‘Winter wonderland’ for kids in Brooklyn Heights

Ruby(front) and her brother Julian made snow angels in Cadman Plaza Park on Monday after the big storm. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Despite Monday being a school “remote-learning” day, kids in Brooklyn Heights somehow managed to make snow angels and go sledding.

One of the most popular sledding spots was Hillside Park, the dog park on Columbia Heights between Middagh and Vine Streets. Other top neighborhood sledding venues include Clumber Corner, at Washington and Prospect streets in DUMBO, and the mildly-sloped Main Street Lawn in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

‘I did it!’ This girl managed to stay in her feet as she “snowboarded” down the steps of the War Memorial. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

An “official” sledding hill wasn’t required on Monday, however. Kids used their ingenuity to create temporary slopes, taking advantage of the deep snow piles that covered steps around the neighborhood. One of these momentary hills was found in front of the War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park, where youngsters attempted to snowboard on plastic sleds.

A snow-capped statue of Henry Ward Beecher at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
A man digs his car out of the snow on Orange Street, as his wife and baby wait nearby. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
This NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services team worked on Sunday to keep the street and walkways clear around the NYC Emergency Management headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Kids hopped out of their sled to play in the snow in Cadman Plaza Park on Sunday. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights invited youngsters to build snowmen on the pristine snow in Beecher Garden. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle