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After being shut down roughly two years ago, bouncy Squibb Park Bridge, which zig-zaggs downward from Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park, should reopen in the spring, attendees learned at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual meeting on Monday. Photo by Will Hasty

Five (more) important takeaways from Brooklyn Heights Assn's annual meeting

Another successful Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) annual meeting took place Monday, and the big news was that a panel of experts cast doubts on the proposed BQX ( … Full Article
 
Guests will now be able to see WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo’s wreathed hornbill exhibit all year long. Julie Larsen Maher © WCS

Prospect Park Zoo debuts wreathed hornbill exhibit

Wreathed hornbills (Rhyticeros undulates) have been on exhibit seasonally at WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Prospect Park Zoo since 2014, but recent renovations to the Rotunda Gallery in the zoo’s Animal Lifestyles building included the creation … Full Article
 
The BQX debate and community service in the age of Trump were hot topics at the Brooklyn Heights Association’s (BHA) annual meeting Monday night. Shown: Pool aficionados Sabrina and Leo Quint hold the BHA community service award their mom Suzanne Quint received, one of several groups so honored on Monday. Quint was one of the organizers of “Love Our Pool: Families United for a Pool in Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Brooklyn Heights Association looks at BQX, honors community activists

Experts cast doubts on the proposed BQX (Brooklyn Queens Connector), a streetcar which would connect points along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront, and community members were honored for their service at the annual meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) Monday night. … Full Article
 
There's a dino-mite new production of "The Skin of Our Teeth" at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center. A dinosaur, at left, played by Fred Epstein, shares a moment with Mr. Antrobus, center, played by David Rasche, and a mammoth, at right, played by Eric Farber. Photo by Gerry Goodstein

Bitingly funny 'Skin of Our Teeth' at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center

That's a dinosaur in the Antrobus family's living room, with a woolly mammoth by its side. … Full Article
 
The proposed BQX runs through Greenpoint. Rendering courtesy of Friends of BQX

Panel on BQX lively, biting look at new transportation idea

Is the city on the right track with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar? That was the topic of discussion at the Brooklyn Heights Association's (BHA) 2017 Annual Meeting on Monday. … Full Article
 
After Saturday’s all-day “Hack the Ban” hackathon, Naz Ahmad displays material created for a legal project aiding immigrants. The material was created for CUNY CLEAR, based out of the City University of New York School of Law. Photo by Mary Frost

Techies ‘Hack the Ban’ for undocumented immigrants in Brooklyn

As home to thousands of immigrants and an increasing number of technology professionals and creatives, it was only a matter of time before the groups got together in Brooklyn. … Full Article
 
Heights and Hills volunteer with arrangements. Copyright Randy Matusow Photography

Heights and Hills and BloomAgainBklyn to host event at Heights Casino

On March 9, Heights and Hills and BloomAgainBklyn will team up to host an "An Evening of Flowers and Giving" at The Heights Casino.  The event features two of the city's leading floral designers from Opalia Flowers and FlowerSchool New York — Phoebe Crary and Meghan Riley.  … Full Article
 
The Brooklyn Heights Association says that new city figures show that two residential towers planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 (above, center and left) are not financially necessary. Rendering courtesy of ODA-RAL Development Services - Oliver's Realty Group

Brooklyn Heights Association: New data from city shows Pier 6 development unnecessary

The Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) says that property valuations released by the city’s Finance Department last month show that two residential towers planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 are not financially necessary. … Full Article
 
The Long Island College Hospital garage is seen in the foreground. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

LICH garage, slated for demolition, was built over local objections

In the recent controversy about the Fortis plan for the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) campus, which — among other things —would tear down the LICH garage and put up a 17-story building on the site, little mention has been made of the fact that this very garage, in its day, was also th … Full Article
 
“Descension” was on display at Versailles in 2015. Photo by Tadzio

A massive endless whirlpool of black water is coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park

If you see something, say something. … Full Article
 

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