Street’s long history highlighted at Montague Street BID’s annual meeting
Brooklyn Women’s Exchange and Montague Street intertwined since 1854
March 5, 2024 Special to the Brooklyn Heights Press by Claude Scales
Brooklyn Women's Exchange storefront, founded in 1854. Photos: Tinks Lovelace/Brooklyn Eagle
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Montague Street was once the principal commercial artery of the independent city of Brooklyn, and it remains the commercial heart of Brooklyn Heights to this day, historian and archivist Martha Foley told the crowd at the annual meeting of the Montague Street BID on Feb. 28.
Attendees gathered at the BID’s office at 129 Montague St., which is provided to the organization rent-free by the Brown Harris Stevens real estate firm.
The meeting was opened by BID Executive Director Kate Chura, who introduced Foley as the featured speaker. Foley has been a resident of Brooklyn Heights and Montague Street since 1991 and a volunteer at the historic Brooklyn Women’s Exchange for many years.