An immigrant family in Coney Island. Photo courtesy of the Coney Island History Project

Arts and Entertainment

Coney Island exhibit shows how fresh air saved thousands of immigrant lives

May 24 | Scott Enman

Demolished! UPS ignores preservationists’ plea, begins bulldozing Red Hook factory

May 24 | Lore Croghan

Stagehand Chris Beck(center), a member of Local 1, led a chant on Thursday at a rally to decriminalize “gravity knives” in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office. He said that stagehands are frequently arrested for possessing common folding knives necessary for work, after leaving their theaters late at night. Right: Assemblymember Dan Quart and Marty Lafalce, Legal Aid Society. Photo by Mary Frost

Will Cuomo decriminalize ‘gravity knives’ in New York this time around?

May 24 | Mary Frost

Firefighters embrace outside the wake for Faizal Coto. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

Push to memorialize Coney Island firefighter beaten to death on Belt Parkway

May 24 | Meaghan McGoldrick

The landmarked entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Arts and Entertainment

Will Green-Wood’s new catacomb concerts drive you to drink?

May 24 | Alex Williamson

The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice announced Friday it will create a task force to smooth the implementation citywide of state-mandated criminal justice reform. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

New task force announced to smooth rollout of criminal justice reform

May 24 | Noah Goldberg

Crime

This is the 26th overall conviction overturned since the CRU was founded. Image via Pexels

Rape conviction overturned due to dementia diagnosis

May 23 | Noah Goldberg

The Brooklyn DA threw out the conviction of a man who pleaded...

Real Estate

Demolished! UPS ignores preservationists’ plea, begins bulldozing Red Hook factory

May 24 | Lore Croghan

Red Hook residents were outraged Friday when UPS started bulldozing the 1880s...

Carolina Salguero of PortSide NewYork is involved in a campaign to save the historic Lidgerwood Building from demolition. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Red Hook activists fight to save historic factory from UPS demolition

May 23 | Lore Croghan

Red Hook community activists are protesting the scheduled demolition of the Lidgerwood...

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment

An immigrant family in Coney Island. Photo courtesy of the Coney Island History Project

Coney Island exhibit shows how fresh air saved thousands of immigrant lives

May 24 | Scott Enman

A new exhibit opening Saturday in Coney Island brings to light a...

The landmarked entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Will Green-Wood’s new catacomb concerts drive you to drink?

May 24 | Alex Williamson

Bottoms up, classical music aficionados: The Angel’s Share concert series is...

Politics

For Brooklyn libraries, the 2020 executive budget calls for $105.9 million, down from the $106.4 million proposed in the Fiscal 2019 Adopted Budget. Eagle file photo

Libraries face ‘undemocratic’ cut, jeopardizing 2020 Census

May 23 | Mary Frost

The city’s three public library systems — Brooklyn, Queens and New York...

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...

Environment

Two layers of booms help to contain oil from entering the main body of Newtown Creek and eventually New York Harbor. Photo courtesy of Newtown Creek Alliance

There are 3 active oil spills on Newtown Creek

May 20 | Scott Enman

Three properties along Newtown Creek are actively discharging oil into the waterway...

Plastic water bottles are one of the most common pieces of litter in and around the Hudson River. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane

After plastic bag ban, activists turn attention to bottles

May 16 | Scott Enman

Less than a month after plastic bags were banned in New York...

Opinions

Brooklyn College is one of more than 20 schools in the CUNY system. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

OPINION: Stop writing off CUNY as a ‘value college’

May 15 | Jonathan Sperling

Earlier this month I was ecstatic to learn that I made the...

Kayla Bri Simon is a Girl Scout from Canarsie. Photo courtesy of family

OPINION: This girl scout wants more money for parks

May 10 | Kayla Bri Simon

As a kid who goes to my local park in Canarsie, Brooklyn...

History

MILESTONES: May 22, birthdays for Naomi Campbell, Frank Converse, Garry Wills

May 22 | Brooklyn Eagle

NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include director and actor Richard Benjamin...

May 22: ON THIS DAY in 1943, world communism ended

May 22 | Brooklyn Eagle

ON THIS DAY IN 1852, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “DISCOVERY OF...

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