Archive | April, 2022

Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Apart from the continued closure of the Clark Street 2/3 station, which we are told may be ending soon, and there being no late night R service, although N trains should be running normally there are no planned cancellations or route changes directly affecting service at local stations this Easter/Passover weekend. The following work week […]

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Author Leigh Newman Reads from “Nobody Gets Out Alive” at Plymouth Church Wednesday, April 20

Leigh Newman, an award winning local resident author, will be at the Reception Room of Plymouth Church, of which she is a member, this coming Wednesday evening, April 20. There will be cocktails starting at 6:30, followed at 7:30 by Ms. Newman’s reading from her latest book, Nobody Gets Out Alive, “an exhilarating story collection […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away! Photo and artwork by Angela Rizzuti.

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Order Silhouette Portraits for Mother’s Day through Brooklyn Women’s Exchange

Silhouette portraits by Deborah O’Connor, available through the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, make ideal gifts for Mother’s Day or any other occasion. To assure delivery, either for pick up at the Exchange, 55 Pierrepont Street (between Hicks and Henry) or to your or your mother’s address, you must place your order by April 15. Silhouette packages […]

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Pierrepont Playground Egg Hunt Saturday, April 16

An Egg Hunt, organized by the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Pierrepont Playground Committee, will be this Saturday, April 16 starting at 10:30 a.m. (arrive early; there’s always a long line), at the Pierrepont Playground (entrance near Pierrepont Street and Columbia Heights). The BHA warns us that “a rogue bunny has a plan to litter Pierrepont Playground” […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

This weekend — late Friday night, April 9 to early Monday morning April 12 — there will be no Brooklyn bound service at High Street and no C train service in either direction. Brooklyn bound A trains will be running on the F line from Canal Street in Manhattan to Jay Street-MetroTech, so will be […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Koren Volk Becomes President of Brooklyn Heights Association

The Eagle reports that Koren Volk has become the new president of the Brooklyn Heights Association, succeeding Erika Belsey Worth, who led the community efforts to organize an alternative BQE plan and supported initiatives such as the ‘Brooklyn Heights Together’ fund which supported workers in need during the COVID lockdown in 2020. Ms. Volk and […]

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That Other “Brooklyn” and its Bridge

If you’ve spent any time in Brooklyn Heights, or if, like your correspondent, you live in this building, you’ve seen this awning and thought, “‘Breukelen,’ that looks a lot like ‘Brooklyn’.” With any knowledge of history you may have concluded that this was the name the Dutch settlers gave to this place, later Anglicized as […]

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