History

Good morning. Today is the 79th day of the year. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 78th day of the year. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 77th day of the year. On this day in 1870, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle ran a story headlined “St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in Brooklyn.” It said that year’s St. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 74th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for March 15, 1902, reported that an organization known as the Brooklyn League was starting a campaign against vice in the borough. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 73rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of March 14, 1905, carried an article saying that the state legislature had passed a bill to demolish the old Brooklyn Penitentiary and Workshop in Crow Hill, now known as Crown Heights. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 70th day of the year. On this day in 1899, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that two elevated trains crashed on the Brooklyn Bridge.  One Kings County Elevated Company train slammed into the back of a Brooklyn Elevated train (these were two different companies). … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 70th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on March 11, 1902, reported on the sad news that the body of a 60-year-old man who had been “knocked into the Hackensack River” in New Jersey by a streetcar was that of Patrick J. Kenny of Concord Street, Brooklyn. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 68th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for March 8, 1901, reported on a heroic effort by nurses to put out a fire in the now-defunct Eastern District Hospital. The nurses threw buckets of water on the blaze, slowing it down until the firemen arrived. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 66th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of March 7, 1902, reported on the case of former Brooklynite Dan Levey, who was charged with forgery. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 65th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of March 6, 1944, described the last day of elevated train service over the Brooklyn Bridge. The cars that ran over the bridge were wooden “gate” cars, with open platforms at both ends.  … Full Article