For Andrea Kelly, it was a weekday morning like any other. On her way to work at a prominent neighborhood physical therapy practice, the 33-year-old African American woman stopped into Key Food on Montague Street to pick up something for lunch. She’s done this practically every day for the past year. The staff knows her. […]
Archive | February, 2020
BHA Annual Meeting: BQE, Clark Street Station, Empty Storefronts, and More
Wednesday’s Brooklyn Heights Association annual meeting began with a summary, by BHA President Martha Bakos Dietz, of BHA’s accomplishments during the previous year. First among these was the apparent elimination of the city Department of Transportation’s plan to demolish the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and replace it with a temporary six lane highway. Both the expert panel appointed by […]
Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library To Merge
The New York Times reports that the boards of Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library have voted to merge. Under the plan, the library will become the parent institution of the society. The society will remain at its location in Brooklyn Heights and house the library’s Brooklyn Collection, “a trove of more than 200,000 books, photographs, manuscripts, […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, from about 11:45 p.m. Friday, February 28 to about 5:00 a.m. Monday, March 2 there will be no service in either direction at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech. Use 4 trains to and from Borough Hall as an option. For service to or from Bay Ridge or Coney […]
Tuesday Morning City Council Hearing on BQE
While the expert panel appointed by Mayor de Blasio recently released its report on renovation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the City Council also commissioned a report on that topic by the urban design firm ARUP. That report will be released this Tuesday morning, February 25 at 10:00 a.m., at a public hearing on “The Future of the BQE” […]
FDNY Honors Ladder 118’s Robert Thomas and His Three Sons
In celebration of Black History Month, the FDNY is honoring Robert Thomas of Ladder 118/Engine 205, and his sons Nathan, Jason, and Stephen. Robert is a 38-year veteran of the department who raised not one, not two, but three brave men who followed in his footsteps to become firefighting heroes. It’s an incredible feeling as a parent […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, Saturday, February 22 and Sunday, February 23, there will be no Manhattan bound R or N service at Court Street or Jay Street, and no service in either direction during late night hours. Use 4 trains at Borough Hall as an option. The following work week – Monday, February 24 to Friday, February […]
Brooklyn Heights Association Annual Meeting Wednesday Evening, February 26
The Brooklyn Heights Association will have its 2020 Annual Meeting this coming Wednesday evening, February 26 at Founders Hall, St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Court). The meeting starts at 7:00, but you’re advised to come early. Last year’s meeting was standing room only for later arrivals. All are invited; you need not be […]
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