There were noshes from Montague Street restaurants and opera to launch this year’s first SummerSpace Sunday. The no cars allowed, chairs and tables in the street fun continues for the next two Sundays. Details at the Montague BID website.
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Picnic chairs now at Boro Hall
The tables and chairs from the Montague Street pedestrian plaza have finally found a new home. Each day this summer, the street furniture — 25 tables and 80 chairs in total — will be out in front of Borough Hall for the public from 8 am to 6 pm. Per an email from Montague Street […]
Montague “Piazza” Days Scheduled for September
According to The Brooklyn Paper, this year’s “piazza” days on Montague Street, when it is closed to automobiles and made a pedestrian concourse with tables and chairs for relaxing or al fresco dining, will be in September instead of July. They will be on three Sundays: September 13 (which coincides with the Brooklyn Book Festival […]
Montague BID Stresses Service to Merchants, Community
The Montague Street Business Improvement District (“BID”) held its annual meeting at Eamonn’s yesterday evening. BID Executive Director Chelsea Mauldin (photo at left) said the BID must respond to the economic crisis by providing more services to businesses on Montague in, among other things, marketing and technology. As an example of marketing assistance, she cited […]
Knitted cozies up on Montague Street
This morning and yesterday evening, knitters covered 69 parking meters along Montague Street with knitted cozies as part of a public art project commissioned by the Montague Street Business Improvement District. Artist and organizer Magda Sayeg (above, far left), the founder of Knitta Please, put the finishing touches on the 69th pole this morning, and […]
Tree Guards for Montague
Chelsea Mauldin, President of the Montague Street Business Improvement District, announced today that over fifty wrought iron guards would be placed around trees along Montague Street this spring. Installation of the guards will be done by the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. City Council Member David Yassky was able to secure funding for the […]
Is Montague Street in crisis?
What IS happening out there? Montague Street is a rapidly shifting shopping thoroughfare — in the last few weeks, at least eight “For Rent” signs have gone up in windows along the five-block stretch from Clinton Street to the Promenade, and we now have word that, nationally, Ann Taylor Loft is closing over 100 outposts. […]
Upcoming community meetings
What a busy week of community meetings! We’ll have a full calendar of the month’s meetings soon, but for now, here’s a round-up of the week: • On Tuesday, March 3, Community Board 2’s Economic Development committee will hold its monthly meeting at the Jonas Board Room at Long island University, at the corner of […]
Rain Doesn’t Dampen Spirits as Heights Tree is Lighted
A small but enthusiastic crowd came out in a light rain to witness the lighting of the Heights Holiday Tree between the foot of Montague Street and the Promenade. Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo), and Heights preservation pioneers Otis Pratt Pearsall and Nancy Pearsall, whose four year old granddaughter, […]
Sing-a-long with BID
From the BHB Inbox comes this ho-ho-ho dispatch: The Montague Street BID is sponsoring a community caroling walk this Wednesday, December 10th, beginning immediately after the Promenade tree-lighting ceremony, at approximately 5:45 pm. Grace & Spiritus Chorale will provide beautiful voices, and Lassen & Hennigs will offer treats for all who sing! See attached release […]
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