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U.S. Postal Service officials, along with Queens Congressmember Greg Meeks and Judge Valerie Braithwaite Nelson, honored Black judge and elected official Constance Baker Motley with a commemorative postage stamp at an unveiling in Jamaica. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Ryan Schwach

Trailblazing Black judge, elected official Constance Baker Motley honored with postage stamp

March 20 | Ryan Schwach

Baker Motley was the first Black woman to argue before the Supreme...

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October 16 | Marina Villeneuve Associated Press

With the clock ticking down to Election Day, officials are cautiously optimistic...

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September 10 | Phil Kaufman

My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden stamp featured in new Postal Service series ‘American Gardens’

May 18 | Editorial Staff

Those who have visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will appreciate the magic...

New postal stamp heralds Verrazano Bridge’s 50th birthday

March 7 | Editorial Staff

BY THEODORE W. GENERAL The U.S. Postal Service has issued a...

New postal stamp heralds Verrazano Bridge’s 50th birthday

March 7 | Editorial Staff

BY THEODORE W. GENERAL The U.S. Postal Service has issued a...

USPS helps Shirley Chisholm leave her stamp on history

February 11 | Editorial Staff

Preparing to ring in Black History Month the right way, the United...

USPS helps Shirley Chisholm leave her stamp on history

February 11 | Editorial Staff

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      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.”
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    Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of T Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Friday announced that the city will finally shut down operations at a controversial concrete recycling facility on the western Brooklyn waterfront by this August. Local residents had been flooding their elected officials with complaints about the dust, vibrations and noise from the SIMS Concrete Recycling Facility, operated by NYC DOT, ever since it was temporarily relocated to the north end of Brooklyn Marine Terminal site in the Columbia Street Waterfront District in February 2024. 🔗Read more at the link in bio. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Mary Frost #BKnews #BrooklynEagle #ColumbiaStreetWaterfrontDistrict #LocalNews #Brooklyn
    A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place at the historic base of Atlantic Avenue on Friday at 3 p.m. Numerous elected officials, as well as the head of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will celebrate two brand-new murals that welcome all traffic passing beneath the portal that has become one of the official entrances to Brooklyn Bridge Park. 🔗Click the link in bio to read the inspiring story behind the murals. Photos courtesy of the Atlantic Avenue BID #BrooklynEagle #Brooklyn #BrooklynNews #AtlanticAvenue #Art #PublicArt #BrooklynBridgePark
    Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Br Many of the 100,000 people who held city-issued Brooklyn Bridge Park viewing tickets for the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks called the event a “total fiasco,” with a large number not making it onto the piers. Numerous people told the Brooklyn Eagle they found themselves in panic-inducing logjams while trying to get into the park. Many commenters said there appeared to be no central coordination for handling the huge crowds, and photos show unsafe, crammed streets.  🔗Click the link in the bio to read more and to see more photos. Photos courtesy of Murray Schechter (1), Justin Pollock (2) and Marc Hermann (3). #BrooklynEagle #Brooklyn #Fireworks #LocalNews #BrooklynBridgePark #FourthOfJuly
    It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Height It was like a bombshell dropped on Brooklyn Heights earlier this week when the city announced a police shutdown of traffic into the neighborhood — particularly the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, which will be closed to all public viewing of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks 🎇 on the waterfront. For the full story, click the link in bio. #4thofjuly #brooklynheights #brooklynheightspromenade #policeshutdown #Fireworks #bkheights #brooklynbridgepark #bkeagle #news #BKnews
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