Despite the possibility that a new environmental review may be required before development may proceed, the Daily News reports that Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation staff have recommended the selection of RAL Development Services for the two proposed high rise residential towers near the Atlantic Avenue entrance to the Park. RAL was responsible for the development […]
Archive | June, 2015
Waterfront History Tour Wednesday Evening, and Smorgasburg Lives on Pier 5 Uplands
The week before last, while writing my Last Minute Weekend Suggestions, I noticed that Smorgasburg had disappeared from the listing of events on the Brooklyn Bridge Park Website. This, and my having seen a news item about Smorgasburg starting up at Coney Island, made me assume (a word that Capt. Noland, my gunnery instructor in […]
Clarabelle Needs A New Roommate!
Looking to adopt a single cat? Clarabelle would love to be your one and only feline companion. Clarabelle is outgoing, friendly, inquisitive and seems to prefer humans to other cats. She is a small two-year-old who looks like a teen-age kitten and probably will not grow any larger. A talkative little lovebug, she will trill […]
Some Empire State Development Board Members Consider Need for New EIS for Pier 6 Towers
At Thursday’s meeting of the Empire State Development Corporation’s (ESDC) board of directors, as reported in Mary Frost’s Eagle story, two board members questioned whether Brooklyn Bridge Park’s 2005 Final Environmental Impact Statement and the 2014 Technical Memorandum supplementing it properly considered changes in the local environment, particularly population growth and its stress on infrastructure […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
It’s a busy weekend at Brooklyn Bridge Park with lots of free activities. The Swedish circus performers Magmanus (photo) will give shows on the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 and on Sunday, June 28. On Saturday there will be two activities appealing to kids and their […]
Fireworks Tomorrow; Yes, More Fireworks
There will be fireworks Thursday evening, June 25, off Liberty Island, starting at 9:20 p.m.; these are sponsored by IP Soft. (Would they be louder if sponsored by IP Hard?) ‘Tis summer, so it must be the season for fireworks. Weekend after this we get the mother of them all. After that, maybe things will […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
It’s a three-peat green light weekend (Friday night, June 26 to Monday morning, June 29) with no planned cancellations, route changes, or station skips directly affecting service at any local stations. Those traveling to or from la Brooklyn profonde should know that from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5:00 a.m. Monday there will be no service […]
Empire State Development Meeting About Pier 6 Tomorrow, RSVP NOW!!
The folks at Save The View Now would like everyone to know that the Empire State Development meeting concerning BBP Pier 6 will be occurring at 9:30am tomorrow, but you must RSVP by 5pm TODAY. So, you have less than hour to do that. Presumably, they will be discussing infilling the childrens water park and […]
Special Subway Alert: Work On A/C Line Will Disrupt Weekend Service July To November
Repairs to the Cranberry Street Tunnel, through which A and C trains travel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, will require a lengthy series of route diversions to the F line starting the weekend beginning July 11 and going through the weekend beginning November 14. There will be further route diversions on this line later, extending over […]
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