Transit Museum to display winning entries from GCT Centennial Celebration design competition
As part of its Centennial Celebration, the New York Transit Museum and the Architectural League of New York held…
June 5, 2013-
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Photoville Announces Photog Winners For Brooklyn Bridge Park Fence: Launches 6/13
United Photo Industries, Photo District News, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Flash Forward Festival have announced the selected Photographers for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Fence, which will be unveiled Thursday June 13, and will be up throughout the summer, leading up to Photoville in the Fall. Thousands of photos were submitted for the contest, with winners […]
May 28, 2013
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Next Transit Museum Problem Solvers Discussion to Focus on Security
On Wednesday, June 5th, at 6:30 pm, Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Subways will speak with Joseph Nugent, the…
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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Sunset Ohana” is Thursday Evening, June 6
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is having “Sunset Ohana,” its 14th annual (which seems to go back to when the Park was still a gleam in some local citizens’ eyes) sunset party at Pier 1 on Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This year the theme is Hawaiian. Our little slice of Hawaii […]
May 17, 2013
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Dance Parties at Brooklyn Bridge Park Start Thursday With New Orleans Funk
BRIC Arts Media and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy are co-sponsoring a series of three Celebrate Brooklyn! dance parties on Pier 1 the next three Thursday evenings, starting at 7:00 p.m. This Thursday, May 9, the featured act is New Orleans’ Big Sam’s Funky Nation (photo). The NYC Freedom’s DJs will warm things up. Next […]
May 7, 2013
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Mayoral Candidates’ Forum Monday Evening, May 6
On Monday evening, May 6, the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Park Slope Civic Council, and several other neighborhood civic groups, are co-sponsoring a Mayoral Candidates’ Forum to be held at Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place (at Eighth Avenue), from 7:00 to 9:00. All interested voters are invited, and no RSVP is necessary. You may […]
April 22, 2013
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Transit Museum Problem Solvers series discusses FASTRACK repair program
The next installment of the New York Transit Museum‘s Problem Solvers series takes place Tuesday, April 9th, and the…
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Coney Island’s Luna Park Reopens After Hurricane Sandy’s Mayhem
Following the reopening of Red Hook’s Fairway Market March 1—which was all but wiped out by October’s Hurricane Sandy—there’s more good news for the borough. Heights locals looking to hop the R train for Coney Island’s seasonal goodies now have an official green light. Last Sunday, the Luna Park rides reopened, after being washed over […]
March 26, 2013
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Grace Church Community Open House Sunday, March 24
Grace Church, which was designed by America’s then pre-eminent church architect, Richard Upjohn, and has stood at what is now 254 Hicks Street (corner of Grace Court, between Joralemon and Remsen) since 1848, is about to undergo an extensive renovation that will close its sanctuary (photo; services will be held in the upstairs Guild Hall […]
March 17, 2013
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Spring Break Events at the New York Transit Museum
The New York Transit Museum will hold three performances daily of an original children’s musical every day from March…
March 17, 2013