We noted in May 2021 that St. Francis College was moving from its campus in Brooklyn Heights (photo) to space in a new building in downtown Brooklyn. Today The Real Deal reported that St. Francis had sold its now vacant campus, located between Remsen and Joralemon streets on the block between Clinton and Court, to […]
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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 […]
More Traffic Confusion This Saturday
Update: Montague between Hicks and the Promenade entrance is not closed. The Eagle reports,in its “Good Morning Brooklyn” section, that the City DOT has announced two more street closures in Brooklyn Heights this Saturday, August 20, in addition to the closure of Montague Street between Clinton and Hicks for Open Streets Montague, Montague between Court […]
Open Streets Montague Saturday, June 11 — Open Street on Remsen Monday-Friday
Open Streets Montague, sponsored by Montague Street BID and the Brooklyn Heights Association, returns this Saturday, June 11 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. All parked cars must be moved from Montague before then; an emergency lane will be open during the event. There will be music, dancing, games and activities for kids, and a […]
A Non-Resident’s View of Hunts Lane
Joey Hadden, in Insider, describes her visit to Hunts Lane in Brooklyn Heights, a short, dead end street that goes eastward from Henry Street between Joralemon and Remsen. She took lots of photos, and quotes an Eagle story from 1944 that tells of residents’ children loving to watch when the police, whose horses were stabled […]
Delivery Bikers Assaulted at Henry and Remsen
As she reported on Nextdoor, at about 7:30 yesterday (Tuesday, February 16) evening Heights resident Olivia Guerreiri observed “a group of five teenagers” who “ran up the block [Henry between Remsen and Joralemon] and began assaulting a delivery driver who was traveling in the bike lane.” The man evidently was able to get away after […]
Heights Streets, Milled Weeks Ago, to be Paved This Week
On June 22 we warned that certain streets in Brooklyn Heights were to be milled, and then repaved, during the following week. The milling got done, but the repaving is taking longer. So far, Poplar, Schermerhorn, and Willow streets, as well as Monroe Place, have been repaved. The Brooklyn Heights Association has notified us that […]
Many Brooklyn Heights Streets to be Milled and Paved Next Week
Brooklyn Community Board 2 has advised us that many Brooklyn Heights streets are scheduled for milling and repaving during daytime hours next week. The schedule is: Remsen Street from the Promenade entrance to Clinton Street: Monday, June 25 and Tuesday, June 26. Monroe Place, College Place, Love Lane, and Willow Street: Tuesday, June 26. Middagh […]
It’s Cold Out There!
Who better to know than the Eagle’s Mary (ahem!) Frost, who found the sign at TD Bank, near the corner of Montague and Court streets, registering a temperature of seventeen degrees today. She cites a 2013 New York Times story that declared Montague and Court “the windiest intersection in all of New York City.” My […]
Concerned About Library Project? Contact Council Member Levin
We noted that the City Planning Commission approved the proposed acquisition of the site of the Brooklyn Heights Branch of Brooklyn Public Library by developer Hudson Comapnies, which would demolish the existing library building (library service would be provided on an interim basis at space leased from Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral on Remsen Street) […]
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