News

City secures $25 million federal grant to repair Brooklyn Bridge’s famed towers

December 12 | By Raanan Geberer

As DOT considers options for a massive $3.4 billion reconstruction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn Heights residents are facing issues including years of pollution from traffic and construction and the temporary loss of the beloved Promenade. The Promenade is an integral part of the BQE’s unusual triple cantilever structure. Below, the northbound lane of the BQE can be seen below the Promenade walkway. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

News

No matter how DOT repairs BQE, Brooklyn Heights Promenade will be out of commission for a long time

December 12 | By Mary Frost

Cops searched the area of the eastbound Belt Parkway on Tues., Dec. 11. Photo by Todd Maisel

Crime

Suspect arrested in deadly FDNY road rage incident

December 12 | By Jaime DeJesus

Business

Amazon in Brooklyn: Why the bid didn’t quite measure up

December 12 | By Norman Oder

In this Dec. 10, 2018 photo, a brownstone apartment building, center, owned by Kushner Companies is shown in Brooklyn Heights. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

National

AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed

December 12 | By Stephen Braun, Jeff Horwitz and Bernard Condon

Here's The Cobble Hill House, a 27-unit condo building constructed by Vega Management. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Real Estate

Swift sales for condos on a corner of the LICH site

December 12 | By Lore Croghan

Brooklyn Today

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The Lede

Happy Thursday! The BQE rehab saga continues, we take a tour of the Cobble Hill Historic District, and a new Thai restaurant is coming to Downtown Brooklyn. Plus, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner could profit from a tax break they pushed, we tell you why Amazon didn’t come to Brooklyn, and the city secures $25 million in federal funds to repair the Brooklyn Bridge. Finally, a Belgian restaurant arrives in Bushwick, and we recommend the best happy hour deals in the city.

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Welcome to the Cobble Hill Historic District, which is full of eye-pleasing spots such as Verandah Place. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Come see the Cobble Hill Historic District

December 12 | By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Old and new together. In Cobble Hill, brownstones built before the Civil...

Arts and Entertainment

Benelux, new Bushwick Belgian restaurant, is no-frills but filling

December 12 | By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Benelux, a bistro focusing on Belgian food that opened last week in...

New Thai food restaurant coming to Downtown Brooklyn

December 12 | By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Jean Saesue and Ohm Suansilphong, the owners of Manhattan’s Fish Cheeks...

Politics

State Sen. Diane Savino, a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference, avoided being shut out of committee assignments. She has been tapped to chair the Subcommittee on Internet and Technology. Photo courtesy of Savino’s office

With Democrats in power, Brooklyn state senators to lead committees

December 12 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

When incoming state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins was deciding on...

AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed

December 12 | By Stephen Braun, Jeff Horwitz and Bernard Condon Associated Press

WASHINGTON— At an Oval Office gathering earlier this year, President Donald Trump...

Crime

Firefighters embrace outside the wake for Faizal Coto, held at Leone Funeral Home in Sunset Park. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

Wake held for firefighter beaten to death on Belt Parkway

December 12 | By Todd Maisel Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

He was a firefighter and a musician. In both roles, he...

Suspect arrested in deadly FDNY road rage incident

December 12 | By Jaime DeJesus Brooklyn Daily Eagle

A suspect wanted in connection to the road rage murder of an...

Sports

Grad student Glenn Sanabria and the Terriers remained undefeated at Remsen Street’s Pope Center with Tuesday’s win over UMass-Lowell. Photo Courtesy of SFC Brooklyn Athletics

St. Francis College men’s basketball making most of home-court edge

December 12 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

A blowout loss in Newark, N.J, over the weekend fueled the...

Robin Lehner played a spectacular game in net Monday night, but ultimately took the loss when Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel beat him with this game-winning goal during the fifth and final round of the shootout. AP Photo by Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Point not well taken by Islanders in Long Island

December 11 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Robin Lehner stood on his head, Anthony Beauvillier scored his second goal...

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