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Park Developers Agree to Carousel Plan

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation has agreed to accept Jane’s Carousel at the location desired by its donor, Jane Walentas, in the former Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. YourNabe.com: DUMBO doyenne Jane Walentas has reached a final deal with the developers of Brooklyn Bridge Park to donate her lovingly restored 1920s carousel to a waterfront […]

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What will happen to St. Ann’s?

Now that the Two Trees’ Dock Street DUMBO project will move forward following yesterday’s City Council vote, what’s going to happen to St. Ann’s Warehouse, the theater at 38 Water St., which is on the lot slated for redevelopment? The New York Times checked in with artistic director Susan Feldman this morning, who said she […]

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Union Hall Presents Music Under the Bridge

Our pals at Union Hall present this week’s Music Under the Bridge Wednesday night  at the Tobacco Warehouse starting at 6:30 pm.  Full details are available at the Brooklyn Bridge Park website.  The line up is as follows: Secret Science Club      6:30 Tiny Masters of Today  7:00 Headlights                    7:40 French Kicks                 8:45 Hosted by comic […]

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Music at the Bridge Schedule Announced

Music at the Bridge, a free summer concert series presented by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation,  will kick off this year on July 9 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park’s Tobacco Warehouse.   This year’s shows are “curated’ by several Brooklyn tastemakers including the […]

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Pigfest!

Brooklyn Brewery’s Eighth Annual Pigfest will happen on Saturday May 31 at the Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park.  And now the juicy details straight from the good ol’ press release:

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BHA Annual Meeting Live Blog

Watch this space tonight starting at 7:30pm for BHB's Live Blog from the BHA's Annual Meeting.  7:41pm: meeting underway! they just finished reading off all the dignitaries attending. Mostly, its just their minions. 7:45pm: brooklyn bridge park! 7:47pm: tobacco warehouse – bha against privatization and tear-down. they are also against noise. the next few years […]

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“City of Water” Free Screening Tomorrow in DUMBO

"City of Water," a short documentary film about the future of New York City's (and Brooklyn's) waterfront produced by the Municipal Art Society and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, will be given a free screening tomorrow evening beginning at 7:30, at the Tobacco Warehouse (entrance on Water Street at New Dock Street) in Empire-Fulton Ferry State […]

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Pig Out on Swine Saturday

Brooklyn Paper: Pig Out: On May 12, you’ll definitely want to hoof it over to Empire–Fulton Ferry State Park for the seventh annual Brooklyn Pigfest. Starting at 1 pm, the park will go barnyard with four expert barbeque teams, a trough’s worth of Brooklyn Brewery suds, and a performance by local bluegrass six-piece, the Cobble […]

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