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The New York City Department of Transportation carsharing pilot program is scheduled to launch this Spring. The two-year program would exclusively designate hundreds of spaces in parking facilities and hundreds of on-street spaces in select neighborhoods for shared cars. While the DOT has not yet announced which carsharing companies will participate, there will likely be more than one.

Of particular note is that the carsharing spaces will not be subject to alternate side of the street parking. According to the Department of Transportation website, the following fourteen neighborhoods will Continue reading “South Brooklyn car-sharing pilot to begin this Spring in CSWD, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook”

The Cobble Hill Association’s annual parade begins at 4:00pm on Halloween night! Gather up the whole family at Cobble Hill Park on Clinton Street between Congress and Verandah Place. The parade takes all the little ghouls and goblins through Cobble Hill and features some of the best decorations in all of New York City.

Enjoy the festivities and have a happy and safe Halloween!

As first reported by The New York Post, Italian bakery Princi has leased 18,000 square feet of space at Van Brunt and Hamilton, where The Columbia Street Waterfront District meets Red Hook. The Milan-based bakery was recently acquired by Starbucks. The coffee giant will feature Princi products at their new Reserve Roastery locations (The first New York location will be opening at 61 9th Avenue in Manhattan later this year.) Continue reading “Italian bakery signs giant lease on Van Brunt”

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Bridge Park have released the 2017 Spring and Summer program of events. Visitors will be able to enjoy a variety of free cultural, educational, and recreational events, as well as expanded opportunities to volunteer and support our world-class waterfront park.

Here are just a few highlights from the upcoming season –

Long-time audience favorites such as Books Beneath the Bridge, Jazzmobile, and All The Park’s A Stage will all return along with a number of free outdoor fitness classes such as Zumba, Pilates, Broadway Dance, Hip Hop Dance Aerobics and Sunrise Yoga. New fitness classes like Body-Combat and Bond Fitness promise to stretch the skills of seasoned participants.

Movies With A View returns July 6th with a screening of Office Space. Other Continue reading “Brooklyn Bridge Park Spring/Summer calendar now online!”