOBSTER ROLLS this Thursday as part of a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy Relief. We hope a lot of BK Heights folks come by to enjoy the discount and help the [...]
Environmental Assessment For Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse Released; Public Hearing Next Thursday
The Brooklyn Heights Association has advised us that an Environmental Assessment has been completed concerning the proposed adaptive re-use of the Empire Stores and Tobacco Warehouse buildings, located along Water Street in the Fulton Ferry Historic District and DUMBO. Links to the Environmental Assessment and Draft Conversion Application are here; they may also be reviewed [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Sunday, June 16, starting at 10:30 a.m., author Emily Jenkins and illustrator Stephanie Graegin of the new children’s book Water in the Park will be at the Empire-Fulton Ferry section of Brooklyn Bridge Park (adjacent to Jane’s Carousel and the Tobacco Warehouse) will talk, read, and draw for the benefit of young readers and [...]
More Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Fulton Ferry Historic District
The showy tulips, daffodils, and purple irises of May are gone from the Promenade Gardens, but these pretty red and white blossoms were, like June, bustin’ out. Crossing the Pedestrian bridge from Squibb Park, I noticed that preliminary work appears to be underway for the Pierhouse hotel and condo complex. I shot this crossing the [...]
Walk Photos: Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Historic District, and Brooklyn Bridge Park
Saturday’s walk took me to the library to return some books, then to DUMBO, to Brooklyn Bridge Park, then back into the Heights. These purple flowers were at the southern entrance to Cadman Plaza Park. There was soccer action on the field south of the Brooklyn War Memorial (Eggers and Higgins, sculpture by Charles Keck, [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The premier event this weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual House Tour, to be held on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00. More information is here. The photo is by Heights resident and interior designer Judith Angel. On Sunday afternoon, starting at 1:00, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a lecture and book signing [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Saturday is Derby Day. So, if the thunder of hoofbeats quickens your pulse, and if you’re not attending a friend’s party or hosting your own, you may want to go to a local TV-equipped bar to enjoy the race. According to ProspectHeightsPatch, Floyd, 131 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry), will be serving beer cheese, [...]
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Open Thread Wednesday 3/5/14
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Citibike Rate Hike May Become Reality
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Judge Throws Out 150 Joralemon’s Citibike Lawsuit
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Brooklyn Heights Resident Lena Dunham Is Hosting Saturday Night Live This Weekend
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Montague Street Tunnel Will Reopen In October, MTA Says
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50 Cent Produced Show ‘Power’ Shoots On Hicks, Cranberry Streets On Thursday
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Gettysburg: One Woman’s War at St. Francis College This Wednesday
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Scouting NY Reports On The “Lost” Pool At The Hotel St. George In Brooklyn Heights
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Shot In Brooklyn Heights, The Bombtastic ‘Winter’s Tale’ Gets The ‘How Did This Get Made Treatment’
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Archie Comics Taps Nabe Resident Lena Dunham For Limited Run
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Free Recital Wednesday, March 19 by Classical Pianist Rowena Mariano
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Scouting NY Reports On The “Lost” Pool At The Hotel St. George In Brooklyn Heights
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Plymouth’s Underground Thrift Store “Spring Fever” This Weekend
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Karl Junkerfeld’s Tribute to Brian McGorry, Brooklyn Heights’ “Mayor of Cranberry Street”
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Gettysburg: One Woman’s War at St. Francis College This Wednesday
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Cosmos Partner in Soccer Training at Pier 5 This Spring
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Citibike Rate Hike May Become Reality
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Shot In Brooklyn Heights, The Bombtastic ‘Winter’s Tale’ Gets The ‘How Did This Get Made Treatment’
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Archie Comics Taps Nabe Resident Lena Dunham For Limited Run
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Judge Throws Out 150 Joralemon’s Citibike Lawsuit
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