BAYfest is this weekend!

FREE FUN for all ages! Bayfest is Brooklyn’s biggest waterfront event and NYC’s only vendor-free street fair. Live Music * Amusement rides * Historic “Dreamland Bell” Cartoon characters * Coney Island Hospital Bloodmobile Arts ‘n’ crafts * FDNY displays on land & sea Sailing demos * Raffles & giveaways Now in its 19th year and […]

BAYfest is this weekend!

FREE FUN for all ages! Bayfest is Brooklyn’s biggest waterfront event and NYC’s only vendor-free street fair. Live Music * Amusement rides * Historic “Dreamland Bell” Cartoon characters * Coney Island Hospital Bloodmobile Arts ‘n’ crafts * FDNY displays on land & sea Sailing demos * Raffles & giveaways Now in its 19th year and […]

Lost Jazz at BMCC Tribeca PAC

BMCC Tribeca PAC’s Lost Jazz Shrines series is dedicated to bringing legendary New York City jazz clubs back into the consciousness of the world with a thorough remembrance and celebration. Join BMCC Tribeca PAC for the first three Fridays in May as they pay homage to three more venerable jazz haunts of yesteryear and the […]

Lost Jazz at BMCC Tribeca PAC

BMCC Tribeca PAC’s Lost Jazz Shrines series is dedicated to bringing legendary New York City jazz clubs back into the consciousness of the world with a thorough remembrance and celebration. Join BMCC Tribeca PAC for the first three Fridays in May as they pay homage to three more venerable jazz haunts of yesteryear and the […]

What The Heck is Preservalapagos?

Join us for a night of original music and fun at Galapagos Art Space, one of Brooklyn’s premier art/music spaces, located in the DUMBO Historic District. This eclectic evening of entertainment will feature four bands (including some familiar preservation faces!) and benefits three preservation advocacy groups: Historic Districts Council, Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation Alliance and […]

West Park Presbyterian Church Designation Affirmed By Council

Minutes after the rally, preservationists went into City Hall Chambers to listen to the City Council Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting & Maritime Uses vote to affirm the designation of West Park Presbyterian Church. The church received a positive vote from the Land Use Committee and the full City Council voted to affirm the designation, […]

Preservation Rally at City Hall Attended By Activists From Across the City

Despite the unfortunate weather, dozens of neighborhood activists from across New York City attended the rally for preservation at City Hall yesterday morning. Sheltered under the iconic colonnade, speakers from Coney Island, Mount Morris Park, Crown Heights North, Auburndale, Williamsburg, Addisleigh Park, the Grand Concourse, Victorian Flatbush and the Upper West Side spoke passionately about […]

Preservation Rally at City Hall Attended By Activists From Across the City

Despite the unfortunate weather, dozens of neighborhood activists from across New York City attended the rally for preservation at City Hall yesterday morning. Sheltered under the iconic colonnade, speakers from Coney Island, Mount Morris Park, Crown Heights North, Auburndale, Williamsburg, Addisleigh Park, the Grand Concourse, Victorian Flatbush and the Upper West Side spoke passionately about […]

Talks on the Lower East Side in the '30s & '40s AND Cornelius Vanderbilt!

Life on the Lower East Side: Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937-1950   With Rebecca Lepkoff, Peter Dans, and Suzanne Wasserman Thursday, May 13 at 6:30 PM Lepkoff navigated the streets of the Lower East Side in the 1930s and 1940s with camera in hand, capturing a vibrant, close-knit, and multiethnic community. Now 94 years young, […]

Talks on the Lower East Side in the '30s & '40s AND Cornelius Vanderbilt!

Life on the Lower East Side: Photographs by Rebecca Lepkoff, 1937-1950   With Rebecca Lepkoff, Peter Dans, and Suzanne Wasserman Thursday, May 13 at 6:30 PM Lepkoff navigated the streets of the Lower East Side in the 1930s and 1940s with camera in hand, capturing a vibrant, close-knit, and multiethnic community. Now 94 years young, […]