In the city that never sleeps, the ultimate act of vulnerability is slumbering on the subway. Artist Linda Kessler spent five years taking photographs of nappers riding the rails on Brooklyn-bound trains heading in the opposite direction from upscale office workers on their way to jobs in Manhattan skyscrapers. She turned the photos into works … Read More →
To the editor: Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) prides itself on conducting meticulous, merit-based decision-making processes on behalf of the public. Our Pier 6 development selection process was no different, and we’d like to set the record straight about how it transpired. Following the release of the Pier 6 Request for Proposals in May 2014, BBP … Read More →
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) says it will vote next Tuesday on a revised plan to develop two residential towers in the park at Pier 6. The city released the tweaked plan on Wednesday. It lowers the number of affordable units (to 100 from 117) and increases the number of market-rate condos and rental units. … Read More →
Up, up and away. The irises have opened up in the Promenade Gardens. The scaffolding’s up on Civil War-era houses that are under renovation. Asking prices for elegant homes are up in the stratosphere. One of them has a coveted three-car garage. It’s springtime in Brooklyn Heights. With the beloved … Read More →
Since April 13, hundreds of Verizon workers from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union have been on strike in front of the Brooklyn Heights Verizon store at 146 Montague St. For more than three weeks, the protesters have picketed, marched and chanted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the store’s business hours, … Read More →
Riley, a visitor from Massachusetts, was one of seven children who discovered an extremely friendly baby squirrel at an entrance to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade on Friday. After taking turns petting the little critter, the children returned the squirrel to the garden area – only to be surprised when it jumped back into their hands. … Read More →
The Grace Chorale of Brooklyn will return to St. Ann & the Holy Trinity next weekend, April 29-May 1, to present jazz legend Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts, a rarely performed but highly regarded set of improvisational music. The first of these three performance concerts will be held on Ellington’s birthday, April 29. He was born … Read More →
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn has called the Rev. Adriene Thorne as its new pastor. The announcement was made this week and is the culmination of a thorough discernment process by the church’s Pastor Nominating Committee. The committee devoted several months to carefully reviewing applications and interviewing contenders. Together, committee members discerned whom to choose … Read More →
For more than a century, Montague Street has been a gathering place for those who wanted to indulge in a cool beverage, sip a coffee at a quaint café and stroll down the block on a seasonable day. Though it is only four blocks long, Montague Street has a vital civic center at one end … Read More →