Shops line the arcade of the Clark Street subway station. Shopkeepers say they have heard nothing from NYC Transit about the plans to close the station for a prolonged period, and worry they could go out of business without commuter traffic. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Rumored Clark Street station closure sparks call to action

May 21 | Mary Frost

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Samuel Gordon conducts a Memorial Day tour of the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto in Brooklyn during Fleet Week New York 2017. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole Keller

Arts and Entertainment

Your guide to 2019 Fleet Week in Brooklyn

May 21 | Mary Frost

Eric Gonzalez speaks at a press conference about an affordable housing bribery scheme. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg

Handbags for housing: Coney Island women accused of bribery scam

May 21 | Noah Goldberg

A visitor at the London exhibit. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Adar

Arts and Entertainment

Make music by poking plants at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

May 21 | Scott Enman

Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue is a popular Brownstone Brooklyn shopping spot. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Gowanus Canal T-shirts and canned wine: Come see Fifth Avenue in Park Slope

May 21 | Lore Croghan

Students from M.S. 50 protest Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal an hour of extra learning time at dozens of struggling schools. Photo via John McCarten/New York City Council

Education & Kids

‘Unacceptable’: NYC Council presses Carranza on budget priorities in hearing

May 21 | Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York

Crime

Eric Gonzalez speaks at a press conference about an affordable housing bribery scheme. Eagle photo by Noah Goldberg

Handbags for housing: Coney Island women accused of bribery scam

May 21 | Noah Goldberg

Three women who ran an affordable housing complex in Coney Island were...

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...

“Only If” Only If Architecture

One of these tiny houses could be coming to a block near you

May 15 | Noah Goldberg

The city selected five New York-based architecture collectives as finalists for...

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Samuel Gordon conducts a Memorial Day tour of the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto in Brooklyn during Fleet Week New York 2017. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole Keller

Your guide to 2019 Fleet Week in Brooklyn

May 21 | Mary Frost

2019 Fleet Week New York is a great opportunity to meet sailors...

A visitor at the London exhibit. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Adar

Make music by poking plants at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

May 21 | Scott Enman

A new botanical exhibit in Brooklyn invites visitors to interact with plants...

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...

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 21, birthdays for Mr. T, Gotye, Ian McEwan

May 21 | Brooklyn Eagle

NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include baseball manager, and former player...

May 21: ON THIS DAY in 1927, Lindbergh reaches Ireland

May 21 | Brooklyn Eagle

ON THIS DAY IN 1883, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Yesterday morning...

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