The sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will have its Children’s Day events this Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the MetroTech Commons. Events will include a “Where’s Waldo?” search, an interactive bookmaking session with JooHee Yoon, music with Dan and Claudia Zanes, and many more events that are fun for kids […]
Archive | September, 2019
City Council Hires Firm To Study BQE Options
Mary Frost reports in the Eagle that the City Coucil has decided it needs a new perspective regarding the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The council has selected multinational engineering firm Arup to provide “independent, outside expertise” on the city Department of Transportation’s plans, according to [Council Speaker Corey] Johnson’s office. According to the […]
Byford: Complete Clark Street Station Closure For 8 Months Preferred, But There Are Options
Update: There’s a link to the TA’s survey here (click on “Read full story” to get the live link). These are the takeaways from this evening’s meeting with Transit Authority President Andy Byford (in photo at right, conversing with City Council Member Stephen Levin) at St. Francis College: 1. The TA’a preferred plan would be […]
Photoville Now Open
Photoville, “NYC’s premier photo destination,” is here for its eighth year, with galleries occupying repurposed shipping containers located in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, on Water Street just below the Brooklyn Bridge and in the Fulton Ferry Historic District. This year’s Photoville includes over eighty exhibitions, all accessible. In addition to exhibitions in and […]
Reminder: Meet With TA President Monday Evening About Clark Street Elevator Repairs
As we reported earlier, Transit Authority President Andy Byford will be at St. Francis College from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. this coming Monday evening, September 16 to discuss plans for repair of the frequently malfunctioning elevators at the Clark Street station. There are reports that the TA may plan to close the station for as […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
It’s a “green light” weekend, as there are no planned – we stress PLANNED – service changes directly affecting service at any local stations. The following work week, Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20, each night from 9:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. there will be no service in either direction at the 4/5 platforms […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend begins Friday evening, September 13 at 7:00, when pianist Jeewon Park (photo) plays works of Schumann and Brahms. On Saturday evening, September 14 at 6:00, and again on Sunday afternoon, September 15 at 4:00 Ms. Park returns, joined by violinist and Bargemusic Artistic Director Mark Peskanov and cellist Edward Arron, to perform works […]
Honoring Our Heroes of Middagh Street Ladder 118/Engine 205 – Never Forgotten
The following is courtesy of Bonnie Burke who shared the vignettes she wrote shortly after 9/11 about the firefighters from Ladder 118/Engine 205 who sacrificed their lives on that day. May our heroes never be forgotten. Captain Martin Egan Captain Marty Egan, a 15-year veteran of the department, was only 36 years-old when he died […]
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