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State Sen. Diane Savino says society is “seeing a growing trend in young adults who are being forced into the streets all because of the lifestyles they live.” Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Pols push for services for homeless LGBT young adults

There are many young LGBT adults who are homeless because they have been rejected by their families and don’t want to sleep in shelters out of fear that they will be bullied and harassed, according to three of Brooklyn’s elected officials who are working together on a possible solution. … Full Article
 
Rifles are suspended overhead above the U.S. Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Brooklyn serves those who serve at Fleet Week welcome in Red Hook

Fleet Week returned to Brooklyn in grand style, making up for a hiatus of several years, as two of the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyers, Farragut and Bainbridge, and the U.S. … Full Article
 
Maggie Lacey plays Nora and John Douglas Thompson is Thorwald in Theatre for a New Audience's new production of “A Doll's House.” Photo by Gerry Goodstein

Proclaim it on Twitter: #ElectrifyingDuo!

Home is where the heart is. Home is where the hate is. Two of the most searing dramas ever about marriage — by playwrights who detested each other — are here, in tandem, in Brooklyn. … Full Article
 
Fort Greene Park may lose some of its fortress-like walls after it is transformed using Parks Without Borders principles, which seek to better connect parks to their surrounding communities. Prospect Park will also receive funding for a reconstruction. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Borders of Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park to be opened to surrounding communities

Some of the walls and fences surrounding Prospect Park and Fort Greene Park will be coming down and the edges of the parks beautified under a Parks Department initiative to make parks more open and welcoming. … Full Article
 
This Brooklyn Heights residential development, seen from on high, is 153-155-157 Remsen St. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Brooklyn Heights renovation and construction checklist

Labour is blossoming, as Yeats would say. … Full Article
 
The house on the corner of this leafy block is 151 Clinton St., which is for sale. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Clinton Street house for sale has a three-car garage

Behold the Holy Grail for parking-space-starved Brooklynites: A three-car garage. For some prospective buyers, that may be all they need to know about the house for sale at 151 Clinton St. in Brooklyn Heights. … Full Article
 
Construction work is ongoing at 146 Willow St. (the brownstone in the center of the photo), a multifamily building that's being converted to a single-family mansion. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Brooklyn Heights multifamily property 146 Willow St. morphs into $18 million mansion

Nice price. We're talking about the $18 million sum that Shahrzad Khayami wants for 146 Willow St. It would be a record for Brooklyn if that's what the house sells for.  … Full Article
 
Spring's here in Brooklyn Heights — so the snowball bush is blooming at the First Unitarian Congregational Society's church. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Springtime in Brooklyn Heights: Viburnum blooms, multi-million-dollar homes hit the sale market

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. … Full Article
 
Welcome to The Towers, AKA 21 Clark St., a Brooklyn Heights Historic District property the Jehovah's Witnesses are offering for sale. Photo courtesy of Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses put former Brooklyn Heights hotel up for sale

Attention nostalgic Brooklyn Dodgers fans! The Jehovah's Witnesses are selling the former Brooklyn Heights hotel where the forever-missed baseball team stayed during home games. … Full Article
 

Wanted: Veterans and their families

This Memorial Day — for the 18th year in a row — Brooklynites can enjoy a free outdoor concert at beautiful Green-Wood Cemetery. … Full Article
 

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