Claude Scales

By on 11:36 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Heights Association, Children's Books, Events, Fitness & exercise, Local Businesses, Montague St. BID, Open Streets, Parking, Pets, Streets, Traffic This Sunday’s (June 14) Open Streets Montague is for the dogs, in the best kind of way, and for people who own or just love them. The highlight of the afternoon will be the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Dog Show (photo courtesy of the BHA).

By on 10:28 pm in 11201, brooklyn bridge park, Nature, Wildlife Heather Wolf, Brooklyn’s avian maven, will lead another of her always popular bird tours in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sunday morning, June 21. “Join me for a walk on the first day of summer! We’ll look for Barn Swallows, Gray Catbirds, Common Terns, and more.” Ms. Wolf took the photo above of a barn swallow gathering nesting material on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 marsh.

By on 11:25 pm in Subway Service Alerts, Transportation This coming weekend – late Friday evening, June 5 through early Monday morning, June 8 – there will be no Manhattan bound service at High Street as Manhattan bound A and C trains will be re-routed to the F line, A trains between Jay Street-MetroTech and West 4th Street-Washington Square and C trains between Jay Street-MetroTech and 34th Street-Herald Square. This means extra Manhattan bound service at York Street in DUMBO.