Gina Ingoglia Weiner, late of Brooklyn Heights, served on the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Historical Society from 1990 to 2015. She was active in many civic associations, the author of over eighty children’s books, and a highly regarded artist and garden designer. To honor her memory, BHS has named an exhibition space (photo) […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Saturday afternoon, December 12 at 3:00, at the First Unitarian Church, 116 Pierrepont Street (between Monroe Place and Clinton), Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional theater company, will Present “A Radio Christmas Carol”, an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, by David Fuller and performed as a one hour Radio Play, complete with […]
Library Project Gets Council Land Use Committee Nod; Levin Secures Sweeteners
Today the City Council’s Land Use Committee approved the plan to demolish the existing Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library and replace it with a new library in a high rise residential and commercial building to be built on the site, with a temporary library to be available in the Our Lady of […]
St. Francis College “Big Splash II” Friday Evening
Our local and highly regarded small college, St. Francis, is not only an academic powerhouse but also a contender to be reckoned with in basketball and in water sports. This weekend the college will celebrate “Big Splash II”, a celebration and reunion, and a fundraiser, for the Terriers’ men’s and women’s swimming, water polo, and […]
BHA, STVN Join in New Pierhouse Lawsuit
The Eagle reports that the Brooklyn Heights Association has joined with Save The View Now as plaintiff in a new lawsuit against the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, the City of New York, and Pierhouse developer Toll Brothers. The suit is based on a survey, commissioned by STVN, that is said to show a portion of […]
Developer Offers 75 Henry Residents Big Payout to Raze Pineapple Walk Stores and Build 40 Story Condo
The Eagle reports that an as yet unidentified developer has offered the co-op board of 75 Henry Street, one of the high rise Cadman Plaza buildings that also controls some adjacent low rise townhouses, a payment of $75 million for the right to raze the existing store buildings along Pineapple Walk, which the 75 Henry […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The Heights Players premiere their production of Neil Simon’s Rumors this weekend, with performances at the playhouse, 26 Willow Pace, on Friday evening, December 4 and Saturday evening, December 5 at 8:00, and on Sunday afternoon, December 6, at 2:00. There’s more information here and you can reserve tickets here. Grace Church School will have […]
Landmark Status Sought for Two Brooklyn Heights Buildings
Last Monday I attended the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the designation of Brooklyn Heights as New York City’s first landmarked historic district, held at the Brooklyn Historical Society and co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Association and by the New York Preservation Archive Project (“NYPAP”). The evening’s program (read more about the proceedings in the Eagle) […]
Theater 2020 Presents “Comfort & Joy” at First Unitarian Sunday, December 6
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, will present “Comfort & Joy”, its annual holiday concert, with the vocal group RPM (photo), this coming Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 PM at the First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place. There is a reception afterward with the singers. Admission to the concert and reception […]
Coming at Brooklyn Historical Society This Week
Do you collect stuff? Depression glassware? Thimbles? Netsuke? Whatever your fascination, on Tuesday evening, December 1, at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “City Reliquary’s Annual Collector’s Night”, with displays of all manner of collections from all over the Borough. Admission is $10, or $5 for HS or Green-Wood members; purchase tickets here. On […]
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