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Tag: 2019 Year In Review

What’s ahead for 2020? Brooklyn’s bigwigs predict the future

January 1 | Mary Frost

After the events of last year, who knows what’s around the...

Our favorite stories this year

December 31 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Brooklyn Eagle published more than 3,000 stories in 2019. Here...

A Crown Heights tenant at an April protest. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane

‘The year of the tenant’: Brooklyn’s biggest housing stories of 2019

December 31 | Meaghan McGoldrick

From rent reforms to deed theft to tenant activism, it was a...

The Downtown Brooklyn skyline. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane

Brooklyn’s biggest stories over the past decade, according to Brooklynites

December 30 | Mary Frost

Let's take a look back...

What happened with the jail plan this year?

December 30 | Noah Goldberg

New York reimagined what its system of pre-trial jailing will look...

One year of Brooklyn sports, from the highs to the lows

December 30 | JT Torenli

Brooklyn sports fans can look back at 2019 as one of the...

Industry City. Photo by Paul Frangipane

A look back at this year’s Industry City rezoning battle

December 27 | Scott Enman

This past year was a busy one for Industry City and its...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City's Green New Deal on Monday. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography

A year of environmental policy in Brooklyn

December 27 | Scott Enman

The past 12 months were monumental for New York City in terms...

One of Brooklyn’s 2019 preservation battles included the fight against the demolition of the Lidgerwood Building (at left). Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

Wins and losses in 2019’s preservation battles

December 26 | Lore Croghan

Here’s a recap of the Eagle’s big preservation stories over...

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Keeping history alive in revival of key retail blocks of Montague Street: "What we really want," said Calfa brothers," is the Brooklyn Women's Exchange..."


Thursday, June 30, 2022

MOVIES WITH A VIEW… AND PRE-FILM ENTERTAINMENT: The Heights can get a closer view of Brooklyn Bridge Park and enjoy the show on a big screen — picnic style — when the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s 2022 Movies With A View series kicks off on Thursday, July 7.

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MARCHING FOR FOOD ACCESS: The food sustainability advocacy group Seeds in the Middle is sponsoring the 2nd annual Healthy Food Day of Action this morning, with a march across the Brooklyn Bridge, starting at Borough Hall.

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TOWN HALL ON SAGA OF GOWANUS CANAL: The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) invites members of the greater Gowanus community to attend a Town Hall meeting taking place this evening, Thursday, June 30, to learn more about the cleanup of the canal under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Program. 

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On Buddy Scotto

If Buddy Scotto had his way, there would be gondolas plying the waters of the Gowanus Canal...

— Helen Klein, opening remarks in a remembrance of Buddy Scotto, at the recent renaming of a Carroll Gardens Street

Ice Ages & Climate Change

Could humans live through another ice age? Probably. But like the frog in the frying pan, they may have more trouble with the man-made,  incremental warming of oceans and the LOSS of ice in glaciers.

— Environmentalist, commenting on a
discussion of ice age cycles.

Brooklyn Bird Watch

Red Winged Blackbird, spotted in Brooklyn Bridge park. Photo by Heather Wolf, text by Joseph Palmer.

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“New York will ban people from carrying firearms “New York will ban people from carrying firearms into many places of business unless the owners put up a sign saying guns are welcome, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday, describing a deal with state legislative leaders that is being finalized.

Hochul said lawmakers have agreed on the broad strokes of a gun control bill that the Democratic-led Legislature is poised to pass Thursday.”

Read the rest of our “New York governor: State to limit where guns can be carried” article, which is linked in our bio.
“Through tears and anger, R. Kelly’s accusers “Through tears and anger, R. Kelly’s accusers told a court Wednesday he had preyed on them and misled his fans, while the fallen R&B star awaited sentencing on his federal sex trafficking conviction.

“You made me do things that broke my spirit. I literally wished I would die because of how low you made me feel,” one woman told the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling singer. She said she was forever traumatized by her teenage experience with him.”

Read the rest of the “R. Kelly accusers speak out at sex abuse sentencing” article, which is linked in our bio.
“Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Howard have helped “Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Howard have helped the New York Liberty climb the standings during the past month.

Now, they’ll both represent the Brooklyn-based WNBA squad at the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game.”

Read the rest of our “Howard joins Ionescu on All-Star Squad” article, which is linked in our bio.
“The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program announced on “The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program announced on Tuesday the recipients of its 2022-2023 studio program residency, as well as the recipients of the 2022 Philip Pearlstein Painter recipient and the 2022 Irving Sandler Prize.” 

Read the rest of our “Transformative Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program names recipients” article, which is linked in our bio.
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