The Brooklyn Book Festival is a can’t miss, best of Brooklyn, why we live here, what’s not to like, fun for all, books are not dead, no they’re magic! annual event that has something for everyone. Here are just a few highlights from the many planned events. Jazzed and Poetic Sunday, Oct. 2, 10:00 a.m., […]
Archive | September, 2022
Does Adams Want to Keep Existing BQE? Repair Plans Announced; Public Discussion Forums Coming
According to Cate Corcoran in Brownstoner, “It seems the mayor has made up his mind.” He wants to repair the triple cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that sits below Brooklyn Heights and leave it and the rest of the highway as is, while mitigating the damage the BQE has done to other neighborhoods with […]
Bossert on the Block
The auction block, that is. After many projected opening dates, the last of which we noted here, we now have word from Raanan Geberer in The Eagle that because of its owner’s default on a mortgage. Thanks to reader Cassie Von Montague for the link to the story. As the Eagle story notes, the building […]
Multidisciplinary Performance at Columbus Park Tuesday
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20, starting at 5:00 PM, in front of Fred Wilson’s sculpture “Mind Forged Manacles/Manacled Minds,” located in Columbus Park (between Cadman Plaza West and East, near the end of Pierrepont Street), Julian Louis Phillips will present a free multidisciplinary performance inspired by Mr. Wilson’s art. “The performance combines speeches from African and […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend’s alerts look like those from last week. For the entire weekend, late Friday evening, September 16 to early Monday morning, September 19, there will be no Brooklyn bound service at High Street, as A and C trains will be diverted to the F line between West 4th Street-Washington Square in Manhattan to Jay […]
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Having Pre-Moving Sale
As we noted here earlier, the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange will be moving from its present home at 55 Pierrepont Street to 137 Montague Street, below the UPS Store. To prepare for the move, the Exchange is having a sale. “New sale items are added every day so stop on by or check it out online […]
This Week’s Open Streets Montague Focuses on Back to School
There will be another Open Streets Montague this coming Saturday, September 17 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM between Clinton and Hicks streets, presented by Brooklyn Bridge Parents. It will be a “Back to School Party” featuring “free kids activities, performances and more. Games, arts & crafts, soccer, chess, golf, dungeon building, balloon twisting, Ninja warrior […]
9/11 Memorial Service on Promenade Sunday Evening
Tomorrow, Sunday, September 11, starting at 7:15 PM, the Brooklyn Heights Interfaith Clergy Association, which includes representatives of various Christian, Jewish, and Muslim houses of worship in the neighborhood, will hold their annual candlelight memorial service for those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The […]
Open Streets Montague Goes to the Dogs
Open Streets Montague, sponsored by Montague Street BID and the Brooklyn Heights Association, returns this Saturday, September 10 from noon to 7:00 PM. All parked cars must be moved from Montague between Clinton Street and Hicks Street before noon; an emergency lane will be open during the event. This Saturday’s Open Streets will feature a […]
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