Pedestrian dies crossing Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, challenging spring break crowds in Brooklyn Bridge Park, more BQE news, a new veterinarian hospital for Brooklyn Heights, the reopening of the Center for Brooklyn History this fall and ideas for the public site in DUMBO that is reopening to the public next year.
Spring break crowds cause chaos in Brooklyn Bridge Park, read more here.
Driver kills 31-year-old pedestrian on Atlantic Avenue, read more here.
“What should be put on Anchorage Place in DUMBO?” is the headline of an article in the Brooklyn Eagle about this major public site between DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn which coming back to the public next year.
GoodVets veterinarian hospital will open its first Brooklyn location at 125 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights in the former LOFT space, read more here.
The Center for Brooklyn History at 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights is currently closed for renovation and is set to reopen to the public in September. They have already appointed a chief historian, read more here.
The city approved a $1 million contract to move forward with the installation of equipment on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that automatically tickets overweight trucks. It’s still not clear when ticketing will begin. DOT officials said the Staten Island-bound lanes would get the scales this spring, the Gothamist reports.
Streetsblog NYC reports that a wider BQE could be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, ex-transportation leaders warn. Read more here.
