This coming Monday, April 22, is Earth Day. The Brooklyn Heights Association has notified us of many celebratory activities this Saturday, April 20 taking place near Brooklyn Heights. The Atlantic Avenue BID is having a celebration on Hoyt Street between Atlantic Avenue and State Street from noon until 3:00 PM on Saturday. The Downtown Brooklyn […]
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University Open Air at Center for Brooklyn History This Weekend: Register for Free Classes Taught by Immigrant Teachers, Professors and Academics
One of the many rewarding aspects of living in this neighborhood is that Center for Brooklyn History is at our doorstep. This Friday through Sunday (April 19 – April 21), CBH is hosting University Open Air, which provides “immigrant teachers, professors, and academics, who were trained outside of the U.S., an opportunity to share their knowledge […]
Single Lane Closures of Queens-Bound BQE to Continue Through May 10
We have been advised by the NYC Department of Transportation that a single lane of the Queens bound portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Atalantic Avenue to Sands Street will be closed from midnight to 5:00 AM starting today and continuing each night through Friday, May 10. The Queens bound entrance ramp from Atlantic Avenue […]
84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday Evening
The New York Police Department’s 84th Precinct, which covers Brooklyn Heights, will have a Community Council Meeting, to which all are invited, this coming Tuesday, April 16 starting at 6:45 PM at the 84th Precinct, 301 Gold Street. The “[a]genda items include a Cop Of The Month presentation, review of crime statistics to date, and […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend — late evening Friday, April 12 to early morning Monday, April 15 — the only service at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech, will be Brooklyn bound, as Manhattan bound N (late night) and R (daytime) trains will be re-routed to the Q line between DeKalb Avenue and Canal […]
City Council Hearing on Unnecessary Helicopter Flights Next Tuesday
Stop the Chop NY/NJ advises us that on Tuesday, April 16 starting at 10:00 AM the New York City Council will hold a hearing on proposed legislation that would ban unnecessary (tourist and charter) helicopter flights, including all such flights to or from the Downtown Heliport directly accross the East River from Brooklyn Heights, and […]
Theater 2020 Presents Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music”
Theater 2020, the award winning professional stage company under the joint artistic direction of Brooklyn Heights residents Judith Jarosz and David Fuller, will present Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (see cast photo, courtesy Theater 2020) for a short run from Thursday, April 18 through May 12 (16 performances only) at the Mark O’Donnell Theater, […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend — Late Friday evening, April 5 to early Monday morning, April 8 — there will be no 4 train service to or from Brooklyn and, since 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends, no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall. 2, 3, A, C, N, and R trains should be […]
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