The sweeping historic Brooklyn collections of both will be combined at BHS' treasured 1881 Brooklyn Heights headquarters, a landmark inside and out.
Brooklyn Historical Society to Merge With Brooklyn Public Library, in Surprising Move
Brooklyn Life
Take an Architectural Amble Down One Special Clinton Hill Street With the Municipal Art Society
Open your eyes to the feast of architectural styles ornamenting one historic street in Clinton Hill with a new walking tour from the Municipal Art Society.
Daily Links: Sandy Damaged F Train Tunnel Will Undergo Nights-and-Weekends Repairs Next Year
In the News
- Little House on the Highway in South Slope [NYT]
- A Ramen Diner From a Master in Boerum Hill [NYT]
- A Mezcal Master Turns to the Martini in Crown Heights [NYT]
- NYCHA Tenants File New Lawsuit Over Dangerous Living Conditions [NYP]
- F Train’s Turn for Tunnel to Shut Down for Sandy Damage Fix [The City]
- Blk Mkt Vintage Is the Best New Store in Bed Stuy [NYM]
- Bed Stuy Deed Theft Scheme Nets Long Island Man Prison Time [Patch]
- Bed Stuy Distillers Named James Beard Award Semifinalists [Patch]
- Public Gardens Revealed at Former Witnesses HQ in Brooklyn Heights [6sqft]
- Ditmas Park Neighbors Still Homeless a Year After Fire [Bklyner]
City Council-Hired Engineers Say Bjarke Ingels-Designed BQE Fix Is the Best Option (Updated)
Controversial designs initially presented by the Department of Transportation, criticized by local residents and politicians, have been officially scrapped
Daily Links: Congregants, Diocese Split on Rebuilding Sheepshead Bay Church After Fire
In the News
- Little House on the Highway in South Slope [NYT]
- Girl, 10, Is Killed by School Bus in East New York [NYT]
- Can NYC Fix Its Homeless Crisis? [Curbed]
- Residents Fear Flood Insurance Changes Will Force Them From Homes [WNYC]
- Team Camillo Bring Their Excellent Roman Pinsa to Bed Stuy [Gothamist]
- A Year After Sheepshead Bay Church Fire, a Split on Rebuilding [amNY]
- Inside Prospect-Lefferts Garden’s First Ham Bar [NYM]
- This Duo Transformed a Tired Bed Stuy Brownstone [Lonny]
- Isabella Boylston’s Boerum Hill Apartment Is Art-Filled Oasis [AD]
- Arnold Studio Modernizes 19th-Century Clinton Hill House [Dezeen]
- Six-Story Mixed-Use Building Coming to Tompkins Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Learn About the Green Legacy of Bed Stuy’s Hattie Carthan With the Brooklyn Collection
Her determination and advocacy prowess spawned a green movement in the neighborhood.
Known for Playful Design, Popular Kids Doc Tribeca Pediatrics Opens in Bed Stuy
When we stopped by Friday, workers were putting the finishing touches on the exterior of the storefront at 322 Malcolm X Boulevard.
Artists Explore Mourning and Loss at BRIC’s ‘Death Becomes Her’ Exhibition in Fort Greene
A new group show at Fort Greene’s BRIC traverses the conflicting emotions of mourning through a series of work by female-identifying artists.
Daily Links: Chirlane McCray Urges LPC to Consider Saving Downtown Brooklyn Abolitionist House
In the News
- Bensonhurst Man, 26, Fatally Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver [NYDN]
- Chirlane McCray Voices Support for Threatened DoBro Abolitionist House [NYDN]
- Le Crocodile’s Bold Williamsburg Ambitions [New Yorker]
- Brooklyn Businesses Prepare for Plastic Bag Ban [BP]
- Fire Rips Through Part of Historic Old Fulton Street Building [amNY]
- Hearing Ahead for East New York ‘Cease-and-Desist’ Zone [City Limits]
- Bedford Avenue Gets Exciting New Vietnamese Restaurant Bolero [Eater]
- Architect Casts Bushwick Townhouse in Pinks, Greens, Grays [Remodelista]
- Nine-Story Mixed-Use Building Coming to McDonald Avenue in Gravesend [NYY]
- Six-Story Mixed-Use Building Planned for 57th Street in Borough Park [NYY]
Daily Links: City Council Likes $11 Billion Tunnel Option to Replace BQE
In the News
- City Council Proposes $11 Billion Tunnel as BQE Fix [NYT]
- Property Tax Standoff: ‘The Political Will to Do This Does Not Exist’ [NYT]
- Brooklyn’s Charles Hobson, Who Helped Break a TV Color Line, Dies at 83 [NYT]
- Activists Fear City Paving Way for the Demo of DoBro Abolitionist House [NYDN]
- Despite Zero Coronavirus Cases in the City, Sunset Park Is Suffering [Eagle]
- DOT Reconsidering Canarsie Bike Lane After Pushback [BP]
- Boaters Mourn the Closure of 50-Year-Old Gravesend Marina [BP]
- Ladybug Daycare Opening Fourth Location in Carroll Gardens [CO]
- Fox & Fawn Reopens on Manhattan Avenue [Greenpointers]
- Update on HPD’s Brownsville Plan Met With More Concerns [BK Reader]
