Last Minute Notice: “National Night Out” in Brooklyn Bridge Park Tuesday, August 5 Mary Frost in the Eagle reports that a “National Night Out” event, sponsored by the 84th Precinct Community Council, will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, August 5) on Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park starting at 4:30 PM. It will feature “free food and beverages, awards, music and performances.” The Brooklyn Diamonds drill team (see photo in Ms. Frost’s story […]
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St. George Awning Collapse on Henry Street; Subway Service Suspended at Clark Street As reported by Gothamist, at about 70 this morning the large metal awning covering the sidewalk at the Henry Street entrance to the Clark Street subway station at the St. George Hotel Building collapsed. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The building is owned by Educational Housing Services. The subway entrance on the Clark Street side of the […]
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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby This weekend — Late tonight (Friday, August 1) through early Monday morning August 4 — days and evenings  Saturday and Sunday the only service at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Jay Street-MetroTech will be Manhattan bound R trains and Brooklyn bound Q trains (Brooklyn bound R trains will be re-routed to the […]
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Open Thread Wednesday What’s on your mind? Comment away!
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A Brooklyn Heights House with Interesting History Well, many Heights houses have interesting histories; indeed, almost all have histories of some kind. This one, 140 Clinton Street (alas, when I arrived to get a photo, I found its entrance obscured by a sidewalk bridge) has a history that caught the attention of New York Times writer John Freeman Gill, who wrote a story about some of its […]
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