A STROLL THROUGH BROOKLYN HEIGHTS PHOTO WALK

DATE/TIME
Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 2pm to 4:30pm

PHOTO WALK MEETUP IS ON (Any chance of rain is now after the event.)

MEETUP LOCATION
On the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall - which is at the foot of Columbus Park, (which is just below Cadman Plaza Park).
Brooklyn Borough Hall is bordered by Cadman Plaza W. on the West, & Joralemon St. on the South.
We will not be covering the Dumbo area on this walk. Saving this for another Meetup at a later date.

DIRECTIONS
If coming by subway take these trains, #2, #3, #4 & #5 to Borough Hall. The R & A trains stop at Jay St./Metro Tech station, just a few blocks away.
REMEMBER TO CHECK SUBWAY WEEKEND CHANGES @ mta.info

PLAN
We'll walk through the heart of this beautiful rich historic district viewing sights listed below & more. Then we'll cover a little of the shopping area along Montague St. & head West to the famous Brooklyn Promenade with its magnificent views of Lower Manhattan. From here we will continue North & then turn East as we explore more historic & famous homes & buildings. We'll continue on to Front St. where we'll find the Eagle Warehouse & Storage (now a condominium) which was the former home of The Brooklyn Eagle newspaper. At this point we will be within viewing & sniffing (great aroma from their pizza varieties) distance of the famous Grimaldi's Pizza just across & up the street.

CONTACT
Meetup.com site or ArtFrame24@gmail.com
914 830-7805

RAIN DATE
PHOTO WALK MEETUP IS ON (Any chance of rain is now after the event.)
Stay tuned for weather update closer to the event day
(light rain - great for photography; heavy - not for us or our equipment

ALL WELCOME
Beginners to Professionals with
Digital Cameras, Smartphone Cameras, Vid Cams, or No Cams/Just Discerning Eyes

RESTROOMS
Grand Central Terminal has plenty of facilities.
Also the Brooklyn Public Library @ 286 Cadman Plaza West.

Recommendations for an enjoyable experience:

1. takewalks.com/blog/brooklyn-heights-brooklyn
2. Use Wikipedia to find some of the sites & locations within Brooklyn Heights,
3. Plug in any address or famous site into Google Maps (maps.google.com) to bring up any detailed instant map.
4. Feel free to make any on site or beforehand suggestions here at this meetup page or when we meet.

Sights on photo walk:

1. Brooklyn Borough Hall
2. Brooklyn Promenade
3. Fulton Ferry Landing
4. Eagle Warehouse & Storage Building
5. Othmer Library
6. "Moonstruck" 1987 movie home
7. Plymouth Church
8. Queen Anne Buildings
9. Truman Capote's home where he 1st created "Breakfast At Tiffany's".
10. Grimaldi's Famous Pizza

BACKGROUND
Brooklyn Heights began to develop once Robert Fulton's New York and Brooklyn Steam Ferry Boat Company began regularly scheduled steam ferry service in 1814, with the financial backing of Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, one of the area's major landowners.
The City of Brooklyn was formed in 1834 from the previously existing town/village area. In 1898 Brooklyn joined the City of Greater New York which was now comprised of 5 NYS counties.

PHOTO SUBMISSION SUGGESTIONS
To make this a challenge for us all, please try to submit photos (to this photo topic Meetup Album) of scenes that tell the viewer in some way that this is the the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood**.**
Many of the homes & structures in this area were built in the 1800's.
If in doubt, submit anyway. At all cost we'd rather you submit than not do so since fun & message telling is our photo purpose. But our objective is to come up with a photo album collective.