As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle, all Queens bound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street will be closed Saturday, June 1 through Monday, June 3. The bulk of the work will be done in two locations: near the foot of Grace Court and near the foot of Clark […]
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Guess What? Another Delay For BQE Repair Work
The City Department of Transportation has advised us that the start of the interim repair work on the parts of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway below Clark Street and below Grace Court, which had been scheduled for this Monday, has been postponed a second time. DOT now hopes to start the work the week of August […]
Jackhammering on the BQE Now Scheduled to Start Next Monday; Delays Could Push Repairs into Next Spring
As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle Friday and linked in a comment by Mary Kim to her earlier post, the start of repair work to the cantilevered parts of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway beneath Clark Street and beneath Grace Court was postponed for a second time, and is now scheduled to begin Monday, July […]
Update on BQE Repair Plans
Mary Frost in The Eagle has a comprehensive report on the Department of Transportation’s virtual community meeting Thursday evening discussing plans for interim repairs to the BQE this summer. Your correspondent also attended; here are some quick takeaways: 1. The work will take place at three locations: below the foot of Grace Court, below the […]
Halloween Parade on Promenade Saturday
There will be a Halloween Parade on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade this Saturday, October 29, starting at 10:30 AM. This year, instead of starting at the Pierrepont Playground, it will start at the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade and proceed southward (left turn from Clark) to Remsen Street. Details are at Mommy Poppins. It […]
Clark Street Being Milled and Resurfaced
In case you haven’t noticed, Clark Street (photo taken today) from Cadman Plaza West to Columbia Heights is being milled. This schedule shows milling continuing through today, with no work scheduled for tomorrow (Friday, September 10); presumably resurfacing will be done early next week. Update: (see photo below) The street is still unpaved, but passable for traffic. Evidently re-paving […]
Part of Columbia Heights to be Closed on July 14, but What Part?
Let’s see … Pierremont Street. Is that in Fort Greene? Vinegar Hill? Bushwick? Canarsie? You’ve been forewarned.
Man Stabbed In the Chest Leaving Clark Street Bodega
The NYPD is investigating after a man was stabbed outside a Brooklyn [Heights] deli Tuesday morning. Authorities say the 49-year-old victim was leaving the bodega on Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights around 6:30 a.m. when he was stabbed in the chest. He was rushed to New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition. A man […]
Robber Hits Careland Pharmacy on Clark
According to Brooklyn Paper’s “Police Blotter”, on Sunday a man took nine packs of razors and six packs of headphones from a display case in a store your correspondent has identified as Careland, on Clark Street between Henry and Monroe Place (photo). The Brooklyn Paper story quotes a worker at the store as saying the […]
Stork Arrives Outside Clark Street Station
PIX 11 reports that, with assistance from NYPD officers and FDNY EMTs, a woman successfully gave birth to an apparently healthy baby on the sidewalk outside the Clark Street subway entrance on Saturday at about 6:00 p.m. The story quotes Twitter user Chris Fohlin’s tweet: Just another day in Brooklyn Heights: woman had a baby […]
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