If you’re prepping for the Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday and you’ve already stopped by the pre-party at the Tobacco Warehouse, head over to The Archway for the Bike Home From Work Party on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 6:30pm. The Archway will be transformed into an evening festival of bicycles. Pop-up shops with bicycles, clothes and accessories will line the streets, with a “Reflective Fashion Show” on the catwalk. The event is free, and there will be food and drinks available for purchase. Celebrate bicycling to work:

What: Bike Home From Work Party Presented By GIRO
Who: Hosted by Transportation Alternatives
Where: The Archway Under the Manhattan Bridge, on Water St. between Adams and Pearl St., DUMBO
When: Friday, May 17th at 6:30 pm

Event Description:
Bright lights against the night, the Manhattan skyline in the distance and a catwalk alive with reflective tape? It’s not your typical Brooklyn Friday night at the first-ever Bike Home from Work Party. Under the high stone archways of the Manhattan Bridge, DUMBO Brooklyn will be transformed into an evening festival of bicycles. Pop-up shops with bicycles, clothes and accessories will line the streets. With a “Reflective Fashion Show” on the catwalk, visibility will blend with haute couture. Food, drink and a joyful way to celebrate bicycling to work.

RSVP: bikenyc.org/bike-home-party

Food vendors include:

• Boylan
• Little Muenster
• Brooklyn Brewery
• PopChips
• Brooklyn Roasting Company
• Rice & Miso Everyday
• Cabot
• Saucy by Nature
• Cemita’s
• Vita Coco
• KIND
• BKLYN HERO Co.

(photo by tripill)

Officials from the NYCDOT, NYCDDC, and Dumbo Improvement District have hosted two public workshops to gather community input on the permanent design of the plaza space known as Pearl Street Triangle in Dumbo Brooklyn, on in July 2012 and January 2013. They have incorporated the community’s comments and suggestions and will be hosting a third workshop for another round of feedback on March 20, 2013 at 6pm at NYU-Poly Incubator (20 Jay Street, Suite 312).

As we noted in November 2011, the Dumbo Improvement District secured $20 million for a second phase of street reconstruction, which includes the permanent build out of the Pearl Street Triangle.

Please join to give your feedback or comment below on what you would like incorporated there.

(Photo by @jennybeanNYC)

The Dumbo Improvement District introduced the installation of Heartwalk, a massive, 30-foot art installation made from Sandy-salvaged wood in the Pearl Street Triangle in Dumbo. Situ Studio (based in 20 Jay Street in Dumbo) was originally commissioned to create the piece for Times Square. Heartwalk will be on view in the Pearl Street Triangle (Water Street at Pearl Street) through April 30, 2013.

(Photo by Keith Sirchio)

Read more about it on The Dumbo Improvement District website.

(photo by tripill)

Officials from the NYCDOT and NYCDDC hosted a public workshop to gather community input on the permanent design of the plaza space known as Pearl Street Triangle in Dumbo Brooklyn in July 2012. They have incorporated the community’s comments and suggestions and will present premiminary concepts for additional feedback on January 8, 2013 at 6pm at Etsy Labs (55 Washington Street).

As we noted in November 2011, the Dumbo Improvement District secured $20 million for a second phase of street reconstruction, which includes the permanent build out of the Pearl Street Triangle.

Please join to give your feedback or comment below on what you would like incorporated there.

If you were at this year’s Dumbo Art Festival, you saw ‘An Inquiring Age,’ part of the “Codex Dynamic” video projection exhibition.

The above video is a summary of the exhibition, directed by Dumbo based Blue Barn Pictures. Comprised of an international cast of artists and covering 33,000+ sq. ft. (3,065 sq. meters) of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Archway and the adjacent cityscape, the exhibition employed the latest in video mapping technologies.

Abundant Learning and The Dumbo Improvement District are hosting a chess exhibition with Grandmaster Alexander Stripunsky (against 20 participants) at the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge on Saturday, September 23, 2012 at 1pm. To sign up, email jason@abundantlearning.org

“Abundant Learning is an exclusive boutique learning center, offering enriching classes taught by experts. All of our programs promote healthy brain development. Conveniently located in Dumbo, Brooklyn, we offer a wide range of classes and instruction for 2-92 year old’s…”

Fall 2102 classes have been announced.

Abundant Learning
68 Jay Street, Suite #513
Brooklyn, NY 11201
917-727-8839

United Photo Industries, in partnership with the DUMBO Business Improvement District and the New York City Department of Transportation is unveiling a 340-foot-long fence project wrapping around the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage in Dumbo, Brooklyn. (super)heroes, curated by Sam Barzilay, Director of United Photo Industries, features artists from all over the world who approached the subject of superheroes as an allegory for a deeper exploration of a social issue, whether it be the innate desire of humanity to believe in powers greater than ourselves, gender roles and stereotypes or our dreams and aspirations as we transition from childhood to adulthood.

Featured Artists:

• Alex Gross – “Cabinet Card Paintings”
• Astrid Verhoef – “Clark Kent”
• David Graham – “Superman”
• Dulce Pinzon – “The Real Story of the Superheroes”
• Gregg Segal – “Super Heroes at Home”
• Maleonn – “Works”
• Nicolas Silberfaden – “Impersonators”
• Susanne Middelberg – “Wonderwoman”
• Walter Iraheta – “Kryptonita”

Location: Adams Street, Plymouth Street, and Anchorage Place – Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, DUMBO Brooklyn

Check out (super)heroes while you get your beer under the Archway. Today is the last Thursday for Beer Under the Archway where you can get lunch and snacks from 11:30am-9pm, and beer starting at 3pm.

The Flea Food Under the Archway will be serving beer for the next four Thursdays (July 19 & 26 and August 2 & 9). Lunch is still being served by Asia Dog, Brooklyn Oyster Party, Landhaus, Mile End, and others starting at 11:30am, but come back for beer between 3pm and 9pm.

Sponsored by DUMBO Improvement District and Brooklyn Flea.

(Could this be the new Pearl Street Triangle?)

As we noted in November 2011, the Dumbo Improvement District secured $20 million for a second phase of street reconstruction. The funds will also be used to permanently build out the Pearl Street Triangle to create a plaza space between the Pearl Street Triangle and the adjacent Archway under the Manhattan Bridge.

The NYCDOT and NYCDDC are hosting a public workshop to gather community input on the permanent design of the plaza spaces on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 starting at 6pm at 111 Front Street, Room 216. This will be the community’s chance to let the designers know what you’d like to see in the space.

The Dumbo BID held an ideas competition for the triangle in 2010, which spurred some interesting (and some far fetched) ideas. While we may not see any of these ideas become reality, next week’s forum will allow the community to provide input to the city on a design that’s best suited for the space.

The above rendering was the winning proposal concept submitted by Brendan Coburn, AIA of Coburn Architecture (based at 45 Main Street) and his project designers, Yuliya Ilizarov and Abdou Ndoye titled “The Tracks: Ride the Rails!” for the Pearl Street Triangle “Ideas Competition” in 2010)

What design (or design elements) do you think should be in the space?

OPEN CALL to participate in “Stop & Think”

Blue Barn Pictures’ Photographer David Castillo is currently working with the local chapter of a global art project, BE THE CHANGE, inspired by Parisian street artist and TED prize winner JR’s INSIDE OUT PROJECT.

The task, as one of the 24+ participating cities around the world, is to take portraits of New Yorkers along with statements of “how they are being the change in the world or their city”.

The Theme for Be The Change NYC is “Stop-and-Think”, a play on the NYPD’s “Stop-and-Frisk” policy. We will ask participants to draw upon their experience with stereotyping and racial profiling to convey the subject matter through their BE THE CHANGE portraits and statements.

If you would like to participate, or just pass by to say hello, Blue Barn Pictures will be shooting right under The Archway in Dumbo. Across from 155 Water Street today, Thursday, July 12th, 2012 from 1pm till 5pm and Friday, July 13th from 10:30am till 5pm.