They’re breathing a collective sigh of relief on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, because it won’t be demolished for BQE repairs. The mood on the landmarked walkway was upbeat on Sunday thanks to the ...
It was six years ago that Karen Schlesinger was walking along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and noticed that it was in terrible shape. She wanted to file a complaint, and spotted then-gardener ...
It may seem like it has always been part of the landscape of the neighborhood, but the iconic Brooklyn Heights Promenade is less than a century old. Construction of the overlook and the cantilevered ...
The current battle over the stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that runs past Brooklyn Heights is heating up, as the Department of Transportation and community members exchange plans and ...
Commuters in Brooklyn could soon be bracing for a traffic nightmare that may stretch all the way into Staten Island and Queens while also taking away one of the Big Apple’s most scenic attractions.
The idea of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade had been bounced around since Hezekiah Pierrepont proposed it in 1827 (decades later, in 1864, Abraham Lincoln declared, "There may be finer views than this ...
The Brooklyn Law School has put a Promenade-fronting property that it's housed students and faculty in for the last 30 years on the market. With its primo location overlooking Lower Manhattan and down ...
Brooklynites will commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 Tuesday where many witnessed the Twin Towers’ fall – on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. “If you’re in Brooklyn, it’s the place to be on 9/11,” ...
It’s no secret the Brooklyn Bridge promenade can get crowded, as even on rainy days tourists gather to walk on the iconic span while city residents use it to get to and from work, rather than rely on ...
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Like the L train repairs, it is a necessary but deeply unpopular project to rebuild a vital link in New York City’s ...