This weekend, from about 11:30 p.m. Friday, October 25 to about 5:00 a.m. Monday, October 28, there will be no 2 or 3 train service in either direction at Clark Street or Borough Hall. The 4, A, C, F, N, and R trains should – we stress “should” – be running normally all weekend. The […]
Archive | October, 2019
Bossert Blues
Like the refugees in Casablanca, those eagerly awaiting the re-opening of the Hotel Bossert must wait…and wait…and wait… As Brooklyn Eagle reported last week, the scheduled soft opening last month didn’t happen (again). Reporter Lore Crohan couldn’t track down anyone willing to offer any explanations, trying to contact a variety of people associated with the Chetrit Group, which […]
Helicopter Noise Press Conference Saturday
Our friends at the Brookyn Heights Association have notified us that this Saturday morning, October 26, at 10:00 [y]ou are invited to join Congress Members Nydia Velázquez, Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler this Saturday on the steps of City Hall for a major announcement introducing federal legislation. The Improving Helicopter Safety Act of 2019, seeks […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic’s weekend starts early, on Thursday evening, October 24 at 7:00 (sorry for the late notice), when pianist Bobby Mitchell (photo, © Jiyang Chen, August 2016; used with permission) presents the New York premiere of Rzewski’s “Songs of Insurrection.” On Friday evening, October 25 at 7:00, clarinetist Thomas Piercy, along with other musicians and singers, […]
Pierrepont Playground Halloween Parade This Sunday!
Update: Start time for the parade has been moved forward one hour, to 9:30 a.m. Have kids? Wish there was a local Halloween-related event where you didn’t have to schlep all your stuff down (and back up!) a very steep hill? This is the event for you –The Pierrepont Playground Halloween Parade is this Sunday […]
Squibb Bridge Demolished, RIP Squibb Bridge
What would we do without Mary Frost and her superb local reporting? In this post, we link to her report in the Brooklyn Eagle that Squibb Bridge has gone the way of the Tappan Zee. Demolished. After years of gestation and labor that cost $5 million, Squibb Bridge was born on March 21, 2013 to the delight […]
Ice Cream Trucks a Problem?
Mary Frost, in the Eagle, has a story about DUMBO residents who “have had it with the noisy, fume-spewing ice cream trucks clogging their streets and sidewalks.” However, if you follow the link and read to the end of Mary’s story, you’ll find some reports of Brooklyn Heights residents complaining about noise and fumes from […]
Holiday Preview Party at Brooklyn Women’s Exchange
The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is throwing open its doors to summon the holiday spirit on Thursday, November 7. From 5:30 – 7:30pm, the shop will be open to celebrate its 165th anniversary and inspire some early holiday shopping, including handmade ornaments, decorations, and greeting cards, set amid a trimmed Christmas tree, Christmas lights, and homemade […]
Repast Baroque Ensemble Presents “Art of Fugue” Wednesday
The Repast Baroque Ensemble – in photo above, clockwise from top right: Amelia Roosevelt, violin; Sarah Stone, viola da gamba and cello; Gabe Shuford, harpsichord; and Stephanie Corwin, bassoon – return to McKinney Chapel, First Unitarian Church, 116 Pierrepont Street, this Wednesday evening, October 23, starting at 7:30 p.m. Joined by frequent guest Beth Wenstrom […]
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