Our friends at the Brooklyn Heights Association let us know that there will be an e-waste recycling event this weekend at the First Unitarian Church Chapel, Pierrepont Street between Monroe Place and Clinton, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 31 and from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 1. There’s a list […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This is a big weekend for live theater in Brooklyn Heights. Theater 2020’s Candide opens Friday–Valentine’s Day–evening at St. Charles Borromeo Church. There will also be performances on Saturday and Sunday, and on the following three weekends. Follow the link above for details. This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production […]
Four Brooklyn Heights Churches in “Sacred Sites” Event This Weekend
This coming weekend–Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19–the New York Landmarks Conservancy will hold its third annual Sacred Sites Open House event. Among the houses of worship participating are four Brooklyn Heights churches. The First Unitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place (corner of Pierrepont) will be open Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Saturday is Derby Day. So, if the thunder of hoofbeats quickens your pulse, and if you’re not attending a friend’s party or hosting your own, you may want to go to a local TV-equipped bar to enjoy the race. According to ProspectHeightsPatch, Floyd, 131 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry), will be serving beer cheese, […]
E-Waste Recycling Event May 4 and 5
You may take your no-longer-useful electronic devices for recycling at the First Unitarian Church chapel, on Pierrepont Street between Clinton Street and Monroe Place, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 and from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. A list of items that may be recycled is on the […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Much music, as well as live theater, cinema, architecture, and history, is on offer this weekend. Bargemusic, at Fulton Ferry Pier, foot of Old Fulton Street, has a full program of concerts, starting Friday evening at 8:00 with one in the Here and Now series, presenting works by contemporary composers performed by the Dorian Wind […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
This Saturday, December 1 is a huge day for fairs. P.S. 8, at Hicks and Middagh, will be having its Holiday Craft Fair from noon to 5:00 p.m. The First Unitarian Church (photo), at Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place, will be having its Unifair from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Across the way in Downtown, […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Our friends at Theater 2020 are taking the weekend off, but they’ll be back next Thursday through Sunday and the following weekend with their production of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Bard buffs need not feel dismay, though, as Random Access Theater will present free performances of Twelfth Night at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1, […]
In Spring, Thoughts Turn to…Recycling!
The Brooklyn Heights Association calls to our attention two opportunities for recycling as we do our spring cleaning. There will be an e-waste recycling event the weekend after next at First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street between Clinton and Monroe Place. Bring your no-longer-useful electronics to the Church on Saturday, May 5 from 10:00 a.m. to […]
Riverside Trees in Their Youth: Early 1900s
To counter allegations by Pinnacle Group, which seeks to remove the trees in the courtyard between the A.T. White Riverside Apartments and the BQE to build an underground parking garage, that the trees are of recent growth, Bill Ringler, President of the Riverside Tenants’ Association, has done some sleuthing and found this photo, dating from […]
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