In September we noted, thanks to an alert reader, that Teresa’s restaurant was listed on a real estate site as for lease. We now have it on unofficial, but we think reliable, authority that next Sunday, January 5, will be Teresa’a last day. At least I was able to get my tripe soup, kielbasa, sauerkraut […]
Archive | December, 2019
Bargemusic Presents New Year’s Eve and Day Celebrations
Bargemusic will not have its usual concert schedule this weekend, although there will be a free “Music in Motion” concert at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28 – doors open at 3:45; first come, first served. On New Year’s Eve, Tuesday evening, December 31 at 7:00 there will be a New Year’s Eve Celebration, and on […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, from about 12:01 a.m. Saturday, December 28 to about 5:00 a.m. Monday, December 30 there will be no 3 train service running in either direction, but 2 trains should be running normally, so there will be service at Clark Street and at Borough Hall. For those traveling into Brooklyn, 4 trains will be […]
Downtown Brooklyn Group Has Plan to Make Area Pedestrian and Bike Friendly
The Eagle’s Lore Croghan reports on a plan, the “Public Realm Action Plan”, by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, a private, not-for-profit organization, for a “sweeping redesign” of the streetscape in our nearby neighborhood, where many of us shop. Contributing to the design, along with architecture and design studio WXY, was Bjarke Ingels Group, which has […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
It’s a “green light” weekend at local stations all this weekend (late Friday evening, December 20 to early Monday morning, December 23) and the following Christmas week (late nights, Monday, December 23 to Friday, December 27) there are no planned (as always, we stress planned service changes adversely affecting service at any local stations. As […]
Bargemusic This Weekend and Christmas
The Beethoven fest continues at Bargemusic this weekend with performances of all of his Opus 18 string quartets, of which there are six, by members of the Semplice Players along with Bargemusic’s Artistic Director, Mark Peskanov, on violin. The first concert, featuring quartets 3, 6, and 4, will be on Friday evening, December 20 at […]
WSJ: BQE Panel Considering Short Term Repairs; Long Term Re-Design – Report Now Expected January
The Wall Street Journal reports that unidentified members of the panel appointed by Mayor de Blasio have said data from sensors indicates the cantievered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway under brooklyn Heights is in worse shape than prevously believed. Some panel members have indicated that trucks over a certain weight may have to be banned […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
From about 10:30 Friday evening, December 13 to about 5:00 Monday morning, December 16, there will be no Manhattan bound A train service at High Street, as Manhattan bound A trains will be diverted to the F line between Jay Street-MetroTech and West 4th Street. However, from morning through early evening Saturday and Sunday Manhattan […]
Nabe Chatter