Update: The shooter has been arrested; fortunately, no one was shot. Thanks to reader “Bornhere” for the tip. Details are sketchy, but Gothamist reports that there were unconfirmed reports of gunfire at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 (photo) this afternoon. Brooklyn Heights resident Thomas Hynes is quoted as saying he heard gunshots, and that there […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Smorgasburg returns to the Pier 5 uplands (foot of Joralemon Street) in Brooklyn Bridge Park this Sunday, April 5. It will be open every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. until November. There’s more information here. On Friday evening, April 3 at 8:00, Bargemusic will present a “Here and Now” concert featuring the works […]
“Whimsical” Artworks of Jeppe Hein to Adorn Brooklyn Bridge Park
The New York Times reports that works of Danish artist Jeppe Hein will soon “run the 1.3-mile length of” Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Times story describes his works as including: Fire-engine-red benches that spike, arch and undulate. A room with walls of rising water [photo]. A labyrinth of mirrored panels. The exhibition, titled “Please Touch […]
Happy Birthday, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Today, March 22, is the fifth anniversary of the opening of Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The opening ceremony took place on a rainy day, as the photo of Judy Stanton, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, being interviewed by NY1, shows. This photo, taken from the Brooklyn Bridge on March 13, 2009 […]
Are There Ospreys in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Future?
On Saturday afternoon your correspondent joined a group of bird and park enthusiasts for a lecture and tour conducted by Bart Chezar, an engineer by training with an educational background in marine science, who has taken up several projects relating to that subject. One is re-establishing oysters in New York Harbor, and another is luring […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. Performances are on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 8:00 p.m., and a Sunday, March 22 matinee at 2:00 p.m., at the Playhouse, 26 Willow Place. You may make reservations here. On Saturday […]
Brooklyn Bridge Park Needs Spring Cleaning Help
Want some exercise? Like being outdoors in nice (we hope!) weather? Want to help ready Brooklyn Bridge Park for the new season? Volunteer to help with the Park’s “Spring Spruce Up and Cutback”: Volunteers will cut back overwintered grasses and perennials, remove winter debris, and tidy up planting beds. It’s a huge horticultural task and […]
Plans For “Brooklyn Strand” to be Revealed Monday Evening
We have the following from Community Board 2: Join the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and CB2 parks committee as they host Claire Weisz of WXY Studio, who will present the final plan for Brooklyn Strand. Based on a series of stakeholders meetings and an earlier public meeting co-sponsored by Community Board 2, the plan reimagines the […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend the Heights Players premiere their production of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. Performances are Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 at 8:00 p.m., and a Sunday matinee, March 8 at 2:00 p.m., at the Playhouse, 26 Willow Place. The play will continue through the succeeding two weekends on the same […]
Housing Opponents Swarm Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. Board Meeting, Channeling Spike Lee
Opponents of the new residential buildings being constructed at the north and south ends of Brooklyn Bridge Park were out in full force at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s (BBP) board meeting Thursday (2/26). The gathering of upwards of 70 remained mostly polite but — as has been the case in other recent BBP meetings — […]
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