This Saturday, May 11 is Global Big Day and the spring World Migratory Bird Day (there will be another, when they’re heading south, on October 12), so Heather Wolf, author of Find More Birds and Birding at the Bridge, will lead a bird walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park in which “[w]e’ll be looking and/or listening […]
Mother’s Day Featured at Open Streets Montague This Sunday
This Sunday, May 12, will be the first Sunday for Open Streets Montague this year. It’s also Mother’s Day, so businesses along Montague will be offering moms a cornucopia of freebies and special deals, and there will be a class and performance by the Brooklyn Ballet. There’s more information here. Montague Street will be closed […]
TD Bank Moving to Former Citi Space at 181 Montague
It’s official: TD Bank has announced that its branch at 205 Montague Street, which is slated to be demolished to make way for a 47 story mixed use building, will move to the space at 181 Montague (photo) previously occupied by Citibank. The relocation is scheduled for August 2, 2024.
“Java with Jo Anne” Tuesday Evening by Zoom to Discuss State Budget
New York State Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, whose 52nd Assembly District includes Brooklyn Heights, will have one of her periodic “Java with Jo Anne” sessions this Tuesday evening, May 7, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. The event will be held virtually by Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the newly enacted state budget, […]
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Receives Bomb Threat
According to the New York Daily News, at about 5:15 PM yesterday the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, 131 Remsen Street, received an email stating that a bomb was on the premises. Three employees evacuated. Police came and found no bomb. This followed similar threats earlier on Saturday against two Manhattan synagogues. Shortly after the threat against […]
Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend — Friday evening, May 3 to early Monday morning, May 6 — there will be no service in either direction at High Street, as A and C trains will be re-routed to the F line between Jay Street-MetroTech and West 4th Street-Washington Square. This means more service at York Street in DUMBO. Other […]
BHA Invites Us to “Spring Into Service” This Saturday
The Brooklyn Heights Association invites us all to join in “Spring Into Service” activities this Saturday, May 4. You may join with The Service Collective to help to build Ikea furniture for newly arrived asylum seekers, clean up Hillside Dog Park, tend to neighborhood tree beds (photo), tidy up P.S.8, or clean and restock the […]
Out in the World – Book Launch – May 7 – Atlantic Avenue Barnes & Noble
If you loved Mark Jason Williams’ delightful and viral New York Times Modern Love essay (and podcast) about his $100 bet with his mother about her not talking about his childhood cancer and him not talking about being gay, you will want to head over to the Atlantic Avenue Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, May 7 […]
Shake It All Off with the Full Monty
These have felt like dark days recently—–so why not shake it all off 1980’s style—and go for the Full Monty. The pop-rock musical about six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers who stage a strip show after seeing their wives’ enthusiasm for Chippendales opens on Friday at the Heights Players. The show, an Americanized version of the hit […]
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