In Focus
Mayor’s BQE Panel Releases its Report
January 30
Download the full report here. The panel’s three core recommendations are as follows: Read More…
BHA 2020 Annual Meeting
Feb 26 | St. Francis College
The BHA’s annual meeting will be held at 7pm on February 26, 2020 at St Francis College. Join us for an update on the BHA’s work including the latest on the BQE reconstruction. We will be honoring our Community Service Awards recipients, the Promenade Gardens Mapping Volunteers and Heights resident and urban architect Mark Wouters. Read More...
Unified Vision for the BQE
The Brooklyn Heights Association working with A Better Way, the Cobble Hill Association and nine other neighborhood groups and organizations has drafted a unified vision statement and sent it on November 26 to the Mayor’s BQE Panel as well as to our elected officials. Read More...
Clark St Station Overhaul UPDATE
The community came out in full force on September 16 to hear and be heard on the issue of the possible subway station closure at Clark Street. To kick off the meeting, NYC Transit President Andy Byford presented three different options for repairing the aged and failing elevators in the Clark Street 2/3 subway station. Read More...
Mayor’s Panel Confirms Promenade Highway Unlikely to Pass
The Mayor’s BQE Panel met on June 27th with stakeholders from up and down the BQE corridor. The announcement by Panel Chair Carlo Scissura that DOT’s proposal for a 6-lane elevated highway on the Promenade “has very little chance of being approved” given the political and legal approvals it would face received an enthusiastic response. Read More...
Latest News
Lara Birnback to Join the BHA as Executive Director
Jul 11
We are very pleased to announce that Lara Birnback will join the BHA as our new Executive Director.Read More…
Potential Closure of Clark St Station
May 9
BHA Enlists the Help of Elected Officials Regarding the Potential Closing of the Clark Street Subway Station
Standing Room Only at our Annual Meeting
Mar 4
Our community is active and engaged, if attendance at our Annual Meeting is any indication. Some late-comers were not allowed in, as the Founders Hall at St. Francis had reached its maximum capacity. For those who were not able to attend, we have compiled links to our hand-outs, the Treasurer’s Report, the President’s presentation and articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle covering the evening.
Read More…BQE Update January 2019
Jan 16
Our community is united in its opposition to DOT’s plan for a 6-lane highway on the Promenade.
While the 75 year old BQE triple cantilever must be rebuilt, we are advocating for better temporary solutions. The BHA is working with the community, planners, and engineers to develop a better solution and have presented it to DOT and to our City and State elected officials.Read More…
Upcoming Events
BHA 2020 Annual Meeting
The BHA’s annual meeting will be held at 7pm on February 26, 2020 at St Francis College. Join us for an update on the BHA’s work including the latest on the BQE reconstruction. We will be honoring our Community Service Awards recipients, the Promenade Gardens Mapping Volunteers and Heights resident and urban architect Mark Wouters. Read More...