Brooklyn Bridge Park is asking for volunteers to do one hour shifts this Thursday, May 12 and Saturday, May 14, counting bikers, runners and pedestrians using the path that links Pier 1 to Pier 6, which will eventually be part of a much longer path connecting the waterfront from Greenpoint to Sunset Park, the “Greenway.” […]
Archive | May, 2011
Chapin Playground Spring Cleaning Sunday
The Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee asks for volunteers to help with spring cleaning of the Harry Chapin Playground, on Columbia Heights north of Cranberry Street, this Sunday, May 15th, starting at 10:30 a.m. Please bring clean-up equipment of your choice, such as brooms, shovels, and dustpans. Among the tasks to be accomplished are refilling the […]
Brooklyn Union Gas Building Landmarked
The Brooklyn Union Gas Building at 176 Remsen Street was given landmark status at today’s LPC hearing, Brownstoner reports.
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Religious School Open House Thursday
The Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, located at 131 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Henry), will hold an open house for its religious school this Thursday, May 12, from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. At the open house, you may learn about the program, observe a class in session, and chat with other parents.
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 5/10/11
A Louisiana granny becomes a Junior’s purse-snatching victim; a former employee steals $81,000 from the place the fired him; and another edition of You Make The Call. It’s this week’s police blotter.
LPC Reviews BUG Building Landmarking Today, 100 Clark Street Addition
Brownstoner notes that Frank Freeman’s Brooklyn Union Gas building at 180 Remsen Street (listed by LPC as 176 Remsen) will be considered for landmark status at today’s LPC hearing. It was originally placed on the commission’s calendar in February 2009. Also on today’s docket, an application to construct a rear addition to 100 Clark Street […]
Qfwfq Reports: BHA House Tour 2011
On Saturday I “got my inner WASP on” (as a friend cpmmented), and went on the BHA House Tour. The houses for this year’s tour seemed, from this person’s perspective, more understated than usual. There was little of the ostentatious displays of opulence that dominated the houses of tours past which always made one rush […]
Brooklyn Heights Resident James Grant Calls for True Gold Standard
Brooklyn Heights resident/financial guru James Grant addressed the 64th CFA Institute Annual Conference today and called for a return to a “true gold standard (that) favors no one nation, but synchronizes the balance of payments between all.”
Heights History: Alfred T. White
During the Victorian era many wealthy people felt a religious obligation to aid the poor through privately organized uplift projects. Alfred Tredway White (1846-1921), a cousin of Seth Low the Younger, was the Heights’ greatest philanthropist and community activist. In 1880 he moved out of his father Alexander’s house at 2 Pierrepont Place into 40 […]
New Lonely Island Video’s Squibb Park Connection
Former Brooklyn Heights resident/Now Chicago Big Shot Maury Postal (@mopostal) observes that the latest video by Saturday Night Live’s Lonely Island was partially shot in Squibb Park. Eagle eyes on that man, indeed. Enjoy finding the quick scene and Michael Bolton’s guest shot after the jump.
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