History

Good morning. Today is the 64th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of March 5, 1891, reported that Wiley G. Overton had been appointed the first African-American police officer in the city of Brooklyn. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 60th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of March 1, 1901, reported that some of the employees of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) company, one of the ancestors of today’s transit system, got in trouble for refusing to wear their new khaki uniforms on the trains. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 58th day of the year. On this day in 1903, linemen from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers went on strike in New York and New Jersey, crippling telephone services especially in the “suburban districts” of Flatbush and Bensonhurst.  … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 57th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for this day in 1902 ran a story about a “contagious disease hospital” on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights being flooded with six feet of water. … Full Article

A ceremony honoring six people who died 20 years ago in the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was being held Tuesday at the 9/11 memorial, where the twin towers were destroyed eight years later. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 56th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 25, 1902, included a report on a train wreck on the Brooklyn Bridge. Nowadays, trains don’t traverse the Brooklyn Bridge. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 55th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 54th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 23, 1901, carried an article about a gun-and-knife fight between several Italian immigrants that had grown out of a card game in a house on Navy Street. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 53rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 22, 1902, reported that a severe ice storm had crippled the city. Brighton Beach, in particular, was cut off from the rest of the city because the overhead wires on the streetcars were damaged. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 52nd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. 21, 1902, carried an article about the “shocking goings-on” at a stag party given by a group of voluntary firefighters in Jamaica, Queens. … Full Article