This weekend, late evening Friday, September 27 to early morning Monday, September 30, there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall, as 4 service to and from Brooklyn will be suspended and 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends. 2 and 3 trains should be running normally and, for those traveling […]
Big Weekend Coming: Atlantic Antic, Brooklyn Book Festival, and Open Streets Montague
This year’s Atlantic Antic (photo above from a previous year) will take place on Atlantic Avenue between Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue this coming Sunday, September 29, from noon until 6:00 p.m., rain or shine. Local merchants will be represented, with special deals for the occasion, along with food, music, dancers, visual artists, clothing vendors, and fun […]
Plymouth Church to Launch History Lecture Series with Talk by Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer
Plymouth Church, 57 Orange Street (between Henry and Hicks) is inaugurating the Henry Ward Beecher Lecture Series “to inform a 21st Century audience of all ages on the history of the church, the history of New York City and Brooklyn, and the history of the United States.” Beecher, who served as Plymouth’s minister from its founding in 1847 […]
“Big Rig” Bedeviling Brooklyn Heights
On April 15 your correspondent took this photo of a “big rig,” a diesel powered tractor with an attached, very long, cargo carrying trailer, trying to navigate the corner from Montague to Hicks Street. Now Mary Frost in The Eagle has chronicled how this same truck, which makes deliveries to Key Food Montague, has been unleashing chaos on the streets […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend, late evening Friday, September 20 to early morning Monday, September 23, there will be no service at the 4/5 platforms at Borough Hall, as 4 service to and from Brooklyn will be suspended and 5 trains do not serve Brooklyn on weekends. 2 and 3 trains should be running normally and, for those traveling […]
Perelandra Going Out of Business
Perelandra Natural Foods, 175 Remsen Street, in business in Brooklyn Heights since 1976, will be closed permanently following close of business this Sunday. The news was broken by reader “Banet” on Open Thread Wednesday, who is quoted in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle as saying a cashier at the store said Perelandra hadn’t lost its lease but that it […]
Open Streets Montague This Sunday Features Sundaes from L’Appartement 4F
This coming Sunday, September 22, L’Apero at L’Appartement 4F will be outside serving to-go tahini cookie sundaes and charcuterie boxes featuring our signature selection of saucisson and cheeses. Grab a can of natural biodynamic (and unbelievably delicious) wine to enjoy on the Promenade or at the Montague Sip Spot adults only area at the corner of Henry Street. […]
Mansion House Holding Multi-Family Sidewalk Sale Saturday
The Mansion House apartment building, at 145 Hicks Street (between Pierrepont and Clark) will hold a multi-family sidewalk sale this coming Saturday, September 21 (rain date the following Saturday, September 28) from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. Goods on sale will include “Furniture/Clothes/Household Items/Antiques/Jewelry/Books/LPs/CDs/Videos/DVDs and More.”
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