Glass on the addition, under construction, to 20 Henry Street, reflects the facade of the building at the northwest corner of Henry and Poplar streets, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge on January 7.

A year ago last June the intrepid Karl Junkersfeld toook a stroll around Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and made the acquaintance of Rosa rugosa. Yesterday morning your correspondent took a similar stroll and found some of the flowers still in bloom, along with the rose hips that look like small tomatoes.

Your correspondent went leaf-peeping yesterday. Above is the view from the crest of the mound on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. More photos after the jump.

Seen from the path connecting Pier 1 to Pier 6, a row of bushes on the south end of Pier 1 provide a colorful accent to the view of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The view looking up from Pier 1 towards the Heights and Cadman Plaza.

Because of an intervening commitment, by the time I got to the Poplar Street Community Garden the folks were packing up their gardening equipment after a hard afternoon’s productive work. But some workers were still busy there: I’ve included this photo in honor of BHB reader Lois, whose husband was a beekeeper.

Early in the morning I’d heard a rumor that #Occupy Wall Street was relocating to Cadman Plaza. That didn’t seem to make much sense, but when I got there I saw a large crowd assembled around some tents on the Cadman Plaza East side. As I approached, I noticed that lots of the people were wearing pink. It proved to be a rest stop on the Avon Walk to End Breast Cancer.

More photos and text after the jump.

Max Pelzmann’s Canopy, formerly white, became bright red just before the DUMBO Arts Festival. You can find it near the park entrance at the foot of Main Street.

The East Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge from a new perspective, the lawn just south of Jane’s Carousel.

Has this been contributing to my wife’s and daughter’s sneezing? Goldenrod on Pier 1.

At least it’s keeping the bees busy making late-season honey.

A profusion of fall flowers on the landward side of Pier 1.

The schooner Clipper City heading out on a tourist cruise from the Seaport Museum, as seen from the pedestrian path near the south end of Pier 1.

Showy blossoms and berries, landward side of Pier 6.

Photos by Claude Scales for BHB.

Photo: Chris Arnade

Oh Joe, you rascal you. Such an ability to frustrate, an opportunist who seems to carry around a basket of grudges. Joementum!

I ran into him today walking in Brooklyn Heights. He agreed to pose for a picture. I thanked him for his work on gay rights, then we shook hands. He does have a great face to photograph, one of those people who looks like a puppet.

My weekend photographic scavenger hunt is over: Kittens, Strippers, Pigeons, and a US Senator…….

Your correspondent took his morning walk today along Brooklyn Bridge Park from Pier 6 to DUMBO, and got some photos along the way. Here is the East River Ferry passing Pier 1 on its northbound run, making haste from downtown Manhattan to Fulton Ferry Landing. More photos and text follow the jump.

Plants along the pond at the southeastern edge of Pier 1 have grown considerably over the past month, and blossomed.

Seen from Brooklyn bridge Park in DUMBO, a catamaran yacht sails under the Brooklyn Bridge heading up the East River.

Plentiful rainfall this spring has made for lush foliage on Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. On my morning walk through the park (I’ve taken to alternating my long walk over the Bridge with a shorter one down Squibb Hill to Pier 1, around the pier then back up to the Promenade) I noticed how easy it was in some places (ignoring the sound of BQE traffic and the occasional helicopter) to imagine oneself far from the city; for example, looking down toward the small pond near the park entrance at the foot of Old Fulton Street. (More photos and text after the jump.)

Spectacular floral displays are found near the pathways.

An abundance of sumac sometimes arches over the path. Here we see its red fruit, or drupes, used to make spice in the Middle East.

Could this swamp be home to something more sinister than Dodger the muskrat?

Here are more showy summer blossoms.

What’s that in the distance–could it be the fabled lost Isle of Manhattan?

Following last Wednesday’s collision on the Promenade, a number of BHB readers were concerned about the potential hazard of the gaping hole between the bent vertical bars.  Recognizing that it would be terrible if a child fell through, BHB poster Linda called 311, which resulted in some tape being applied.  While the tape was definitely an improvement, to many, it still seemed dangerous.  Over the weekend, this reporter contacted Judy Stanton of the Brooklyn Heights Association.  Ms. Stanton immediately brought this to the attention of Neil Harmon Manager of the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation for this area.  Curiously he was unfamiliar with this problem, even after the 311 complaint had been responded to.

Sarah Maslin Nir, in today’s New York Times Metropolitan Section: ACCORDING to the calendar, it’s been spring for the past five weeks. But you could have fooled me.

And me, for that matter. We’ve had a couple of teases, like Wednesday, which started cloudy and chilly, but by early afternoon it was sunny and the temperature flirted with seventy. But today, Easter Sunday and the seventh day of Passover, dawned sunny and, if not warm, at least with a promise of warmth. It was a promise fulfilled. As I went out for my early morning walk, I passed these tulips near the Pierrepont Street entrance to the Promenade. More photos and text after the jump.

Promenade gardens, between the Clark and Pierrepont Street entrances.

Cherry blossoms and forsythia are already past their peak.

Squibb Park’s London plane trees have yet to bud.

Showy blossoms in flowerbed outside Watchtower building on Columbia Heights.

Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Photos by C. Scales for BHB.

Neil Calet, Columbia Heights resident, advocate and tireless worker on behalf of the Promenade gardens, sends us these photos of planting last November (see above), and of the first blossoms of hellebores heralding the coming spring. More photos after the jump.

March 2011, blooming.

Hellebore Josef Lemper

Martin Schneider sends us this photo, and this commentary:

A sure sign of Spring! Our Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is back at work on our holly tree. She methodically drills an array of small shallow holes and eats the sap and then the insects which they will attract. According to Sibley, they are “uncommon” so we are lucky to have this added asset to the neighborhood. A wary bird, it is difficult to get a good picture of them at work.

Click on “read full story” to enlarge photo.