This Presidents’ Day weekend (late tonight to early Tuesday morning, February 21) there will be no service at the Court Street-Borough Hall N/R station or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, as N and R trains will be re-routed to the Q line in both directions between DeKalb Avenue and Canal Street. Service on […]
Archive | February, 2023
L’Appartement 4f to Serve Dinner and Wine
Soon, you can stand in line at 8:00 a.m. for your croissants and return at 8:00 p.m. for supper at L’Appartement 4f. Emma Orlow at Eater reports that the French bakery will transform into a French bistro serving small plates and wine in the evening. The bistro will operate under a different name, yet to be […]
Last Minute Suggestion: Birding in Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday Morning
What could be better than to get up early this Saturday morning, which promises to be chilly but sunny, and meet Heather Wolf, author of Birding at the Bridge, in front of Lizzmonade near the Old Fulton Street entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park at 9:00 AM for what promises to be an enjoyable walk through […]
Can Ian Schrager Save the Hotel Bossert?
The Commercial Observer reports that hoteliers Ian Schrager and Ed Sheetz have partnered with the Chetrit Group to… actually get the Hotel Bossert open? According to the Observer, the deal is in its early stages and contingent on raising $26 million to save the Bossert from a foreclosure auction, that was to happen in December 2022. If […]
Can We Have Some Love for Sidewalk Sheds?
Lately we’ve had a lot of negative remarks on Open Thread Wednesday — see here and here — some of them by Yours Truly, about sidewalk sheds or sidewalk bridges (sometimes mistakenly called “scaffolding” — that’s what goes above them), especially about those that are seen to have outlasted their neighbors’ patience, if not that […]
Montague Street Bagels Closed by DOH
UPDATE: your correspondent’s ever alert wife reports that Montague Street Bagels is back in business. Evidently they cleaned up their act. Your correspondent’s wife went shopping this afternoon, and was surprised to see this sign in the window of Montague Street Bagels, 108 Montague Street (between Hicks and Henry), our favorite source of freshly made […]
Last Minute Suggestion: the SOB at St. Ann’s Church Saturday Evening
The String Orchestra of Brooklyn which, as I like to point out, delights in its acronym, will be at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets, this Saturday, February 11, starting at 8:00 PM. Under the direction of Maestro Eli Spindel, they will perform works by modern and contemporary composers, including […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend the only planned service change directly affecting local stations is that on Saturday, February 11 and Sunday, February 12 N and R trains will be running every fifteen minutes, so expect to wait longer at Court Street and at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech. The following work week — Early morning Monday, […]
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