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Our 2022 Year in Review

With your partnership and support, we accomplished a lot this year. As we look forward to 2023, we wish you a very happy New Year! 
 
February

We kicked off 2022 with our Annual Meeting which featured a conversation with Leslie Kaufman and Eugene Linden on climate change and its impacts on our neighborhood. In addition, we presented  community service awards to Amerika Williamson, for spearheading the annual promenade tree lighting, and to the founders of the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge for serving as a hub to feed the hungry. Our hope is to return to  an in-person meeting in 2023 - stay tuned for details in early January.
March

Have you ever gotten a cappuccino from Drip Coffee? Enjoyed a bottle of wine and some live jazz at Fifty Henry? Bought flowers at James Weir? These business are 3 of the over 20 Neighborhood Partners who have joined our program since we launched in March. The program rewards BHA members with discounts while supporting our local businesses. We look forward to expanding this program in 2023. 
April

The BHA's Playground Committee kicked off its season of family-friendly activities with the annual Egg Hunt at Pierrepont Playground. The fun continued with the School's Out Party (June) and a bigger then ever Halloween Parade (October).  
May

Our 2nd annual Spring into Service event was a huge success!  Thanks to your donations, we delivered over 50 bags of books and children’s items to local non-profits Brooklyn Book Bodega and Little Essentials.

We also organized the renovation of the PS8 teachers lounge. Volunteers helped by donating materials, hanging wallpaper, painting walls and more. Our hard-working teachers deserve the best! 

There were also two neighborhood clean-ups that day, one in partnership with CM Restler's office and DSNY, and the other with the Friends of Hillside Dog Run.
June

At long last we celebrated the opening of the new Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library! 

At over 26,000 square feet, the branch includes a children's area, a dedicated teen space, meeting rooms available to the public, and lots of bright airy spaces to browse and read. This is an incredible addition to our neighborhood.

$40 million in proceeds from the sale that enabled this  project are being used to benefit branch libraries across Brooklyn. Interested in becoming a Friend of Brooklyn Heights Library? Visit the Friends website for more information.
July and August

The BHA's Promenade Garden Conservancy works hard to beautify the gardens on the Promenade, but the volunteers of the PGC do much more! With leadership from NYC Parks Horticulturist Anil Chandrakumar, they spearhead efforts to clean up Brooklyn Heights and turn our neighborhood into a more eco-friendly one.

These efforts included pruning and clean-ups at Fort Stirling Park and the Willow/Middagh cul-de-sac, as well as planting more native species along the ramps and sunnier patches of the garden. The PGC was approved this year to be a DSNY Curbside Composter so that all green waste is now collected for compost and not headed to landfills. 
September

In partnership with the Montague Street BID, we wrapped up five months of car-free Saturday Open Streets with two amazing events - A Dog Days on Montague & Climate Activism Day, and a Back to School Party with Brooklyn Bridge Parents. 

We received lots of positive feedback from you about these pedestrian-friendly days and look forward to bringing them back in 2023.  

Photo Credit: Maria Corina 
October

We were thrilled by the response to our third Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse.  Over 3,000 visitors had been through the showhouse by the time its five-week run ended on October 30th.

The transformation of the Columbia Heights townhouse by eighteen designers, from Brooklyn and beyond, was featured extensively in the press, from AdPro and House Beautiful to 1stDibs, the Washington Post and many others, including The Brooklyn Eagle.

A huge thank you to the designers, many sponsors and advertisers and to all our loyal volunteers. Our deep gratitude to Co-Chairs Erika Belsey Worth and Ellen Hamilton for their vision and leadership. 

Proceeds from the Showhouse benefit the BHA. 

Photo Credit:  Matthew Carasella
November

We made great strides in 2022 on the the revitalization of Montague Street, and the BHA is proud of our work to bring new and exciting businesses to Montague and beyond. In November we celebrated the opening of Books Are Magic and the relocation of the Brooklyn Women's Exchange back to Montague Street. 

We are excited to see what new businesses we can entice to open in the neighborhood in 2023 and as always we welcome your ideas.


Brooklyn Eagle photo by Beth Eisgrau-Heller
December

The end of the year brought a flurry of activity around an issue we've been laser-focused on since 2018, the rehabilitation of the BQE. Hundreds of people participated in workshops hosted by NYC DOT in December, and we encourage you to fill out the survey and review the materials, including the preliminary design concepts for the BQE Central.

Along with our elected officials and our partners in the BQET, the BHA is advocating for a smaller, capped/covered roadway that responds to the climate crisis, improves public health, an offers new opportunities for investments in public transit.

Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost
 

Only with the strength and commitment of its members can the BHA be a strong advocate for the Brooklyn Heights community.
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Brooklyn Heights Association
55 Pierrepont St, Box 17D
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-858-9193  info@thebha.org
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