Our annual meeting is just around the corner.  We hope you can join us on Thursday, March 6th at First Unitarian Congregational Society.

One our favorite traditions at the meeting is recognizing the contributions made by people and organizations in our neighborhood.  In past years, we have honored The Brooklyn Heights Public Library, Showhouse Co-Chair Ellen Hamilton, Friends of Hillside Dog Park, The Service Collective, Amerika Williamson of the Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, the founders of the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge, former PS8 Principal Seth Phillips and many others.

This year, we decided to honor individual volunteers in the neighborhood who reached out to us and asked "How can I help?"  With such a small staff and such a long list of goals, we are incredibly grateful for the time and creativity of these volunteers who help make Brooklyn Heights the neighborhood we all love.

We are so excited to celebrate each of these neighbors next Thursday:

Following the meeting, please join us for a short reception sponsored by The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights. This will be a great opportunity to meet with BHA staff, our Board of Governors and your fellow neighbors and discuss how you might get involved in our community.

Don't Forget:  If you aren't yet a BHA member you can sign up at the meeting and receive 50% off of your first year of membership.

We look forward to seeing you soon! 

Stop the Chop NY/NJ and the recently created Stop the Chop Advocacy Fund are grassroots organizations formed to reduce helicopter noise and ban nonessential flights over the NYC Metropolitan area.  The group has made significant strides in 2024 but (as you can probably hear) their work is far from over.    

Currently, they are working on an initiative to tax nonessential helicopter and seaplane flights in New York City. Stop the Chop believes a tax will significantly reduce nonessential helicopter flights while raising between $10 million and $15 million, to be dedicated to mitigation projects.  

In order for this tax bill to be included in the budget, an item (called a “budget letter”) needs to be supported by as many Assembly Members and Senators as possible. If you would like to support this initiative, email our NY State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon and urge them to sign on to budget letters for Sen. Kristen Gonzalez’s S.1140, which calls for a tax of $50 per seat on nonessential flights (with a $200 per-flight minimum), and Assembly Member Robert Carroll’s A.2583, which doubles the Senate version’s tax (a related Senate bill was passed last year).  

Remember to subscribe to their newsletter to stay up-to-date on their work and how you can be involved.

The NYPD recently shared an alert about donation scams occurring in our neighborhood - on the Promenade and in Brooklyn Bridge Park specifically.  Read the details below.

Please join the quarterly Build-a-Block meeting this Thursday, February 27th @ 6pm at the Brooklyn Heights Public Library.  Meet your Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs), PO Sanjose and PO Urgiles-Toral, and learn more about these and other public safety issues.

Wednesday, February 26th (and every Wednesday).  9am-3pm.  Constituent Services.  Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street).  The Brooklyn Borough President's office offers weekly walk-in hours for in-person assistance with city agencies. No registration necessary.

Thursday, February 27th. 6pm.  Build a Block Meeting with the 84th Precinct.   Brooklyn Heights Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West.

Thursday, March 6th, 6:30pm.  BHA Annual Meeting.  First Unitarian Congregational Society.  Free and open to the public.  Register.

Saturday, March 8th beginning at 10am.  Making Brooklyn Bloom. Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  Free and open to the public.  Register.

Tuesday, March 11th 6:30.  Green Gentrification and the Future of the BQE.  Center for Brooklyn History.  Free and open to the public. Register.

Tuesday, March 18th 7pm.  84th Community Council Monthly meeting.  Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street).  No registration necessary.

Thursday, March 20th 4pm.  Keeping Poop in the Loop.  Webinar with Friends of Hillside Dog Park. Register

Wednesday, April 2nd 5pm.  Rat Mitigation Webinar.  Free and (of course) open to the public.  Register

Thursday, April 10th.  7pm.  BP Antonio Reynoso’s 2025 State of the Borough Address.  Boys and Girls High School (1700 Fulton Street).  RSVP.

Saturday, April 12th.  BHA Annual Egg Hunt.  Details coming soon.

Saturday, April 26th.  BHA Spring into Service.  Save your gently loved children's books, baby supplies, and more for donation.  Details coming soon.