The site, replete with trash. Photo courtesy of Hercules Reid

East Flatbush dump site cleaned after community complaints

June 18 | Victor Porcelli

Environmental activists rallied outside the office of Representative Hakeem Jeffries in Fort Greene on Tuesday, pushing him to support a clean air amendment to an energy bill. Photo courtesy of Laura Shindell at Food & Water Watch

Environmental advocates urge Jeffries to lean green

June 18 | Mary Frost

The Gowanus Canal. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Gowanus business owners fear extinction from city’s rezoning plan

June 18 | Scott Enman

Scot Medbury is stepping down as director of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Eagle file photo by Andy Katz

‘A wild place:’ Brooklyn Botanic president looks back on 14 years at the helm

June 18 | Alex Williamson

The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate historic districts in four parts of Sunset Park. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Sunset Park gets landmarked after 30-year fight

June 18 | Lore Croghan

Sunset Park residents and groups rally outside Councilmember Carlos Menchaca’s office opposing Industry City’s rezoning proposal. Eagle photo by Jaime DeJesus

Sunset Park residents demand Menchaca stop Industry City rezoning

June 18 | Jaime DeJesus

Crime

The fire caused signficant damage. Photo via FDNY

Midwood arson suspect had tattoo reminder to kill rabbi

June 17 | Noah Goldberg

A Pennsylvania man with a vendetta against a Midwood rabbi was accused...

Real Estate

The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate historic districts in four parts of Sunset Park. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Sunset Park gets landmarked after 30-year fight

June 18 | Lore Croghan

The city Landmarks Preservation Commission designated four sections of Sunset Park as...

Sunset Park residents and groups rally outside Councilmember Carlos Menchaca’s office opposing Industry City’s rezoning proposal. Eagle photo by Jaime DeJesus

Sunset Park residents demand Menchaca stop Industry City rezoning

June 18 | Jaime DeJesus

“Sunset Park is not for sale!” That was the message of a...

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment

Lehigh Valley Barge #79 is a Red Hook waterfront icon. Photo by Frank Zimmerman

Meet the juggler who brought a barge museum to Red Hook

June 17 | Lore Croghan

Meet the clown who saved Lehigh Valley Barge #79 and turned it...

A piece from Brooklyn artist Jonathan Allen's series, Interruption, as seen in the Eastern Parkway subway station. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Allen

This Brooklyn artist wants to interrupt your commute

June 17 | Meaghan McGoldrick

A Brooklyn artist unsettled by the 2016 election wants to shake up...

Politics

Environmental activists rallied outside the office of Representative Hakeem Jeffries in Fort Greene on Tuesday, pushing him to support a clean air amendment to an energy bill. Photo courtesy of Laura Shindell at Food & Water Watch

Environmental advocates urge Jeffries to lean green

June 18 | Mary Frost

About a dozen climate activists held a rally outside the office of...

Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson shake hands on the 2020 budget, announced ahead of schedule on Friday. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

The big winners in the city’s 2020 budget

June 14 | Mary Frost

Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and City Council...

Environment

Environmental activists rallied outside the office of Representative Hakeem Jeffries in Fort Greene on Tuesday, pushing him to support a clean air amendment to an energy bill. Photo courtesy of Laura Shindell at Food & Water Watch

Environmental advocates urge Jeffries to lean green

June 18 | Mary Frost

About a dozen climate activists held a rally outside the office of...

Mary Cinadr. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane

Greenpointers say gas fumes are making them sick, and gov’t is stalling

June 12 | Scott Enman

When Mary Cinadr first started smelling gas fumes in her Greenpoint apartment...

Opinions

Walt Whitman, Brooklyn's most famous poet. Overlay: AP Photo Background: AP Photo/Tony Camerano

OPINION: Walt Whitman, black Brooklyn, Wounded Knee and me

May 28 | Ron Howell

As we celebrate the bicentennial of Walt Whitman’s birth on May...

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...

History

MILESTONES: June 14, birthdays for Boy George, Kevin McHale, Donald Trump

June 14 | Brooklyn Eagle

NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include singer Boy George, who was...

June 14: ON THIS DAY in 1937, senate report blasts F.D.R.’s court bill

June 14 | Brooklyn Eagle

ON THIS DAY IN 1934, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “A red...

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