The Park Slope Patch features a series of dramatic photos taken by members of the Prospect Park Track Club, who organized a run to the Promenade Friday from Grand Army Plaza to witness the retired NASA space shuttle Enterprise zip around New York City. The group joined hundreds of Brooklynites on the Promenade to watch […]
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Shuttle and 747 Overflight Rescheduled For Tomorrow
The overflight of New York City by the space shuttle Enterprise mounted on its 747 carrier, originally scheduled for this past Monday but postponed by weather, has been re-scheduled for tomorrow (Friday, April 27) between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., again weather permitting. They will fly at low altitudes around the Statue of Liberty and the […]
Mulch for the Promenade Gardens
The heaps of brown stuff you may have noticed distributed along the Promenade—or as in this photo at the Montague Street entrance—are mulch to be used on the Promenade gardens. Promenade Gardener Jonanthan Landsman advises us that it will be distributed Saturday morning by a large volunteer group.
Is Brooklyn Heights Walkable? You Bet!
I decided to take my own advice as well as test the theory L Magazine proposed, as reported here by Chuck Taylor. I had an errand to run at the Greenmarket, but I decided to go there, with camera, by a circuitous route, down the Promenade and Squibb Hill to Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The forecast for this weekend is for temperatures reaching the 70s and little, if any, chance of showers, so it should be a very good time to see spring blossoms and foliage in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo), in gardens well tended by Jonathan Landsman and crew beside the Promenade, or in window boxes and gardens […]
Bloomin’ Brooklyn Heights
Early spring-like weather has been propitious for flowering plants, both in gardens and window boxes, around the Heights. The flowers in the photo at left are in front of the residence of garden designer Catherine Fitzsimmons on Joralemon Street between Hicks and Willow Place. More photos and text after the jump.
Bee Gone, Apple Returns
My heart soared when I saw the display on the upper half of the photo to the left, pitching for new advertisers on the probably legal bilboard that dominates the view from the north end of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. This made me think that Apple, which has had ads on it for the past […]
Michael Randazzo, Ubiquitous Brooklyn Heights Resident, Interviewed on Channel 2 News
Some readers spotted the Channel 2 News crew on the Promenade Thursday, interviewing passers-by about the unseasonably balmy weather. One of those was Heights resident Michael Randazzo, who was out walking his dog Enzo. Karl Junkersfeld has made a video that incorporates Michael’s moment on citywide news, as well as footage of him in other […]
A Sunny & 60 Saturday… In March!
The weather gods have been kind in the winter of 2012… which just about makes good on last year’s Snowcalypse, with one wintry pounding after another. Saturday temps hit a glorious 60 degrees in New York City. Los Angeles, you got nothin’ on the Heights.
Henrik Krogius Shares Promenade History At BK Women’s Exchange Reading
A presentation and discussion hosted by Brooklyn Heights Press editor and local historian Henrik Krogius Thursday March 1—based on his 2011 book, The Brooklyn Heights Promenade—offered a wealth of fascinating historical facts and anecdotes about Brooklyn Heights’ most beloved public space, which acknowledged its 60th anniversary December 7, 2011. The event was held at the […]
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