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A Brooklyn judge ordered the operator of this once-cozy assisted living facility across the street from Prospect Park to turn on the air conditioning. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn judge orders Prospect Park Residence to turn on the AC

A Brooklyn judge on Monday ordered the operator of an assisted living facility in Park Slope to turn the central air conditioning back on in residents' rooms. … Full Article
 
Amid frequent and uproarious applause from a packed house, Stephen Sondheim (second from right), James Lapine (left) and several members of the original "Into the Woods" cast, including Bernadette Peters (second from left) took to the stage for a reunion Sunday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Photos by Richard Termine, courtesy of BAM

BAM hosts ‘Into the Woods’ original cast reunion

Amid frequent and uproarious applause from a packed house, Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and several members of the original "Into the Woods" cast took to the stage for a reunion Sunday at the Broo … Full Article
 
Peter L. Bray will be the new BHA executive director, replacing Judy Stanton. Eagle photo by Raanan Geberer

Peter L. Bray named executive director of Brooklyn Heights Association

Peter L. Bray has been named the new executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) and will assume the role effective Sept. 1, 2015. … Full Article
 
Photo courtesy of VNSNY

First-time dads celebrate Father's Day at Brooklyn Bridge Park

First-time, low-income fathers and their families gathered in Brooklyn Bridge Park Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day at an event organized in part by Visiting Nurse Service of New York’s (VNSNY) Children and Family Services. … Full Article
 
One of several proposals for the Pier 6 development. Rendering courtesy of Asymptote Architecture

ESD meeting Monday to consider affordable housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park

A public board meeting will be held at the Empire State Development Corp. (ESD) on Monday, June 22, at 3 p.m. to consider changes to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s General Park Plan (GPP). … Full Article
 
The Montague Street BID honored Judy Stanton, who Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon referred to as the “Mayor of Brooklyn Heights,” during its 18th annual membership meeting on Wednesday. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Montague Street BID honors Judy Stanton at annual meeting

The Montague Street BID held its 18th annual meeting in the back of 132 Montague Bar and Grill on Wednesday where it honored “the Mayor of Brooklyn Heights,” Judy Stanton, for her lifetime of work helping the local community. … Full Article
 
The first hearing about the controversial sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library branch, required under the city’s ULURP process, ended in a stalemate Wednesday night after hours of testimony. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights Library CB2 hearing ends in stalemate after hours of testimony

A passionate crowd filled the seats and spilled out into the hallway outside Dibner Auditorium at NYU-Poly in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday night for the first public hearing regarding the controversial sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library branch, required under the city’s ULURP (Un … Full Article
 
St. Ann’s Warehouse on Tuesday presented “Lights Up,” its 2015 gala in the organization’s highly anticipated, nearly complete new theater at the historic waterfront Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Eagle photos by Cody Brooks. For more photos from this event, visit BrooklynArchive.com

First gala in new St. Ann’s Warehouse honors collaborators, raises $650K

St. Ann’s Warehouse presented its 2015 gala “Lights Up,” in the organization’s highly anticipated, nearly complete new theater at the historic waterfront Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Tuesday. … Full Article
 
The BAM Robert W. Wilson Public Art initiative will utilize four outdoor locations, including the arched façade windows of the Peter Jay Sharp Building (shown above). Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Iconic public artworks planned at BAM through $3.5M gift

The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust has made a generous $3.5 million gift to BAM to implement the BAM Robert W. Wilson Public Art Initiative. The art will serve to define and connect four separate sites on the BAM campus. … Full Article
 
Famed actor and author John Leguizamo is among hundreds of authors participating in this year’s Brooklyn Book Fesitval. Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP

Brooklyn Book Festival announces star-studded lineup for 10th anniversary

At a lively evening event in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, the Brooklyn Book Festival (BKBF) and Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council announced the initial line-up of the first 150 national and international authors slated to take part in the 10th A … Full Article
 

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