On my customary morning stroll around Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found actors rehearsing Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew for Random Access Theatre’s free performances of that classic comedy at the Granite Prospect on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings (July 18, 19, and 20) starting at 7:00. More information here. Also at Brooklyn Bridge [...]
Archive | Parents RSS feed for this section
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Tomorrow (Saturday, July 12) is City of Water Day, and Brooklyn Bridge Park is participating with kayaking and with Seining the River Wild. The Park’s Pier Kids series presents The Art of Stepping on Pier 1 Sunday from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. All of these events are free. Also on Sunday Smorgasburg will be [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Update:On Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. the Brooklyn Heights Association will have a social event at the new Chocolate Works on Montague. Details here. Tonight’s Fireworks take top billing for events this weekend, but the Brooklyn Heights Cinema again has new offerings. Late tomorrow (Saturday) night, July 5, starting at 11:45, there will be [...]
There IS Such A Thing As A Free Lunch – At BPL This Summer
Just in time for summer, free meals for children and teens are now available at 25 Brooklyn Public Library branches, up from just 6 last year. Starting on Friday, June 27, New York City’s Summer Meals Program—an annual program that provides free, healthy breakfast and lunch to millions of children across New York City—began offering [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema will have its premiere showing of They Came Together, starring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd tomorrow (Friday, June 27). The Cinema will also be showing Ida and Words and Pictures. On Sunday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a special showing of “Cartoon Cryptozoologist” Tom Stathes’ Cartoons on Film. [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Saturday, June 21, the Atlantic Avenue BID, in conjunction with Make Music New York, is having its first ever Summer Celebration from noon until 9:00 p.m. The festivities will span the length of Atlantic from the East River to Flatbush Avenue, and will include live music from 36 performers and groups at 12 venues, [...]
Chocolate Works Opens on Montague; Karl is There With Cam
The Chocolate Works store on Montague had its grand opening today, and our man with cam, Karl Junkersfeld, was there. Was Charlie any more delighted to get into the Chocolate Factory? Video after the jump.
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
We get our own Shakespeare in the Park this coming weekend (Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15) as Theater 2020 continues their critically praised production of King Lear with three free performances at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings starting at 7:00. It’s slated to be perfect walking weather on [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
PS 8′s annual Paddlewheeler Block Party is this Saturday, June 7, from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Poplar Street between Henry and Hicks streets. It’s your, and your kids’, chance to meet Elsa the Snow Queen and Anna from Frozen. There will be a bouncy castle, a magic show, face and hair painting, an obstacle [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Besides the not-to-be-missed Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour, there are several events of note in the neighborhood this weekend. Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (photo), Henry and Remsen Streets, will have its annual Lebanese Festival on Saturday, May 31 from noon to 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 1 from noon to 6:00 p.m. The festival [...]
Kiddie Korner Stages Friendship Walk in Brooklyn Heights
This dispatch just in from our friends at Kiddie Korner and Congregation B’nai Avraham: Kiddie Korner Preschool took to the streets on Monday May 19th, in a special ‘Friendship Walk’ celebrating the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, Worldwide Friendship Day. Lag B’Omer is a day that was dedicated in memory of a great sage, Rabbi [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This will be the annual Sacred Sites Open House weekend presented by the New York Landmarks Conservancy and the participating religious institutions. It will give you the opportunity to visit and receive architectural and historical information about several local houses of worship, including the newly restored interior of Grace Church (photo). The local participating institutions, [...]
Willowtown Spring Fair Coming Saturday, May 17
We have word from Ben Bankson (in striped shirt in photo, at last year’s Fair) that this year’s Willowtown Spring Fair will be Saturday, May 17 from noon to 5:00 p.m., on Willow Place (between Joralemon and State streets). This year’s Fair will feature a pet parade. Participants and pets should assemble in Adam Yauch [...]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions; Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The highlight of the weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Landmark House and Garden Tour, to be held this Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.. Houses on display this year range from an 1820s vintage Federal style frame house (photo; by Judith Angel) to a condo in a recently converted parking garage. [...]
St. Ann’s School Puppet Parade Takes Over Brooklyn Heights
Spring is officially here as the St. Ann’s School Puppet Parade took place today in Brooklyn Heights. Take a picture? Add them in the comments below!
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The annual Grace Church School Carnival will be held this Saturday, April 26, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon). The carnival features food, including BBQ from Hill Country, pony rides, a photo booth, a tumbling zone, bouncy rides, and other activities. There will be [...]
-
TRO Issued on Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 Towers
-
Where Was the 84th Precinct While Vandals Devastated North Brooklyn Heights and Beyond
-
Open Thread Wednesday 7/16/14
-
Open Thread Wednesday 7/23/14
-
Twitter to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pierhouse: Thanks for Blocking Our View
-
Disco Food Cart on Columbia Heights
-
Brooklyn Beep Adams on Brooklyn Bridge White Flags: I’m Not Laughing; Offers Reward for the Capture of the Vandals
-
Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s a Teardown Option?
-
Forget the Clark Street Station Elevators This Little Fella is in a Hurry
-
Is S.S. United States Coming to Brooklyn?
-
If Someone Could Climb to the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge and Change the Flag, What’s Next
-
HVAC Miseries Point to BPL’s Fateful Decision Regarding Brooklyn Heights Library Branch
-
WSJ Writer Samples Life as a Brooklyn Heights Bottle and Can Scavenger
-
Gabba Gabba Hey: Brooklyn Heights’ Marky Ramone Eats at Sociale, Snaps Photo With Clark Street Residents
-
Ducks Deluxe in Brooklyn Bridge Park
-
Emily Gould is Sorry for Upsetting Lena Dunham or Mailer and Vidal Did It Better
-
Car Jumps Curb on Remsen Street
-
Jack Antonoff of fun. Talks About His Brooklyn Heights Apartment with Lena Dunham
-
140 Cadman Plaza West Residents Still Bothered by Brooklyn Bridge Construction Noise and Dust
-
Smell Something? Say Something.
-
Forest City Ratner Again Focus of Local Residents’ Ire
-
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
-
Brooklyn Heights Connection to Twin Peaks Revealed in New Oral History
-
140 Cadman Plaza West Residents Still Bothered by Brooklyn Bridge Construction Noise and Dust
-
Open Thread Wednesday 7/23/14
-
Ducks Deluxe in Brooklyn Bridge Park
-
Tonight’s Brooklyn Heights Fireworks Courtesy Of..
-
Car Jumps Curb on Remsen Street
-
Apple Tree Pruning Time at Poplar Street Community Garden
-
How the Pranksters Duped NYPD in Brooklyn Bridge Flag Swap Attack
-
Brooklyn Beep Adams on Brooklyn Bridge White Flags: I’m Not Laughing; Offers Reward for the Capture of the Vandals
-
If Someone Could Climb to the Top of the Brooklyn Bridge and Change the Flag, What’s Next
-
Emily Gould is Sorry for Upsetting Lena Dunham or Mailer and Vidal Did It Better
-
ReBar Owner Jason Stevens Can’t Escape Long Bar of the Law
-
This French Rapper Freestyling at Brooklyn Bridge Park is… Something
-
Disco Food Cart on Columbia Heights
-
Forget the Clark Street Station Elevators This Little Fella is in a Hurry
-
Is S.S. United States Coming to Brooklyn?
-
WSJ Writer Samples Life as a Brooklyn Heights Bottle and Can Scavenger
-
Smell Something? Say Something.
Nabe Chatter