Start planning your family’s coordinated Stranger Things theme costumes… The Annual Pierrepont Playground Halloween Parade is Saturday, October 29th! Parade starts around 10:30ish, followed by the bake sale and “playground fun”. They are still looking for volunteers, so if you’re interested, visit the online signup form and add your name. Looks like they still need […]
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Pierrepont Playground Closed This Week
We have this news from the Brooklyn Heights Association: At the request of the BHA, the NYC Parks Department has begun a week-long repair of Pierrepont Playground beginnng today to make it a safer and more resilient recreational space. The repairs include creating a more level rubberized surface where tree roots have pushed up, improving […]
Annual Pierrepont Playground Egg Hunt This Saturday, March 26
The annual Spring Egg Hunt, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee and the Brooklyn Heights Association will be this Saturday, March 26 starting at 10:00 a.m. (arrive early; there’s always a long line), at the Pierrepont Playground (entrance near Pierrepont Street and Columbia Heights). From the BHA website: Without any eggs-aggeration, a good time […]
Some Brooklyn Heights Halloween Scenes
There was plenty of action in and around Brooklyn Heights for Halloween yesterday. Things got going early with a parade and a party in the Pierrepont Playground. A family at Hicks and Montague streets, early afternoon. A “graveyard” on Garden Place. Giving out the goodies, Garden Place.
A Beautiful Day for an Egg Hunt
There’s a bit of a chill in the air, but the sun is shining, and a throng of parents and kids have lined up for the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee’s annual Egg Hunt at Pierrepont Playground.
Annual Brooklyn Heights Kids’ Halloween Parade Next Saturday
The Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee will have its annual Halloween Parade for kids and parents next Saturday, October 26 (rain date Sunday the 27th). The action begins at Pierrepont Playground at 10:00 a.m. In conjunction with the parade there will be a bake sale to raise funds for the Playground Committee, which helps to keep […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Theater 2020 will present a free reading of Oscar Wilde’s (photo) renowned romantic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest in the first floor auditorium of the endangered Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West (at Tillary Street) on Saturday afternoon (March 30) starting at 1:30 p.m. Wilde, it seems, was […]
Reader Report: Pierrepont Playground Pot Bust
Regular BHB commenter “Monty” comments on this week’s Open Thread about some wacky (tabacky) goings on at the Pierrpont Playground on Sunday (2/24) morning. Seems that a couple of gents were trying to get their mellow on:
Scenes From Today’s Halloween Parade
This morning was cloudy, but there was no rain and the temperature was…temperate, so conditions were just about ideal for the Brooklyn Heights Halloween Parade. Photo (click to enlarge): kids in costumes and parents, many also costumed, gathered in the Pierrepont Playground before the parade. More photos and text after the jump.
Saturday’s Spring Egg Hunt A Smash Success!
The Spring Egg Hunt on Saturday drew a crowd of parents and kids that started lining up to the entrance of the Pierrepont Playground by 9:30 a.m. for the 10 a.m. event. Within 15 minutes, the line extended past 2 Montague Terrace all the way to Remsen Street. See Karl Junkersfeld’s action-packed video after the […]
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