This summer’s run of free Movies With A View begins tomorrow (Thursday, July 7) evening on the Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1, with the Gene Kelly/Donald O’Connor/Debbie Reynolds classic Singin’ in the Rain (the weather forecast gives a ten percent chance of rain tomorrow). The show begins at 6:00 with sounds by DJ Emch Subatomic, […]
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Brooklyn Heights Views The Fireworks, And Their Aftermath
Some light, intermittent rain, which mostly stayed off during the display, didn’t seriously dampen the festivities last night as the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks, with one barge located directly in front of Brooklyn Heights, came off as scheduled. Not long after the show ended (video after the jump), the rain picked up in earnest, […]
Starwood Puts Pierhouse Hotel Up For Sale
Update: The Eagle now reports that someone “familiar with the issue” has said that Starwood has told Brooklyn Bridge Park “that it is not actively marketing the property at this time”. The Eagle has asked Starwood to comment, but has not yet heard back. The Real Deal reports that Starwood Capital Group has put up […]
Brooklyn Heights Braces Itself for the Fourth
Much of Brooklyn Heights will be a “No Parking” zone from 11:00 p.m. Sunday, July 3 until 11:00 p.m. Monday, July 4th. There’s a list of streets on which parking will be prohibited, and some of which, at police discretion, may be declared closed or “frozen zones”, supplied by the Brooklyn Heights Association here. Gothamist […]
Bargemusic This Weekend
Bargemusic starts the weekend Friday evening, July 1, at 8:00 with violist Andrew Gonzalez and pianist Ji (photo) playing works by Schumann, Brahms, and Joel Friedman. Saturday evening, July 2, at 8:00 brings works by Schubert and Faure performed by violinist James Buswell, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Edith Kraft. On Sunday afternoon, July 3, […]
Sisters Help to Rescue Two Trapped in Court Street Station Elevator
DNA Info reports that on Sunday afternoon two sisters, Teresa and Rebecca Lo, planning to catch an R train at the Court Street station, went to catch an elevator down the station’s long descent to the subway platform and were surprised by cries for help and banging from below. An elevator had stalled just below […]
At Brooklyn Bridge Park This Week
In summer there are many events and activities at Brooklyn Bridge Park daily; see a list of ones next week here. Parents should note that on Tuesday morning, June 28, from 10:30 to 11:30 at the small granite prospect facing Pier 3, a Brooklyn Public Library librarian will read children’s stories as part of the […]
At Brooklyn Historical Society This Week
Tomorrow (Monday, June 27) evening at 6:30 p.m. Lloyd Handwerker, grandson of Nathan Handwerker, the immigrant from Poland who arrived in Brooklyn in 1912 practically penniless and with no English, “and went on to start a food empire that remains a household name a century later”, will be at Brooklyn Historical Society to screen and […]
Registered Democrat? Vote in Congressional Primary Tuesday
This Tuesday, June 28, voters registered as Democrats may vote in a primary election to determine who will be the party’s nominee to represent New York’s Seventh Congressional District, which includes Brooklyn Heights and surrounding neighborhoods (see map here). There are three candidates: incumbent Rep. Nydia Velazquez; Jeff Kurzon, an attorney; and Yungman Lee, a […]
Goats on Brooklyn Bridge Park Berm
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Brooklyn Bridge Park has brought four Nubian goats, like those in the photo, to trim the weeds that have flourished on the sound deflecting berm below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, giving us something new to view. They are four brothers–Horatio, Eyebrows, Minnie, and Hector–who have been trained as weed eaters […]
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