New York City’s Bike Share Program has announced its citywide locations that include Brooklyn’s portion of 600 city bike share stations, with multiple locations around Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and nearby Downtown Brooklyn.
The initiative is sponsored by the city Department of Transportation with Alta Bicycle Share. DOT released a draft map of the first locations in this summer’s rollout of a portion of the Bike Share docking stations. Continue Reading →
The Brooklyn flag was lowered at Borough Hall today in memory of Greg “Jocko” Jackson, who died yesterday of an apparent heart attack at age 60. Jackson, a Brownsville native who played in the NBA for the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns, became director of the Brownsville Recreation Center in 1997, turning the Parks Department facility into a neighborhood hub where he mentored countless young people. Continue Reading →
The PS8 Men’s Club presents “Baseball Night at PS 8 with WFAN’s sports expert Ed Randall” on Tuesday March 27, from 7-9 p.m. in the PS8 Auditorium, 37 Hicks Street.
Come on out and listen to Ed Randall offer an exclusive Hot Stove Report about the upcoming baseball season. Want to know about the Mets and Yankees, or inside details about your favorite players and teams? He’ll provide the inside scoop and answer your questions. Continue Reading →
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 →
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.
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 →
photo courtesy of McBrooklyn
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 →
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 →
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 →
Homer wants to bring the Dodgers back to Brooklyn. Find out why and discuss it at The Brooklyn Bugle.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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