For the first presidential debate, we tested the display of a live broadcast on our big screen with great success! Picture and sound was marvelous! Although we had a modest turnout, the small but energetic group were treated to yummy pastries, delectable danishes, bagels & spreads and drinks courtesy of the CPN Community Fund. We really had a good time! Thanks to Henry Fleary and helpers (especially our IT specialist, Rob!) So would you be interested in movie nights? A Super Bowl Party? Oscars Party? Let us know what you think.  [email protected]

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There is a free senior citizens swim program (55 yrs. and older) for lap swimming at St Francis College. The schedule for the fall semester is as follows Monday and Wednesdays 9-10AM and 11-12PM and Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays 9-11AM. A lifeguard will offer instruction. Bathing cap is required; towel and goggles recommended; showering prior to entering pool is required. St. Francis is located at 180 Remsen Street.

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The Brooklyn Public Library opened its temporary Brooklyn Heights branch on Wednesday morning, impressing early visitors who say they’d much rather peruse the shelves in the bright, cool interim space than the drab old branch, where they had to endure a broken air-conditioning system.

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An expansion of the Brooklyn Bridge walking and biking path could get underway by 2019 if it’s folded into a rehab project that’s already in the pipeline, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said this afternoon.

The path is as narrow as 10 feet at pinch points and cannot comfortably accommodate the thousands of people who use it each day.

For now, the next step is a $370,000 feasibility study slated to wrap up in seven months. DOT has already conducted a preliminary assessment of conditions on the bridge path and posted a working concept for the expansion.

The idea is to widen the pathway by building on top of the steel girders that run over the bridge’s main roadways. Most of the wooden deck for walking and biking is four feet below the girders, so the expansions would be at a higher grade than the current path. Trottenberg said DOT will also explore expanding the concrete approaches to the wooden deck on both the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides.

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Earlier this year and after repeated lobbying by the CPN Board, the City placed a garbage receptacle at the corner of Middagh and Cadman Plaza West. Unfortunately they did not do a good job of picking up the trash and garbage overflowed onto the streets daily. We told them either pick up the trash daily or remove the receptacle. So they removed it. Now it’s back and it appears that the trash is being picked up daily. Thanks to our elected officials for their help with this. Keep your fingers crossed that things stay clean!

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is looking into Mayor de Blasio’s involvement in the sale of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned.

Bharara’s office recently issued a subpoena to the State University of New York, which had owned the hospital, seeking all communications between the university system and City Hall regarding the sale of LICH dating to Jan. 2, 2014, when de Blasio took office, said two sources familiar with the matter.

One source close to SUNY confirmed the subpoena and said “the clear target seems to be de Blasio.” But the specifics of what Bharara is looking into were unclear.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — It’s official: The Brooklyn Heights Library at 280 Cadman Plaza West will be shutting its doors at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26, in anticipation of the building’s pending demolition. Once the library is demolished, a developer plans to erect a 36-story luxury condo tower in its place. The building’s first floor will be a new public library.

The June 26 closure of the Brooklyn Heights Library, long dreaded by neighborhood activists, was announced quietly this week on the library’s website. During construction, a temporary library for the Brooklyn Heights community will be located inside the Our Lady of Lebanon Church at 109 Remsen St.

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Further to our earlier post concerning repair and resurfacing work on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway from July 19 to 30, we’ve now been advised by the Brooklyn Heights Association that the BQE between the Atlantic Avenue and Tillary Street exits will be closed in both directions from 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. this Sunday, July 24 and the following, July 31.

Vehicles on the BQE will be rerouted with the help of traffic agents and electronic signs onto Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street. If possible, please avoid driving in these areas during those times.

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