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Archive | June, 2015
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
Once again it’s a “green light” weekend (Friday evening, June 19 to Monday morning, June 22) as there are no planned cancellations, route diversions, or station skips directly affecting service at any local stations. The following week (Monday, June 22 to Friday, June 26), just like this week, each night from 11:45 p.m. to 5:00 […]
Class Size Matters to Hold Press Conference This Thursday
Class Size Matters, is scheduled to hold a press conference this Thursday, June 18th at 1:00 pm at City Hall in Lower Manhattan about the need for an expanded capital plan to alleviate school overcrowding. As previously reported, the organization wrote a joint letter with Public Advocate, Letitia James to Mayor De Blasio and […]
Opera at Brooklyn Bridge Park Tonight
Metropolitan Opera stars soprano Janai Brugger, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, and baritone Nathan Gunn (photo), joined by pianist Dan Saunders, will give a free performance of arias and duets this evening (Wednesday, June 17) on the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. More details here.
“Flatiron” Design Proposed For Library Site
The Daily News has published this rendering by Marvel Architects (those wonderful folks who brought us Pierhouse) of the latest envisioning of the building that will stand where the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library now stands. Sadly, for your correspondent, it does not appear to include preservation of the lovely WPA-style friezes […]
84th Precinct Needs Volunteers For Graffiti Removal Thursday
Want to help rid Brooklyn Heights of unsightly graffiti? Join officers of the 84th Precinct and Brooklyn Heights Association members at the northeast corner of Henry and Clark streets (by Gristedes) at 5:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 18. You will be provided with paint and brushes (dress appropriately) and dispatched to locations identified by 311 […]
Mary and Jesus Statue at St. Charles Borromeo Vandalized
A vandal climbed over a fence and broke a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus that stood in front of St. Charles Borromeo Church from its pedestal and left it lying on the ground. DNA Info has an image from surveillance video showing a man climbing over a fence toward the statue, while another […]
Comments From Court and All Sides on Pierhouse Decision
Justice Lawrence Knipel’s decision in the litigation over the obstruction of the Brooklyn Bridge view by the Pierhouse structure is best summed up in his conclusion, which begins: The casual passerby walking along Brooklyn’s majestic Promenade is struck with an indelible impression that these buildings…are simply too large…When our government had the opportunity to significantly […]
AltSchool Accepting Applications For 2015-16 School Year
Last fall we reported that AltSchool, a private school founded by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, would be opening at the corner of Hicks and Montague streets, in the space above Heights Cafe and Della Rocca’s (the address is given as 84 Montague, but the entrance is on the Hicks Street side). The school is accepting […]
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