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Tag: Open Streets

Atlantic Avenue’s Business Improvement District kicked off its third annual Open Streets programming and street closure April 26. Photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

‘Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day’ comes to Brooklyn

May 6 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

The largest-ever Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day event took place...

Montague Open Streets returns Sunday for new season

May 1 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE POPULAR MONTAGUE OPEN STREETS returns for the spring this Sunday, May...

Celebrating the 55th anniversary of Earth Day with expanded open streets

April 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

IN HONOR OF THE 55TH EARTH DAY, NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez...

Park Slope shops push for Open Streets shift

April 4 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

ABOUT A DOZEN 5TH AVENUE merchants seek tweaks to Park Slope’s...

Top prize winner Howard the Lobster Boil looks a little shell-shocked. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

PHOTOS: Montague Diner Halloween dog costume contest had ’em howling

October 30 | Mary Frost

Dogs dressed as sausages, lobsters and shopping carts took over Montague Street...

Young girls were especially fascinated by this Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performer. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

The ‘Cirkus’ comes to Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights

October 22 | Mary Frost

Kids (and face it, even some adults) wanted to run away and...

While the boy mulls his moves, the little girl has her hands full of chess pieces. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Montague Street was the chillest spot in Brooklyn on Sunday

October 15 | Mary Frost

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Montague Street may have been the chillest spot in Brooklyn...

Pickleball, pet prayers, pastries at this week’s Montague open streets

October 3 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

CITY DEPARTMENT OF Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Thursday announced more than...

Sundaes and sips in the sun, at Montague Open Streets

September 19 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

NEW YORK CITY WILL ISSUE about $820 million of taxable, fixed rate...

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    Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, cross the finish line hand-in-hand of the the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France, Monday, July 14, 2025.
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    Spanish bullfighter Damian Castaño falls during a bullfight at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 14, 2025.
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    Rasmus Hojgaard of Denmark reacts on the 18th green during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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    Cadets from the elite engineers school Polytechnique march on the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris.
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    Swan uppers hold mute swans during the ancient tradition of Swan Upping, the annual census of the mute swan population on the River Thames in London, Monday, July 14, 2025.
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    Japan's Akari Inaba, right, and Greece's Stefania Santa battle for the ball during the women's water polo preliminary round at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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      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.”
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      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 26.



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    Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of T Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Friday announced that the city will finally shut down operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility on the western Brooklyn waterfront by this August. Local residents had been flooding their elected officials with complaints about the dust, vibrations and noise from the SIMS Concrete Recycling Facility, operated by NYC DOT, ever since it was temporarily relocated to the north end of Brooklyn Marine Terminal site in the Columbia Street Waterfront District in February 2024. 🔗Read more at the link in bio. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost #BKnews #BrooklynEagle #ColumbiaStreetWaterfrontDistrict #LocalNews #Brooklyn
    A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the historic base of Atlantic Avenue on Friday at 3 p.m. Numerous elected officials, as well as the head of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will celebrate two brand-new murals that welcome all traffic passing beneath the portal that has become one of the official entrances to Brooklyn Bridge Park. 🔗Click the link in bio to read the inspiring story behind the murals. Photos courtesy of the Atlantic Avenue BID #BrooklynEagle #Brooklyn #BrooklynNews #AtlanticAvenue #Art #PublicArt #BrooklynBridgePark
    Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Br Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing tickets for the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks called the event a “total fiasco,” with a large number not making it onto the piers. Numerous people told the Brooklyn Eagle they found themselves in panic-inducing logjams while trying to get into the park. Many commenters said there appeared to be no central coordination for handling the huge crowds, and photos show unsafe, crammed streets.  🔗Click the link in the bio to read more and to see more photos. Photos courtesy of Murray Schechter (1), Justin Pollock (2) and Marc Hermann (3). #BrooklynEagle #Brooklyn #Fireworks #LocalNews #BrooklynBridgePark #FourthOfJuly
    It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Height It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Heights earlier this week when the city announced a police shutdown of traffic into the neighborhood — particularly the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, which will be closed to all public viewing of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks 🎇 on the waterfront. For the full story, click the link in bio. #4thofjuly #brooklynheights #brooklynheightspromenade #policeshutdown #Fireworks #bkheights #brooklynbridgepark #bkeagle #news #BKnews
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