This (Friday) evening, from 6:00 to 8:00, Drink Local, a tasting of Brooklyn-made spirits and wines at Waterfront Wines & Spirits, on the Joralemon street side of One Brooklyn Bridge Park (go down Joralemon, cross under the BQE, cross Furman Street, and it’s on your left). Admission and tasting is free; proceeds of any bottles […]
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New Wine Store at One BBP Hosts Free Tasting Event for Park Conservancy
Waterfront Wines & Spirits, the new store located on the Joralemon Street side of One Brooklyn Bridge Park, will host “Drink Local”, a tasting event featuring Brooklyn made gins, vodka, and wines, this coming Friday evening, February 24, from 6:00 to 8:00. Admission and tasting is free; proceeds from sales during the event will benefit […]
Halloween Events in Brooklyn Heights
This coming pre-Halloween weekend will be a busy one for the neighborhood. The Junior Committee of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy will host the second annual All Hallows Bash Saturday evening, October 29, from 8:00 to 1:00 a.m., at One Brooklyn Bridge Park (360 Furman Street). This year’s theme is “Heroes and Villains”; there will […]
Brooklyn Heights in the Path of Hurricane Irene
It’s still three days away, and the path it follows changes continually, but the current (Thursday afternoon) “center” track of Hurricane Irene is now projected to pass through Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the eye could potentially go right over the Brooklyn Heights Area.
Park Funding: Any Ideas?
The conventional wisdom, following the release and acceptance of the report of Bay Area Economics on alternative sources of funding for operating and maintenance expenses of Brooklyn Bridge Park, is that construction of luxury housing and a hotel on portions of the park’s land will be necessary to fund those expenses. The Real Deal: Increasingly, […]
One BBP Scores First Retail Leases
Two stores, a pet boutique and a wine shop, will be the first tenants in retail space at One Brooklyn Bridge Park: New York Observer: Brooklyn Bridge Bark, a high-end pet boutique, has signed one of the inaugural leases for 1,760 square feet of ground-floor space on Park Drive in a long-term deal. “One Brooklyn […]
One Brooklyn Bridge Park Makes List of City’s Top Sellers
Crain’s reports today that over the last nine months condo sales at One Brooklyn Bridge Park rank as the second highest in New York City. That’s partly due to price reductions the report says:
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge Park Path: a Photo Essay
Late Friday afternoon, your correspondent walked the new Brooklyn Bridge Park pedestrian and bike path from Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue, to the north end of Pier 1, at the foot of Old Fulton Street. Below are photos taken along the way: The path begins here, near the northern edge of Pier […]
Park Progress Special: Pier 6 Webcam
The developer of One Brooklyn Bridge Park/360 Furman has installed a webcam on the roof, trained on Pier 6: see here. It updates every few minutes, and you can use the calendar at the left of the screen to look back at an earlier phase of construction. Under the calendar is a zoom control that […]
Effort Underway to Bring Retail to One BBP
The empty retail space at One Brooklyn Bridge Park (360 Furman Street), the former Watchtower building that has been converted to luxury condos, will soon be filled if the efforts of RAL Companies and Affiliates, who are charged with marketing the space, are successful. The Real Deal: More than two years have passed since developer […]
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