Soon, on Oct. 1, the Transit Museum will unearth a time capsule at 370 Jay St., the former MTA New York City Transit Headquarters, that was installed before the building was opened in 1950. The documents found there, relating to construction of the building, will be exhibited by the museum early next year. The last … Read More →
Throws out NYSNA suit; NYU to operate LICH ER A Brooklyn judge dismissed a lawsuit by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) on Monday, allowing NYU-Langone to take over the walk-in emergency department at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) without rehiring LICH nurses. The walk-in center is all that’s left of LICH, which SUNY is … Read More →
Celebrating Brooklyn Heights Press 75th Year: Transit Museum’s “Betsy” Displayed With Other Historic Buses On Boerum Pl. Once again, the sun shone on Betsy as she sat on Boerum Place. A double decker bus dating from 1931, Betsy was part of this year’s display at the New York Transit Museum’s 21st Annual Bus Festival this … Read More →
Event continues Sunday Thousands of art lovers and fun-seekers have been packing DUMBO’s streets, studios and galleries for this weekend’s DUMBO Arts Festival 2014, which continues on Sunday, Sept. 28 from noon to 6 p.m. Zany processions, artists wearing “backpack galleries” and performers of all stripes roam the streets under and around the Brooklyn and … Read More →
Onward and upward in Downtown Brooklyn. Real estate websites were buzzing Friday with news of the latest contender for Brooklyn’s tallest building. JEMB Realty, which owns a parking lot at 420 Albee Square, filed plans Thursday with the city Buildings Department for a 65-story, 620-foot skyscraper at the site. It would be a hair taller … Read More →
The American Heart Association will be bringing the Heart Walk to Brooklyn on Oct. 5. Festivities will begin at 8 a.m. at the Cadman Plaza North Lawn, followed by the walk to Brooklyn Bridge Park at 9 a.m. The walk, which was last held in Brooklyn in 2009, will be in addition to the annual Wall Street Run & … Read More →
Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) will soon have its very own community building. “I consider this a turning-point milestone for Brooklyn Bridge Park,” said Regina Myer, BBP president, as she joined community leaders and politicians Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony that began the renovation of a former New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) building … Read More →
“Bring back the ambulances!” a crowd of community members, officials, nurses and health care workers chanted at a noontime rally at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) on Wednesday. Since the collapse of the deal between Fortis Development Group, NYU-Langone Medical Center and SUNY last Thursday, NYU’s commitment to return ambulance service to LICH by Sept. … Read More →
Who let the dogs out? The Brooklyn Heights Association’s (BHA) fifth annual dog show was one of many highlights of Sunday’s Montague Street Summer Space festival, a day of outdoor fun hosted by the Montague Street Business Improvement District. While kids played chess and local stores offered promotions, a crowd of more than 300 gathered … Read More →