Winterfest, the advertised 40,000-square-foot "world of holiday joy and wonder" behind the Brooklyn Museum has turned out to be anything but merry, according to customers and vendors. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

Winterfest Debacle: Organizers ignore refund requests from customers

December 18 | Scott Enman

New York Police Detective Dalsh Veve (center) leaves the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation with his wife, Esther (right) and daughter Dashi on May 7 in West Orange, New Jersey. Veve was critically injured in June 2017 when he was dragged by a driver in a stolen car. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Courts and Law

Teenager faces up to 10 years in prison for assaulting cop

December 18 | By Christina Carrega

In this Dec. 3, 2018 photo, Australian tourists Wayne Burg and his daughter Lydia stand in front of Brooklyn’s federal court, in New York, where they were attending trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Burg is a criminal lawyer in his home country and said he did not want to miss the chance to witness one day in the trial of “El Chapo.” (AP Photo/Claudia Torrens)

Courts and Law

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

December 18 | By Claudia Torrens

The BQE’s triple-cantilever, topped by the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Photo by Don Evans

News

Expert: City’s BQE plan could bring dangerous levels of toxic pollution to Brooklyn Heights

December 17 | By Mary Frost

The Promenade, under threat of being demolished in favor of a six-lane highway, was packed with holiday revelers. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

Arts and Entertainment

Brooklyn Heights tree-lighting tradition continues despite threat to Promenade

December 17 | By Raanan Geberer

Rendering courtesy of ODA-RAL Development Services / Oliver’s Realty Group

News

Renting to begin soon at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s ‘The Landing’

December 17 | By Raanan Geberer

Brooklyn Today

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The Lede

Happy Tuesday! A Brownsville rapist is thrown in jail, more and more Montessori schools are popping up across the borough, and the city’s BQE plan could bring dangerous levels of toxic pollution to Brooklyn Heights. Plus, a Brooklyn author’s novel is the most in-demand book at libraries, renting will begin soon at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “The Landing,” and we recommend the best places to get steak frites in the city. Finally, a Bushwick izakaya will open soon, and we tell you which neighborhoods are the darkest and brightest in the winter.

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Brooklyn Tonight

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The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon at 92nd Street Y

6:30 pm

The Desegregation of the United States Armed Forces at The New York Society Library

Real Estate

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

Winterfest Debacle: Organizers ignore refund requests from customers

December 18 | Scott Enman Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The hosts of Winterfest will likely be receiving coal in their...

Brooklyn Heights tree-lighting tradition continues despite threat to Promenade

December 17 | By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Just as they do every December, merrymakers packed the Brooklyn Heights Promenade...

Politics

Brooklyn lawmaker pushes parole system overhaul

December 18 | By David Klepper Associated Press

ALBANY — A proposal in the New York state Legislature would overhaul the...

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries discusses a number of issues during a roundtable with reporters in his Brooklyn district office. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Jeffries talks housing, transportation, prison reform

December 17 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

This holiday season, many Brooklynites have affordable housing and on time public...

Crime

Surveillance photos of the suspects. Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Cops arrest three teenaged suspects wanted in Sunset Park robbery

December 17 | By Jaime DeJesus Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Police have arrested three suspects in the robbery of a woman by...

Video of Jason Lopez allegedly fleeing the scene of a rape in Betsy Head Park on Dec. 1. Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Brownsville park creep thrown into Rikers Island

December 17 | By Christina Carrega Brooklyn Daily Eagle

A Brooklyn judge set a $300,000 bail on Sunday for a...

Sports

Islanders head coach Barry Trotz finally saw some life from his previously dormant power-play unit during Monday night’s 4-1 victory in Colorado. AP Photo by David Zalubowski

Islanders end ‘power’ outage in Colorado

December 18 | By John Torenli, Sports Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Team captain Anders Lee referred to it as a “monkey,” but the...

Brooklyn Nets' D'Angelo Russell (1) drives past Atlanta Hawks' Vince Carter (15) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in New York. The Nets won 144-127. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Russell scores 32, Nets beat Hawks 144-127 for 5th straight

December 17 | Associated Press

Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson watched the Nets let a 21-point lead...

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