The Prospect Heights House Tour is your opportunity to experience the beauty and magic of the historic 19th century architecture of Prospect Heights, and see how it's being reimagined for the 21st century.

Highlights of the 2007 Prospect Heights House Tour include six wonderful brownstone rowhouses:

• an Italianate beauty whose brownstone facade has been restored with real stone;
• a triple parlor with new kitchen featuring high-end custom cabinetry;
• a house with mid-century modern furnishings throughout and that includes a children's book illustrator's studio;
• a neo-Grec "cheater" with much original woodwork, now newly restored;
• a "green" renovation in progress using reclaimed materials; and
• a very modern renovation of an abandoned shell;

plus two special Newswalk apartments with bright, modern interiors and very different layouts--and wonderful views!

Tickets are $15 in advance, and can be purchased at

• Tillies, 284 Dekalb Ave. (at Vanderbilt Ave.)
• Memories Out of the Box, 633 Vanderbilt Ave. (btw. Prospect and St. Marks)
• Berman Realty, 105 7th Ave. (btw. Union and President)
• Tom's Restaurant, 787 Washington Ave. (at Sterling)
• The Forest Floor, 659 Vanderbilt Ave. (btw. Park and Prospect)

Tickets are $20 on the day of the event, and will be available at the Forest Floor.
For more information, please call (718) 707-1277.

Seventeen private gardens may be visited on this self-guided tour through the three historic Brooklyn neighborhoods of Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights. Free shuttle van service will be provided, circling between the three neighborhoods. This may be your last chance to see a pair of adjacent gardens in Prospect Heights. These two gardens occupy the western edge of Brooklyn's first botanic garden, Parmentier's Horticultural & Botanic Gardens. They currently fall within the footprint of Bruce Ratner's proposed 22-acre Atlantic Center and are threatened with condemnation through use of eminent domain.

Highlights of the tour include a triple lot garden with several cascades & ponds, a double lot garden with brick cottage & mature trees. Both of these gardens evolved over a long period of time created by individuals, avid gardeners,long time residents of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, who owned adjoining properties and instead of filling space with building additions, used the empty spaces to create garden oases. $15 Advance tickets sold at Tillie's, 248 DeKalb Ave. and the Forest Floor, 659 Vanderbilt Ave. $20 Day of tour tickets at Tillie's, the Forest Floor, or the BAM Triangle Garden, intersection of Fulton St. and Lafayette Ave. Advance ticket holders must exchange their ticket for a tour map at one of these locations before beginning the self-guided tour.

The Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District, sponsor of the Garden Walk, is a coalition of three Downtown Brooklyn neighborhoods, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights, with a common interest in improving quality of life through greening of the urban environment. Garden Walk ticket sales support the Annual Fall Bulb Give-Away for planting flowering bulbs in public spaces throughout the Garden District.

$15 advance tickets, $20 day of tour.

Homepage: http://www.historicfortgreene.org
Garden Walk Hotline: (718) 707-1277.

The Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association is holding its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 5. Come and stock up on plants for your garden, home, or window box. Baked goods, books, records, and white elephant items will also be on sale. Live entertainment and activities for children will be provided.

The Prospect Heights Association is sponsoring a garden party reception for homeowners who may be interested in opening their homes for the 2007 Prospect Heights House Tour. Come and meet other homeowners who have participated in past House Tour events, hear about their experiences, and have your questions answered. Please email Bob Biegen if you are interested in coming.

Forest City Ratner plans to begin demolition of buildings on the Atlantic Yards site beginning Monday, April 23. Construction coordination and independent environmental monitoring as specified by the ESDC are not yet in place. Safety violations during asbestos abatement thus far have caused DEP to issue stop work orders at the site. The safety of the surrounding community would be at risk should large-scale demolition commence in advance of necessary controls being established.

The protest will be at 8am in front of 191 Flatbush Avenue between 5th Avenue and Dean Street in Brooklyn. Please come out to the protest Monday morning to tell Governor Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg, that these demolitions must not go forward under the present conditions.