There’s a lot coming up at the Brooklyn Historical Society this weekend and the week following. On Sunday afternoon, February 15, there are two events. The first, starting at 12:30, is an English sword dance festival featuring Half Moon Sword, who have danced on the Promenade annually during June. Admission is free. Then at 3:00 […]
Archive | February, 2015
Eamonn’s Re-opens in Taperia’s Old Spot
It’s back for another round. Eamonn’s, the beloved Irish pub that closed in 2012 after serving Brooklyn Heights for 17 years has re-opened in its new location, 132 Montague Street, effective as of Wednesday lunch hour. The hours of the new Eamonn’s run from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. weeknights, with kitchen open till 1 […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
The MTA sends Brooklyn Heights a Valentine this weekend, as there are no planned cancellations, route diversions, or station skips directly affecting service at any local stations. The following week–Monday, February 16 to Friday, February 20–each night from 11:45 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. there will be no 4 train service between Brooklyn Bridge station in […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park States Its Case in Pierhouse View Dispute
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation has provided us with a link to part of the visual presentation that accompanied Park Corporation VP for Real Estate David Lowin’s talk at last Wednesday’s Community Advisory Council meeting. The presentation shows comparative views (scroll to the bottom) in photos taken in 2008, before the National Cold Storage Warehouse […]
Alternate Side Parking Returns and Everybody’s Mad
After about a week long hiatus, New York City reinstated alternate side parking rules today and city residents took to Twitter to air their frustration. Heck, we just knocked the bumper off the BHBMobile getting out of a space on Orange Street (good thing Joke and the gang at New Xcell are already on the case). All for what? So the city could write some parking tickets? Because, y’know we didn’t see any street cleaning happening. So who should we send the repair bill to?
Enjoy these angry tweets and feel free to add your two cents in the comments:
Manhole Cover Blowouts in Cobble Hill; Any in Brooklyn Heights?
A reader reports two manhole cover blowouts in Cobble Hill, on Pacific Street between Clinton and Henry, this (Monday, February 9) morning. “Lots of loud popping and shouting, now we are without power and it is getting cold in our houses.” she adds. Any similar incidents in Brooklyn Heights?
Brooklyn Heights’ Own Theater 2020 Presents “Singapore Mikado” Starting Next Weeekend
Theater 2020, the Heights’ own professional stage company, will present The Singapore Mikado, an adaptation by Charles Berigan and Heights resident (and Theater 2020 Artistic Director) David Fuller “with a twist” of Gilbert’s and Sullivan’s perhaps most beloved operetta, The Mikado. It’s December, 1941, just days after Pearl Harbor, and the parish entertainment at a […]
Watch: Brooklyn Heights Preservationists Otis and Nancy Pearsall on Treasures of New York
Channel 13’s “Treasures of New York” will present the story of the preservation movement in New York City, prominently featuring the efforts to preserve Brooklyn Heights led by Otis and Nancy Pearsall Sunday night. If you missed the program, you can watch it in its entirety here.
The Bronies Are Coming to Brooklyn Heights for a My Little Pony Convention
Bronies, adult male followers of the children’s show “My Little Pony” are set to converge with other fans of the show at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights for three days starting Saturday (2/14). PonyCon 2015 will feature the premiere of the trailer for the show’s fifth season as well as many guests including Andrea […]
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