“The HDC is strongly against the partial demolition and subsequent disfigurement of the houses to make way for a new structure. If approved, this precedent would suggest that every historic structure ...

Above, "Bird's Eye View Of Fulton Street," December 1909. Below, "Fulton Street, the heart of Brooklyn's shopping district," 1940s. (Postcards: Cardcow.com) ...

Open Streets Montague this Sunday, October 19 presents opportunities to do good and to have fun. From 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM, at a busmobile in front of 157 Montague (between Clinton and Henry) you ...

This Saturday, October 18 Brooklyn Bridge Park will present its tenth annual Harvest Festival on Pier 6, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Activities will include a ...

This weekend – late Friday evening, October 17 to early Monday morning, October 2o – there will be no service in either direction at Court Street or at the N/R platforms at Borough Hall or Jay ...

As always for these events, Montague Street between Clinton and Henry and between Henry and Hicks will be closed to car traffic from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM. Cars parked on these blocks should be moved ...

This sketch of the “Birthplace of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass'” depicts the corner of Cranberry & Fulton streets (which is now along Cadman Plaza West heading to Old Fulton Street) dated September ...

We recently went on a trip back in time at some of the restaurants in the North Heights. Now it’s time to start doing the same down on Montague Street. What was there before today’s eateries? What do ...

The Poplar Street Community Garden, located at Poplar and Hicks streets, along with the Brooklyn Heights Association, will host a Pumpkin Party this coming Saturday, October 18, from noon until 3:00 ...

Thomas Wolfe once wrote “Only the dead know Brooklyn.” I don’t know if he meant that in the literal sense, but given the large number of cemeteries here it’s fitting nonetheless. However, most of us ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Brooklyn Heights residents persuaded “Power Broker” Robert Moses to re-route his plans to ram the BQE through the heart of the neighborhood and to halt bulldozing ...

Open Streets Montague returns this Sunday, September 21, with Montague Street closed to non-emerency vehicular traffic from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM. From noon until 5:00 PM there will be a “FAD ...