A halal Kentucky Fried Chicken, adhering to Muslim dietary laws, has opened on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. However, not all the sandwiches are halal. Halal slaughtering is somewhat similar to kosher slaughtering. A quick look at the web shows that {read more...}
Three people, including two children, were killed in a fire that broke out in Crown Heights Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the fire broke out at 654 St. Marks Ave. around 12:30 p.m. Investigators told reporters on the scene that {read more...}
At its annual meeting last week, the Willowtown Association chose as president Ben Bankson of Willow Place, formerly its secretary. He replaced Craig Bickerstaff of State Street, president for the past four years. Chosen as new secretary was Stephanie Zancolli, {read more...}
Sooner or later after meeting Robert Serra, 51, he will tell the listener he acted in a crime movie 25 years ago, speaking a few lines that included the words of the title, “It Don’t Pay to Be an Honest Citizen.”
That sarcastic title is “a warning to a crime victim against identifying his attackers,” wrote Kareem Fahim in a New York Times review after a mid-October anniversary screening of the movie in DVD format before an audience of
The first of a series of Community Roundtable discussions hosted by the Cobble Hill Association will feature an informal meeting with State Senator Daniel Squadron. It will be held on Monday, November 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church, on {read more...}
State Senator Daniel Squadron must be in an uncomfortable position. He recognizes, as he told two of our Eagle editors last week, that Brooklyn Bridge Park “has incredible potential for the city and Brooklyn,” but he clearly doesn’t want to go against the group of park plan opponents who helped him get elected through their advocacy, fundraising and votes. In casting about how to {read more...}
City Harvest — a rescue organization dedicated to feeding New York City’s hungry — recently announced that hungry New Yorkers visited its network of soup kitchens and food pantries over 400,000 more times in the third quarter of this year compared to the third quarter of 2008. In data from 390 programs, City Harvest found that Brooklyn saw the largest increase with 27 percent more emergency food program visits overall.
In times like these, it’s important for those more fortunate to {read more...}
Front Street Pizza at Washington and Front streets in DUMBO is currently collecting money for funeral and other expenses for the late Jamie Perez, an 18-year veteran employee who died in an accident this past Friday. According to another employee, {read more...}
“Countdown” signs telling transit riders how many minutes they’ll have to wait for the next train now exist only on the L Canarsie train. But within three years, according to the MTA, they’ll be installed at all the “numbered,” or {read more...}
DYKER HEIGHTS – Just wait five minutes! That is now the legal grace period parking violators under certain circumstances will have as traffic agents will now be required to count down
Borough Hall, Grand Army
Plaza Are Sites in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN — Beginning this week, the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) is placing collection boxes to recycle old rechargeable batteries and cell phones at select Greenmarket farmers markets
By Don Evans
And Raanan Geberer
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS -- Toys are for seniors — at least the 500 playthings in the current Toy Museum of New York exhibit that recall gifts found under Christmas trees and next to birthday cakes of bygone holidays. Kids should find the display instantly entertaining and educational.
The compact one-room Toy Museum is at 157 Montague St., the parish hall of the Church of St. Ann and the
This artist rendering generated on Thursday by Thor Equities during a news conference at New York City Hall shows the developed historic amusement district of Coney Island. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the City has signed a contract with Thor Equities to acquire 6.9 acres in Coney Island's historic amusement district.
By Phoebe Neidl
and Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BROOKLYN — Gone are the days of mystery meat lunches. School cafeterias are on their way to getting healthier, fresher and more nutritious due to a growing movement that is uprooting the way school children eat.
The campaign includes schools where students grow their own edible gardens and the results end up on their school cafeteria menu. The trend extends from the White House lawn to Brooklyn schoolhouse gardens,
GRAND ARMY PLAZA -- Children’s books and the stories contained within their brightly illustrated pages are more than a tool to teach kids how to read. They bring the concepts of love, kindness and tolerance to life, said Connie Peterson, who was attending the Brooklyn Public Library’s 13th Annual Gala: “The Magic of Childhood,” on Thursday night at the Central Library.
Peterson works for the Jim Henson Company, which produces
