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Lunar New Year plants talk and walk attendees in the Steinhardt Conservatory. Photo by Joanna Insco

Lunar New Year at BBG: Eco-friendly traditions and plant wisdom

January 30 | Joanna Insco

OVER THE WEEKEND, visitors of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) had a...

The snake plant, amaryllis flower and cinnamon tree. Photo by Joanna Insco

Year of the Snake brings environment to the forefront of BBG’s Lunar New Year plant talk

January 30 | Joanna Insco

GARDEN GUIDE SABRINA LEE stood in front of a gathering of visitors...

Mark Focht (far right) poses for a photo with Parks staff and volunteers. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

‘Chipping Weekend’ offers ecological Christmas Tree disposal

January 16 | Gabriele Holtermann

Several volunteers kept the supply of evergreens flowing as Parks employees fed...

Three vital reasons to protect resources in nature: Survival, self-interest, karma

December 9 | Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation

Extinction is part of life on Earth. Through much of our planet...

Wild nature at your doorstep: Marine Park Nature Trail provides easy getaway just a few minutes from home

June 10 | Helen Klein, Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

You could be forgiven for thinking you’re not in Brooklyn. A...

Mark Fisher and Nina Browne, judges for the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest, rate this Montague Street planter. Montague Street made the final round. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Game of Gardens: Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest enters final round

July 25 | Mary Frost

Officials discreetly roamed the streets of Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, green clipboards...

John Quadrozzi Jr., left, and his daughter Xiana rip open one of the first bags of composted manure delivered to Red Hook’s Backyard Community Garden on Sunday. Xiana is a partner with her dad in Prospect Park Stable. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Horse manure from Prospect Park transformed into gold for gardeners

July 3 | Mary Frost

Many Brooklynites don’t know that an adult horse produces close to...

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    Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, smiles as she joins the Irish Guards, their veterans, families, serving soldiers, reservists, and young cadets from Northern Ireland, at a special St Patrick's Day parade and celebration at Wellington Barracks in London, Monday, March 17, 2025.
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    In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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    People shine lights behind coloured papers attempting to make a heart shape during a pro-European rally, joined by thousands, to counter what the organizers described as a "wave of sovereignism and ultranationalism", outside the government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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    A Brooklyn-based architect and urban planner has d A Brooklyn-based architect and urban planner has developed an innovative design to replace the decrepit Triple Cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, and it has received high initial marks from engineers and stakeholders. The “Streamline Plan,” by Marc Wouters Studios, represents a complete break with previous proposals from the New York City Department of Transportation, which require the teardown of the entire cantilever structure, including the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and the construction of a temporary “parallel” bypass highway, which would also ultimately have to be torn down.  The plan, which Wouters shared with the Brooklyn Eagle, would preserve the entire cantilever, eliminate the need for extensive demolition and reconstruction, and would take significantly less time and money than any of NYCDOT’s current reconstruction proposals.  Read more at the link in bio. Photo courtesy of Marc Wouters
    On Saturday, a posting on Indivisible brought appr On Saturday, a posting on Indivisible brought approximately 200 picketers to protest Elon Musk at the Tesla dealership at 9th Street and Second Avenue in Gowanus. The organizer, who identified herself only as Catherine T., said, “I can’t imagine that we aren’t out in the streets every day protesting this administration. It’s just criminal what they’re doing. And Musk, particularly, is self-dealing and sending himself billions of dollars of contracts of government money. Our tax money is going to the richest man in the world, and he’s in charge of deciding who gets it.” Read more at the link in bio. Eagle photos by Beth Eisgrau-Heller
    Patsy Grimaldi, whose name came to define pizza, a Patsy Grimaldi, whose name came to define pizza, and whose reinvented storefront underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in itself became iconic, died on Feb. 13, at age 93, according to obituaries published first in Eater and then The New York Times.  Read Grimaldi’s full obituary at the link in bio. Photo: Biz Jones
    President Donald Trump’s administration on Wedne President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan. Trump’s move was condemned by Brooklyn officials — with some exceptions, such as U.S. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Southern Brooklyn-Staten Island), the city’s lone Republican congressmember. Launched on Jan. 5, the city’s system uses license plate readers to impose a $9 toll on most vehicles entering Manhattan neighborhoods south of Central Park. Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Seth Wenig
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