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Karl Watches Shuttle Enterprise From The Promenade, Then Goes (Where Else?) To The Park

June 7, 2012

Mr. J., with cam on the Promenade, catches the Enterprise riding a barge on its trip into the Hudson and to its new permanent home at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum on Manhattan’s West Side. Heading up the Promenade, he takes a gander at the new swimming pool under construction near Pier 2. Knowing Karl’s love of Brooklyn Bridge Park, we’re not surprised that he then went down to Pier 1 for a break at the Wine Bar. See video after the jump.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41800

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Brooklyn Heights, Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens For Kayaking At Pier 1 Boat Basin

June 6, 2012

The time has arrived to get your oars on at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Every Saturday from June 9 through September 1, kayaking and community rowing is available at the Boathouse at Pier 1. The time: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Children under 18 must have an adult guardian present. Last sign-up is an hour before closing time. For more info, see here.

In other BBP news, the non-profit NYC Fieldhouse that is underwriting the design and construction of the year round, multi-purpose rec and cycling facility on Furman Street near Pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, announces three upcoming community forums to discuss the project and hear feedback on its programming and design. Fieldhouse staff with the facility¹s architect and reps of Brooklyn Bridge Park will be present.

The first forum takes place June 18 at the Long Island College Hospital, 339 Hicks Street in Cobble Hill, 6:30-8:15 p.m. On June 20, a Red Hook forum will assemble at the South Brooklyn Community High School, 173 Conover Street, 6:30-8:15 p.m.; followed a June 25 forum in Brooklyn Heights/Downtown Brooklyn at the Callahan Center at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, 6:30-8:15 p.m. A fourth forum will be scheduled in DUMBO at a later date.

No RSVP is required, although members of the community are requested to email
NYCFieldhouse@gmail.com with the forum location they wish to attend.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41785

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Arts and Entertainment, Events

Free Performances of Comedy of Errors on Pier 1 This Weekend

June 5, 2012

The final two performances of Theater 2020′s innovative, family friendly production of Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors will take place this coming Saturday and Sunday, June 9th and 10th, both starting at 7:00 p.m., at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Admission is free.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41693

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Arts and Entertainment, Events, Food

Saturday in the Nabe, Through Mr. J’s Lens

June 3, 2012

It was a perfect weekend day, and Karl has the best of what Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the Fulton Ferry Historic District had to offer: The P.S. 8 Paddlewheeler Festival! The secrets of compost tea! Gran Electrica’s backyard garden! Red admiral butterflies! See it all on his video after the jump.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41667

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Arts and Entertainment, Events

Kites Fly, Tea Brews at World Science Festival on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

June 2, 2012

Red and white kites soared over Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park today for the World Science Festival–Science on Site. More photos and text after the jump.

A diver, pursued by a tiny shark, hovered over the river lawn.

Although the Festival had just begun, the Discovery Lab was busy.

Anyone for a cuppa?


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41644

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DUMBO

How Sweet It Is: There’s Simply No Better Place For Wedding Portraits

June 2, 2012

Any given day, one can see blissed-out couples posing for their formal wedding portraits along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and the shore along the DUMBO side of Brooklyn Bridge Park. We came across the “Mille Fiori Favorati” blog in our daily web sweep for all things BH, and thought these were particularly endearing pics.

Blog author Pat, a life-long New Yorker and Brooklyn resident, writes, “So where does a girl and a guy who were born in Brooklyn, N.Y., go to have wedding portraits taken? Of course, under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park. My daughter and son-in-law wanted to have this iconic landmark as part of their wedding shots, even though they now call the state of Colorado home.” The photos were taken May 30.

See more sweet images below.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41566

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Music

This Weekend: Bargemusic Returns With Classical Fare

June 1, 2012

It’s been a while since we’ve featured Bargemusic, the floating classical locale just south of Fulton Ferry Landing at the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park. This weekend brings characteristic variety to the barge, with works for violin and piano by Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert and Sarasate.

On Wednesday June 6, string arrangements of Bach, Rachmaninoff and De Falla by Steve Cohen are featured, as well as the premieres of Cohen’s “Song for Strings” and Dina Pruzhansky’s “Song of Songs.”

Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturday & Wednesday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission: Saturday & Sunday: $35, $30 for 65+, $15 for students; and Wednesday: $40, $35 for 65+, $20 for students. More info: 718-624-2083 or bargemusic.org.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41559

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Arts and Entertainment, Events

Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

June 1, 2012

Tomorrow evening (Friday, June 1) the Brooklyn Film Festival starts at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema with screenings of Brooklyn Castle (8:00 p.m., Cinema 2, sold out) and Rose (photo) (8:30 p.m., Cinema 1, tickets available through the Festival website linked above). The Festival continues through the weekend, the following week and weekend, finishing on Sunday, June 10. A complete schedule is on the linked Festival website.

Several events will be taking place at Brooklyn Bridge Park this weekend. The World Science Festival–Science on Site will be on Pier 1 Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Also on Saturday, professional and amateur astronomers will be on Pier 1 for a stargazing party from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. On Sunday afternoon, from 3:00 to 5:30, Walt Whitman fans should gather at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 for a marathon reading of the Brooklyn Bard’s “Song of Myself”.

On Saturday afternoon, starting at 3:00 p.m., gather at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) for a walking tour, “Hiding in Plain Sight: A Walk Down Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights”. Tickets ($8; $5 for BHS members) may be purchased, and there are more details, here.

Don’t forget the final two performances of Theater 2020′s production of Shakepeare’s A Comedy of Errors: Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., at the Cranberry Street Theater Space, Assumption Church, 55 Cranberry Street.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41508

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Brooklyn Heights

Image Of The Day: A Haunting Nighttime View From Fulton’s Landing

May 29, 2012


What a world: A nighttime view of the Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building and City skyline from Fulton’s Landing, next to Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo: QuietStorm)

See the original in high-res here.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41279

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Brooklyn Heights

A View To Remember

May 28, 2012

Photo by M. Hermann/BHB

It’s one flight that even the anti-helicopter caucus could support. A handful of servicemen from Charlie Company, 1st Bn.-9th Marines got this look at Brooklyn Heights today as their MV-22 Osprey, piloted by VMM-264 (“The Black Knights”), set off for a demonstration at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island. The unit has returned from a recent deployment overseas, and is participating in Fleet Week events. (Click through to view the full-size image.)


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/41391

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