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Here is a selection of some of the more insightful and engaging comments from the last week. Want to contribute? Use Disqus at the bottom of the Eagle’s articles.
Re Anti-Semitic attacks, bomb-like devices: Online clues to potential terror attacks? (Oct. 29)
“To a hammer everything looks like a nail. While precautions are needed let’s not build a police state. Any diverse group, from subway car to house of worship, is at risk from internet-based hostility and right wing violence. We must love each other, or die.” — ADAM CARROLL (via Facebook)
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Re Hundreds of dogs compete at Great PUPkin Costume Contest (Oct. 29)
“I needed this! So adorable” — SUSAN RABOY (via Facebook)
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Re Cobble Hill to Fortis: Don’t build that wall (Oct. 26)
“Thank you, Mary Frost, for inserting some Robert Frost into the day. Though, to be fair, he wasn’t that fond of fences either, even our lovely black iron ones in Cobble Hill.” — REBECCA JOHNSON (via Disqus)
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Re City’s BQE Promenade plan has Brooklyn Heights in uproar, alternate ideas being explored (Oct. 24)
“And here we thought the active malice of Robert Moses was long dead, as he is…” — ANDREW PORTER (via Disqus
“They should tunnel under the heights and exit near the dog park.” — RAUL GUTIERREZ (via Twitter)












SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.

ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.