We’ve just received word from State Senator Daniel Squadron’s office that he, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, and City Council Member Steve Levin have together asked the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation to issue a new request for proposals to operate a facility that would allow use of the athletic field on Pier 5 during the colder months. They note that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the City agreed to fund Park construction includes an appropriation of $750,000 for such a facility, and that the community still wants it. More of their statement follows the jump: Continue Reading →
Local Schools Want Pier 5 Bubble
As reported by Kate Briquelet in The Brooklyn Paper, several local private schools–St. Francis College, Brooklyn Friends School, and Packer Collegiate Institute, along with unidentified others–have expressed their desire to see a regulation sized soccer field with a year-round bubble enclosure and accompanying facilities, built on Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Ms. Briquelet quotes Doreen Gallo, president of the DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance, who has worked to get the schools to support the project, as saying the schools are willing to operate the facility, but that they will make it available to the community. The plans for Pier 5 included a field, though not a regulation sized one, enclosed by a bubble, but the plan was scrapped when the Park’s request for proposals got no takers. Park spokesperson Ellen Ryan is quoted in the Brooklyn Paper article as saying Pier 5 is too small to accommodate a regulation sized field.
Learn Volleyball for Free at Pier 6
Admit it. Part of you has always wanted to be one of those sun-bronzed, bleached-haired California (What’s the difference between Californians and Swedes? Swedes speak better English.) beach bums or bumettes. So, put on your Hollister tee, baggies, and flip-flops (you’ll be kicking them off when you get to the court) and head for the Pier 6 (foot of Atlantic Avenue) volleyball courts for some free instruction in beach volleyball. Continue Reading →
Volleyball for the People, or for Profit?
The pristine sand volleyball courts at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 offer one of the best views in town. As luck would have it, playing volleyball on them is also free. Enter Big City Volleyball and Metro Beach Sports, two city-wide volleyball leagues, and suddenly that privilege costs a pretty penny, even if league director David Walker doesn’t think so.
“It’s actually not too hefty when you consider Pier 25 in Manhattan is $1,350 a team,” he told me yesterday. At Pier 6, a team of four costs $750 for the season, and a team of six costs $950.
But the price is not for naught: participating teams play one pre-season game, followed by eight regular season games and playoffs, all organized by Big City Volleyball; also, and perhaps most important, there is a free t-shirt involved. Continue Reading →
Karl Catches the Action at Pier 6
Our man with cam scopes out the scene at the newly-opened section of Pier 6 yesterday, and your correspondent also visited and got some stills, including the volleyball action above. Video and another photo after the jump. Continue Reading →
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Packer Senior Runs Like the Wind
In a week where delinquents are stealing headlines, it’s great to see a story about a Brooklyn Heights based teen who is “on the positive tip” (as we believe is the vernacular). Packer Collegiate senior Eddie Owens gets some ink today in the NY Daily News: Continue Reading →
Take the Dodgers Back!
Homer wants to bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. Find out why and discuss it at The Brooklyn Bugle.
BHS Events This Week
Tomorrow evening (Thursday, April 14), from 7:00 to 8:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present a talk by Bob McGee, author of The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Continue Reading →
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Don’t forget Homer’s Hidden Heights Walking Tour at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, and the Theater 2020 Gala starting at 3:00 the same afternoon (you can do both!). Tomorrow (Friday, March 25), starting at 7:30 p.m., Music at First, at the First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry Street (between Clark Street and Love Lane), will present singer Mellissa Hughes and synth player Lorna Krier (photo), accompanied by pianist Timo Andres and other musicians, doing a “new wave meets minimalism” concert that “explore[s] topics such as death, sexuality, and Craigslist.” The music will be accompanied by “video projections processed in real time” by videographer Jon Williams. Admission is $10. Continue Reading →
Brooklyn’s Blackbirds Invited to the Dance
While Brooklyn Heights’ own St. Francis Terriers, coming off a disappointing 15-15 season, didn’t make the cut, nearby Long Island University’s Blackbirds are one of the 68 teams invited to participate in this year’s March Madness, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
New York Times: Now, L.I.U.-Brooklyn has jumped on the express to new heights. The university, by winning its conference championship, earned one of 68 bids to the N.C.A.A. Men’s Basketball Tournament. This Friday in Charlotte, N.C., it will play a polar opposite in school spirit, campus acreage and basketball tradition: the University of North Carolina. Continue Reading →
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 5) starting at 2:00 p.m., soprano Marilyn Oliver (photo) will present a program of classical and spiritual songs, with guest baritone Raymond Mendez and accompanist Thomas Siklos, in the first floor auditorium of the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West (at Tilllary Street). Admission is free. Continue Reading →
BHS Presents Sports Talk Tomorrow Evening
Jeffrey A. Kroessler, author of The Greater New York Sports Chronology, will speak at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 2, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Continue Reading →
In Town for the Weekend? Some Last-Minute Suggestions
The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra will present an all-Russian program this Sunday afternoon, February 20, starting at 3:00, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The concert will feature Mikhail Glinlka’s Overture to “Ruslan and Ludmilla”, Reinhold Glière’s Horn Concerto (featuring soloist Marshall Sealy), and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Marc Cerri will be the guest conductor. Admission is a $15 suggested donation. Continue Reading →
BHS Presents Dodger Film Festival
For the next three Sundays, February 20 and 27, and March 6, starting at 2:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will present films about the long departed and (by some of us, still) lamented Brooklyn Dodgers. The screenings are free with museum admission, which is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, children over 12 (under 12 are free) and teachers, and free for BHS members. A schedule, and descriptions of the films, follows the jump. Continue Reading →
Rally for St. Francis Water Polo Team Today
This dispatch just in from St. Francis College. Did someone say FINAL FOUR!!! How’s about a bracket.
Coming off their Eastern Championship victory, the St. Francis College Men’s Water Polo prepares for the NCAA Final Four December 4 and 5. A rally to support the team will be held today at St. Francis College at 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY at 12:00pm. Among the special guests are Serbian National Team Coach and Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Dejan Udovicic.
The St. Francis Men’s team is composed of players from five countries; the United States, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia and Sweden. Besides coming together to form one of the best teams in the country, this melting pot of players also boasts the highest G.P.A. of all Water Polo teams two years in a row. Continue Reading →
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