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Halloween Memories in Brooklyn Heights, the return of Plymouth Church’s Yankee Fair and a Plan for Saturday’s Packed Community Calendar

By on October 26, 2023 4:14 pm in 11201, 9/11, Arts and Entertainment, Books, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Heights Association, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn History, Cafes, Cobble Hill, Crafts, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Events, Food, Food and Drink, Fun, Games, Halloween, Halloween, History, Holidays, Houses of Worship, Kids, Neighborhoods, Parents, Pets, Photos, Red Hook, Religion, Streets

I suppose we could have a debate, but I’d win: there’s really nothing more Fall than Halloween in Brooklyn Heights. And with a world going sideways, we need community, small humans and canines in costumes, Fall lovers and spectators, pumpkins, homemade treats and gratitude in this harvest home. This Saturday, October 28th, is shaping up for a […]

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My First Dispatch: On Moving to Brooklyn in 1996 as We Welcome September in the Best Neighborhood in NYC

By on September 12, 2023 6:44 pm in 9/11, Blogging, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Downtown Brooklyn, Environment, History, Houses of Worship, Neighborhoods, Open Streets, P.S. 8, Real Estate, Religion, Schools

Greetings neighbors—the first dispatch from me, Caroline Aiken Koster, your newest BHBlogger here. This first post has me thinking about moving to Brooklyn Heights in Fall of 1996. Until then, my husband James and I, fresh out of graduate school and landing in Manhattan from our hometowns of Louisville and Cincinnati, rented a standard NYC […]

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