
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — IT’S FIDO’S DAY to shine this Sunday on Montague Street, when the Brooklyn Heights Association holds its annual Dog Show during Montague Open Streets. This feel-good neighborhood favorite celebrates the dogs who make the hood feel like home. The show starts at 1 p.m. and runs along Montague Street between Henry and Hicks, at the bleachers
Categories are: Best Trick; Looks Most Like Owner; Most Adorable Perfect Sized; Most Adorable Gentle Giants; Best Ol’ Pal and Cutest New Resident. Registration ends at noon on Wednesday so don’t waste a minute to enter your winning canine. Proceeds (after expenses) will be donated to the nonprofit Paws NY.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the DeNiro Team at Brown Harris Stevens are sponsoring the Dog Show. Montague Open Streets is sponsored by the BHA, Montague BID, and New York City Department of Transportation.
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SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.

ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.