Archive | 2023

The BHB Ten 2023: The Most Notable People of Brooklyn Heights This Year

It’s that time, for our annual list of ten people or groups of people living or working in Brooklyn Heights, who made an impact on our neighborhood, the city, the country, or the world this year. With input from everyone at BHB, here in no particular order (actually after the first three groups, alphabetically listed), are The […]

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Happy New Year!

2023 has given us more than an easily expected share of disasters and disfunction: a horrific war in the Middle East along with a continued one in Ukraine; near gridlock in Congress; tempestous weather. We at Brooklyn Heights Blog can celebrate the arrival of two new contributors: Caroline Koster, who joined us in September, and […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Barring any unforseen circumstances, we’re calling this New Year’s weekend (late Friday evening, December 29 through early Tuesday morning, January 2, 2024) a “green light weekend,” as there are no planned cancellations, route changes, or station skips directly affecting service at any local stations. Indded, this is true throughout the system, apart from a long-standing […]

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Latest News on Relocation of MS915 and Two Other Downtown Schools

Read the latest news about the possible (likely?) relocation of Bridges/MS 915 in Mary Frost’s report in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Bridges/MS 915, a middle school currently located at 105 Johnson Street at Tillary St., is slated to move to 491 Dean St. in Pacific Park near Barclays Center. MS 915 was formerly MS 8, which […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Christmas Eve Horror at High Street: Four Passengers Injured by Track Fire

Early Christmas Eve, as Mary Frost in the Eagle reports (see Mary’s linked story for photos taken at the scene), a “fire caused by debris broke out on the tracks” at the High Street station just as a train was arriving. FDNY units responded quickly, passengers were evacuated, and four were “transported to local hospitals […]

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Holiday Greetings!

Greetings of the season from the BHB crew!

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

This Christmas weekend the only planned change affecting service at local stations is that late night Friday, December 22 to early morning Saturday, December 23 and late night Saturday through all day Sunday, December 24 until early Monday morning, December 25 Brooklyn bound N trains will be re-routed the the Q line between Canal Street […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away, and happy holidays!

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Hearing Tomorrow on Proposed New Grace Court Townhouse

Update: The Land Use Committee voted 7-0, with one abstention, to approve the plan, noting some concerns about the architecture. It will now go to the full Community Board 2 for another public hearing on January 10. If, as seems likely, CB2 approves the plan, it will go to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for further […]

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