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 →
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBP), general contractor Stalco Construction and architect Architecture Research Office (ARO) have begun an extensive renovation and conversion of a former New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) maintenance building into a Brooklyn Bridge Park environmental education, community and maintenance facility. The building, located at 99 Plymouth St. in DUMBO, … Read More →
Heroic Gowanus man grabs knife from perp Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights was a scene of chaos Monday afternoon when a man said to be a disgruntled construction worker stabbed his boss and fled towards Court Street, shoving his way through a screaming lunchtime crowd and injuring a bystander who was knocked to the sidewalk. … Read More →
Events center around Brooklyn Borough Hall The Brooklyn Book Festival kicked off on Sunday with more than 100 panel discussions, readings and other literary activities. Internationally renowned and bestselling authors Salman Rushdie, Paul Auster, Lev Grossman, Joyce Carol Oates and hundreds are taking part part in the event, which is the city’s largest free literary … Read More →
Prime Healthcare still ‘interested in saving LICH’ Mayor Bill de Blasio weighed in on Friday on the unraveling of the deal to provide health care at the site of Long Island College Hospital (LICH), after NYU-Langone’s surprise announcement that it had withdrawn from the transaction. “We are heartened that today emergency services are still being … Read More →
If you can’t make it, get your live coverage here! The Brooklyn Eagle begins its salute to the 75th Anniversary of the Heights Press with live video coverage of the ‘Montague Street Summer Space.’ this Sunday, September 21, from 2 to 5 p.m. NOTE: Livestream begins at 2 p.m., not 1 p.m. as previously stated. … Read More →
Earl Weiner and Gina Ingoglia received the seventh annual DeWitt Clinton Award for Excellence in front of some 300 friends, fellow board members and elected officials at a fundraising gala at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery to support its preservation, public programs and a new visitor center on Thursday night. The award’s past recipients include Landmarks legend Otis … Read More →
Follows SUNY vs. NYSNA hearing in Brooklyn on Thursday In yet another twist to the long-running Long Island College Hospital (LICH) saga, NYU Langone Medical Center announced late Thursday that it has pulled out of the deal to offer emergency services and ambulatory care at the LICH site in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The withdrawal appears … Read More →
SUNY’s McCall frets NYU ‘might decide not to do this’ State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes heard arguments in Brooklyn court on Thursday in a battle over whether or not NYU-Langone Medical Center violated a promise to rehire Long Island College Hospital (LICH) nurses at a the ER after SUNY shut down the hospital. … Read More →