Archive | February, 2024

Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

This weekend — late Friday evening, February 9 to early Monday morning, February 12 — there will be no service in either direction at High Street, as A and C trains will be re-routed to the F line between Jay Street-MetroTech and West 4th Street-Washington Square. This means more service at York Street in DUMBO. […]

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Feds Turn Down Fund Request for BQE Redesign and Reconstruction

Accoring to amNewYork Metro the Federal Highway Administration has rejected the City Department of Transportation’s request for funds to redesign and rebuild the “central section” of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, the 1.5 mile section between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street that includes the cantilevered stretch below Brooklyn Heights. In December 2022 the DOT revealed three […]

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Open Thread Wednesday

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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Senator Gillibrand to Speak at Brooklyn Heights Association’s Annual Meeting

The Brooklyn Heights Association will have its annual meeting on Monday, March 4 at 6:30 PM, at the First Unitarian Congregational Society, 119 Pierrepont Street. The meeting is open to all, including non-members, and will feature an address by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. More details about the meeting, and a link to RSVP, will be […]

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UPS Store Employee Accused of Stealing Rolex Watch From Montague Street Store

As reported by Adam Daly in the Brooklyn Paper, an employee of the UPS store at 137 Montague Street has been accused of stealing a Rolex Submariner watch, valued at $9,500. A customer had sold the watch on eBay and brought it to UPS on December 22 for shipment “to an eBay authentication center in […]

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

Update: There will now be no N or R trains in either direction at Court or Jay streets this weekend. This weekend — late Friday night, February 2 to early Monday morning, February 5 — there will be no service in either direction at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, as […]

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