On Tuesday morning, NY1’s Roger Clark was back in the neighborhood, broadcasting from Brooklyn Bridge Park with Kamau Ware, founder of Black Gotham Experience. According to the BGX website, Ware was working as an educator at the Tenement Museum, talking about German Jewish and Italian immigrants, when a Black middle school student asked him, “Where were […]
Archive | June, 2024
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Metropolitan Opera at Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday Evening
This Thursday evening, June 20, from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Harbor View Lawn on Pier One, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Metropolitan Opera will present a free concert featuring soprano Leah Hawkins (photo by Kerry Hallihan), tenor Mario Chang, and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel, accompanied on piano by Met assistant conductor Dmitri Dover.
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DOT Presents Two New Public BQE Forums
We’ve been alerted by the Brooklyn Heights Association that the City Department of Transportation will hold two public forums “providing a project update on BQE Central, the Brooklyn Queens Expressway between Atlantic Ave. and Sands Street.” One will be in person this Thursday evening, June 20, starting at 6:30 at the City Tech Namm Cafeteria, […]
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Clover Hill’s Charlie Mitchell Anointed Best Chef In New York
Charlie Mitchell, chef of Brooklyn Heights’ very own Michelin-starred restaurant Clover Hill, was named Best Chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation last week, and we would be remiss if we didn’t mention it on BHB! The James Beard Awards were established to recognize “exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, […]
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend — late night Friday, June 14 to early Monday morning, June 17 — the only planned change adversely affecting service at any local stations is that 4 trains will not be serving Brooklyn. Because 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends, there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough […]
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Poplar Street Community Gardening Party This Saturday!
The Poplar Street Community Garden will be hosting its annual gardening party this Saturday, June 15th, from 12pm to 3pm. In addition to planting, there will be tours, gardening tips, live music, food and drink, and someone will read from a book! Exciting! If you have never been before, it’s a lovely little place and […]
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Mansion House Attack Update: Surveillance Video Stills Released
From a Brooklyn Eagle article, the NYPD have released photo stills from the surveillance video of the Mansion House vandalism/protest/attack, and are referring to it as a “hate crime criminal mischief incident.” If you seen this person, or have any information regarding this crime, you can contact the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or […]
Anti-Semitic Attack on BK Museum Director’s Mansion House Home
Last night, purportedly Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized the Mansion House on Hicks Street, where Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak resides. The front of the building was defaced with red paint, inverted red triangles were painted on the doors, and hung up a banner that said “Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum White-Supremacist Zionist.” This was apparently a part […]
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Dad’s the Star at Open Streets Montague Sunday
This Sunday, June 16, is Father’s Day and, at Open Streets Montague, local businesses have lots to offer dads. Visit the Orange Theory table between Clinton and Henry from noon until 5:00 to sign up for a gift and a week of free classes. From noon until 3:00 between Henry and Hicks he can try […]
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