Does your pooch have star quality? Then you’re in luck, because the BHA is holding a dog show for Mopsy, Spike and Spot this Sunday in front of Pets Emporium on Montague. Details after the jump!
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BHA Pub Crawl Tonight
The first BHA Pub Crawl kicks off at the Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar tonight at 7:30. The boozy neighborhood cruise will then make its way to Armando’s and Pete’s Waterfront Ale House before finally passing out at the Roebling Inn. Guests must pre-register by emailing rsvp@austeragency.com and space is limited to 25. Potent potables to […]
WSJ Plugs BHA’s Pier 1 Whitman Blast
Reminder: the Brooklyn Heights Association’s celebtation of Walt Whitman, produced in collaboration with Issue Project Room, will be this Thursday evening, from 5:00 to midnight, on the harbor lawn of Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. According to today’s Wall Street Journal: So while a mobile, marathon reading of “Leaves of Grass” begins at 5 p.m. […]
I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn
The BHA is getting psychedelic with its July 1st Walt Whitman event. The BHA is collaborating with ISSUE Project Room for a special outdoor performance, “I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn.” This free event will channel the psychedelic spirit of poet, journalist, humanist and Brooklynite Walt Whitman, set against the stunning […]
BHA Launches New Book “Enjoying Brooklyn Heights”
The BHA just announced their new book, Enjoying Brooklyn Heights, will be available beginning this Saturday at 11 a.m. during their Picnic on the Promenade event. The BHA is delighted to announce the publishing of a great new family resource to celebrate and educate about our neighborhood. ENJOYING BROOKLYN HEIGHTS is a fun-for-the-family “self-guided neighborhood […]
NY Post on NYSDOT Plan to Smash Heights
The NY Post picks up on BQE EIS controversy today. While the BHA’s Judy Stanton says the group believes that plan will not go forward, one long time neighborhood resident is concerned: NY Post: Steve Kann, who has lived on Willow Street for more than five decades, said it would be a big mistake for […]
BQE Proposal: Hey BHA, Time to Do Some Shouting
“[We have] been too dignified and respectable. Let us now get up and do some shouting.” – Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis at the first BHA meeting 100 years ago In response to BHA President Jane McGroarty’s comments regarding the NYSDOT’s “fully compliant” BQE rehab project scenario – which in following Federal guidelines would need to take […]
BQE Rehab Update: Some Perspective from the BHA
There’s been much discussion over the past several days about plans to widen the BQE. BHA President Jane McGroarty had this to say on the subject: As part of NYS Department of Transportation’s study to rehabilitate the triple Cantilever portion of I-278, the DOT is taking a preliminary look at a number of options that […]
Transit Blog: NYSDOT Shot Self in Foot with BQE Planning Proposal
Transit blog Mobilizing the Region adds a dose of reality to the controversy over the “Standard Alternative” plan presented by the New York State Department of Transportation at its May 26 BQE EIS stakeholders meeting. That plan calls for the demolition of many homes and land in Willowtown and North Heights area in Brooklyn […]
The BHA Wants to Hear From You
The Brooklyn Heights Association is conducting an online survey and they would like to hear from members and non-members alike. Here are the details: There’s still time, so add your voice. As the BHA begins its second hundred years, we’re reaching out to the community to help us chart our course. We want to know […]
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