Jeff Stilt lifts Aryn Shelander up while she performs foot archery. Photo by Renee Choi

Arts and Entertainment

This Brooklyn woman can shoot arrows with her feet

May 17 | Scott Enman

Emily shows off her butterfly face paint.

Your guide to Brooklyn street festivals this weekend

May 17 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

This weekend is the Brooklyn Half Marathon. Eagle file photo

Brooklyn Half Marathon will close these streets on Saturday

May 17 | Sara Bosworth

Reginald Moise (right) listens as a family member of Tiarah Poyau (left) speaks at his sentencing. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg.

Brooklyn man sentenced to more than 17 years in drunken 2016 J’Ouvert killing

May 17 | Noah Goldberg

The Kings Theatre. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Ask a historian: What’s the story behind the ‘new’ Kings Theatre?

May 17 | John B. Manbeck

Eric Schneiderman resigned as attorney general in May 2018 after The New Yorker detailed allegations of his physical abuse of women in an article. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer.

The Eric Schneiderman saga is over, and it cost taxpayers at least $23M

May 17 | Noah Goldberg

Real Estate

From left: Linda Assini, Dr. Roy Olsen and Susan Brown are among those fighting for historic district status for Doctor's Row. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Doctor’s Row one step closer to becoming Bay Ridge’s first historic district

May 17 | Paula Katinas

The residents of a picturesque Bay Ridge block moved a step closer...

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment

Jeff Stilt lifts Aryn Shelander up while she performs foot archery. Photo by Renee Choi

This Brooklyn woman can shoot arrows with her feet

May 17 | Scott Enman

There’s a peculiar industry growing inside Brooklyn nightclubs, and it involves...

The Kings Theatre. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Ask a historian: What’s the story behind the ‘new’ Kings Theatre?

May 17 | John B. Manbeck

Darryl from Flatbush asked: I just love the new Kings Theatre. Can...

Politics

Eric Schneiderman resigned as attorney general in May 2018 after The New Yorker detailed allegations of his physical abuse of women in an article. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer.

The Eric Schneiderman saga is over, and it cost taxpayers at least $23M

May 17 | Noah Goldberg

When Flatbush residents elected Farah Louis to represent them in the City...

A tone-deaf moment: Mayor Bill de Blasio stands on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade in a presidential campaign video released Thursday. He recently proposed replacing the Promenade with a six-lane highway during BQE reconstruction. Screen grab via de Blasio campaign video.

De Blasio chooses promenade he wanted to tear down as prop for presidential bid

May 16 | Mary Frost

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s use of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade as...

Crime

Reginald Moise (right) listens as a family member of Tiarah Poyau (left) speaks at his sentencing. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg.

Brooklyn man sentenced to more than 17 years in drunken 2016 J’Ouvert killing

May 17 | Noah Goldberg

The Brooklyn man convicted of killing a 22-year-old St. Johns...

Prosecutions for low-level marijuana possession are way down in Brooklyn in the first four months of 2019, compared to a year ago. AP Photo/Josh

In low-level marijuana cases, prosecutions down but racial disparities up

May 10 | Noah Goldberg

Low-level marijuana prosecutions are way down in Brooklyn compared to last...

Sports

The LIU-Brooklyn and Post campuses have combined their athletic departments, and on Wednesday they came up with a new nickname they could share. Instead of Blackbirds or Pioneers, the LIU teams will now be called Sharks. Courtesy of LIU Athletics

Bye-Bye Blackbirds, Hello Sharks at LIU

May 16 | JT Torenli

“What’s in a name?” Juliet Capulet pondered in William Shakespeare’s...

Unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder works out in front of the media Tuesday night at Gleason’s Gym in advance of his title bout at Barclays Center Saturday against mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale. Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME

Wilder looks to ‘swat’ Breazeale in Barclays bout

May 15 | JT Torenli

Make no mistake, this is simply the fight before “The Fight” for...

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