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On this day in 1776, what would prove to be the largest battle of the Revolutionary War happened just to the east of Brooklyn Heights, which was then the site of the principal encampment of the Continental Army on Long Island. The battle was originally called the Battle of Long Island, as much of it took place outside the boundaries of what was then Brooklyn, though some contemporary historians have taken to calling it the Battle of Brooklyn, or even the Battle of Brooklyn Heights. In it, the American forces were soundly defeated, with considerable loss of life, though in its aftermath, the surviving Continental troops made an escape that seemed miraculous. (more…)
Washington Was Here, 234 Years Ago
Boring? New, Lengthy Tunnel Idea Proposed for BQE
Cobble Hill community activist Roy Sloane has proposed re-routing the BQE through what would be the longest highway tunnel in North America, taking it from the Navy Yard, under parts of Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Boerum Hill, to the Prospect Expressway.
YourNabe.com: The extraordinarily ambitious two-and-a-half-mile tunnel is one of several options for replacing the beleaguered highway that is being considered by the state Department of Transportation, but it is already emerging as a favorite. (more…)
Save Our Buses Protest!
Save Our Buses Protest, 06/22/10 photo by Kathryn Kirk
Here’s the official press release from Brooklyn Beep Markowitz on today’s protest regarding cuts to the B51, B39 and other bus routes: (more…)
Neil Freeman’s “Brooklyn Typology”: the Borough as Art
Neil Freeman is an urban planner, artist, and Brooklyn resident. His work appears on his website, fake is the new real. Thanks to Urban Omnibus, we’ve been alerted to a project of Freeman’s that should be of interest to all Brooklynites, including Heights residents. This is his “Brooklyn Typology. ” In Freeman’s words:
Brookyn Typology is an investigation of borough’s population and urban form. It consists of 2100 photographs taken in a sample of blockgroups in Brooklyn, plus detailed Census, historical, and typological data about the residential and housing in area. Together, the interlinked photographs and
data form a portrait of the urban fabric of Brooklyn.
Two of the “blockgroups” included in “Brooklyn Typology” are in the Heights: tract 3.01, blockgroup 1, consisting of the area bounded by Pineapple Street on the north, Hicks Street on the east, Pierrepont Street on the south, and Willow Street on the west; and tract 5, blockgroup 2 bounded by Pierrepont on the north, Clinton Street on the east, Joralemon Street on the south, and Henry Street on the west. (more…)
Mr. Junkersfeld’s Neighborhood and Beyond
Brooklyn Heights own version of D.A. Pennebaker, Karl Junkersfeld is back with more of his unique kind of video vérité. In this first clip he celebrates NYC Restaurant Week.
After the jump his epic three part tour of Fort Greene, a must-see for anyone who dreams to venture beyond the boundaries of Brooklyn Heights. (more…)
Swizzle Hits Big Bell House Stage
Former Magnetic Field mainstay Dick Swizzle will be hosting his Sudden Death Game Show Tuesday night (6/16) on the big stage at the Bell House [149 7th Street].
TMBG Free Concert in Prospect Park July 11
According to The Brooklyn Paper, They Might Be Giants will be playing a free show in Prospect Park on July 11. Read more at CHB.
Spring at Tres Belle
Tres Belle petite medi-spa, relocated recently from 43 Clark St. (inside the Eastern Athletic club) to new digs in Boerum Hill at 105 Bond Street and offers a range of therapeutic treatments including laser hair removal, microdermabrasion, facials and more. Read more at CHB.
Bloomberg: Federal Stimulus $$ to Fund Bridge Renovation
According to today’s Brooklyn Paper:
With $261 million of federal transportation funding from the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” headed to New York City, Hizzoner said on Monday that he would use the cash to complete major shovel-ready projects including long-planned renovations of the Brooklyn Bridge — while redeploying the city money that had been allotted for the jobs to other infrastructure projects.
Other Brooklyn projects that the Mayor said will benefit include the improvement of the Flatbush Avenue streetscape between Tillary Street and Hanson Place, and reconstruction of the Coney Island Boardwalk.
Hope Floats
Melanie Hope Greenberg — 32-year Brooklyn Heights resident and a longtime author/illustrator of children’s books — is on tour, and if her fans at PS 58 are any indication, she’s a rock star.
Greenberg — who was named to The BHB 10 last year — gets inspiration for her books from the neighborhood around her, and for her latest book, “Mermaids on Parade,” focuses on the annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island.
And so there she was, on Tuesday morning in the snow, reading her book to first and second graders at PS 58 in Carroll Gardens, who couldn’t stop squealing with delight whenever they saw pictures of the boardwalk or the Cyclone. (more…)
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