This weekend – late Friday evening, May 31 through early Monday morning, June 3 – during the day Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2 there will be no 3 train service in either direction at Clark Street or at the 2/3 platforms at Borough Hall. During these same daytimes 2 trains should be running, […]
Archive | May, 2024
Photoville Returning to Brooklyn Bridge Park June 1 Through 16
The photo festival Photoville will be back in Brooklyn Bridge Park from Saturday, June 1 through Sunday, June 16. Some Exhibits will be in shipping containers on Emily Roebling Plaza, while others will be in outdoor locations throughout the Park, like the exhibit on Pier 5 from 2021 (photo by C. Scales for BHB). There […]
LGBTQ Pride Celebrated at Open Streets Montague This Sunday, and at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, June 8
This Sunday, June 2, the theme of Open Streets Montague will be “Celebrate Pride on Montague.” From noon until 4:00 between Henry and Hicks staff and volunteers from the Brooklyn Cat Cafe will help you make tie-dyed Pride bandanas. From 2:00 to 3:00 near the tent between Henry and Hicks the Brooklyn Irish Dance Company […]
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Celebrates 170th Anniversary – Get Your Tickets to the Gala on Monday, June 3rd at 6 pm
The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange is celebrating 170 incredible years of supporting independent craftspeople from Brooklyn and beyond, and invites all to its 170th Anniversary Benefit Gala. Join us for our 170th Anniversary Benefit, taking place on Monday, June 3rd at St Ann’s Parish Hall (157 Montague St.). During this evening, we will pay tribute to […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This long Memorial Day Weekend – late night Friday, May 24 to early Tuesday morning, May 28 – the only planned change affecting service at local stations is that for the entire long weekend there will be no 3 trains running to or from Brooklyn. 2 trains should be running normally, and for those traveling […]
Open Streets Montague Gives Cats Their Day This Sunday
If you’re in town this Memorial Day weekend Open Streets Montague, on Sunday, May 26, has much to offer. This is “kitten season,” when feral or semi-feral mother cats often deliver litters, and the kittens too often “end up on the street or in shelters.” On Montague between Henry and Hicks, from noon until 4:00, […]
Queens Bound BQE Closed to All Traffic June 1-3
As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle, all Queens bound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street will be closed Saturday, June 1 through Monday, June 3. The bulk of the work will be done in two locations: near the foot of Grace Court and near the foot of Clark […]
New Life for the Bossert?
The setting sun illuminates the Bossert Hotel (photo by C. Scales for BHB) at Montague and Hicks streets. Will this long nearly abandoned but magnificent building (Helmle & Huberty, 1909) see another sunrise before long? False hopes have arisen several times, only to be grounded. Not even former Studio 54 owner Ian Schrager and upscale […]
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