Kevin Duggan in The Broklyn Paper quotes Brooklyn Community Board 2 Chairman Lenny Singletary quoting City Department of Transportation officials as saying, at the closed door meeting with Community Board representatives a week ago, that they moved away from the agency’s two initial plans proposed last fall — which would either turn the Brooklyn Heights […]
Archive | March, 2019
Heights Casino Coaches Accused of Sexual Harassment of Local Teens
Apparently, membership does NOT have its privileges. A local family says their daughters were sexually harassed by three of the club’s squash pros and the Casino did little about it. The NY Post reports, “Julie and Edward Burke claim The Heights Casino on Montague Street, “reluctantly” investigated their allegations, but hid its findings and disciplined no […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Our good luck continues with another “Green Light” weekend, appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day. This weekend — Friday evening, March 15 to Monday morning, March 18 — there are no planned (as always, I stress “planned”) service changes directly affecting service at any local stations. The following work week — Monday, March 18 to Friday, […]
Teresa’s to Re-Open Tomorrow Morning?
The Brooklyn Paper reports that popular neighborhood eatery Teresa’s was closed Tuesday by order of the Health Department because of “evidence of mice inside, and … that the kitchen’s setup did not adequately protect food from contamination.” However, this afternoon the yellow Health Department sign was gone, and in its place was a hand-lettered sign […]
City Comptroller Proposes New BQE Plan
The Brooklyn Eagle’s Mary Frost reports that City Comptroller Scott Stringer (photo, Thomas Good / NLN) has proposed an alternative to the City Department of Transportation’s plan to replace the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with a temporary six lane highway for a period not less than six years, or to repair the BQE lane by lane […]
Bach B Minor Mass at Zion Church April 7
Bach in the Heights will perform J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass, conducted by Edward Houser, on Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 p.m. at the Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 Henry Street (between Pierrepont and Clark). The singers and instrumentalists for this performance include those “who regularly perform with premier musical organizations like the Metropolitan […]
Town Hall Meeting on BQE Rescheduled for April 3
The town hall meeting on the BQE reconstruction plan has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m., at Plymouth Church. The town hall is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Association and A Better Way.
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Another “Green Light” weekend. This weekend — Friday evening, March 8 to Monday morning, March 11, there are no planned (as always, I stress “planned”) service changes directly affecting service at any local stations. The following work week, from 9:45 to 11:45 p.m. each night, Monday, March 11 to Thursday, March 14, there will be […]
Repast Baroque Ensemble Presents “Wanderlust” at First Unitarian Thursday Evening, March 14
The Repast Baroque Ensemble returns to Brooklyn Heights, and to the McKinney Chapel of the First Unitarian Church, 116 Pierrepont Street, this coming Thursday evening, March 14, starting at 8:00. They will present “Wanderlust,” a program of music that “explores the German enthrallment with nature and escapism, from the Baroque and Romantic periods.” The concert […]
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