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The owners of 30 Columbia Heights have decided to replace the iconic Watchtower sign with a “Welcome” sign — for now. Rendering courtesy of CIM Group/LIVWRK

New film studio unveiled at former Watchtower complex

May 23 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Developer CIM Group on Monday unveiled a new film production...

Site of deadly construction accident was once important part of Watchtower complex

February 14 | Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

A Brooklyn Heights building where a construction worker fell to his death...

The Brooklyn Heights building where Matt Damon reportedly owns a condo is one of many neighborhood properties that formerly belonged to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights condo is in an old Jehovah’s Witnesses building. What became of all these properties?

February 26 | Lore Croghan

Eye on Real Estate: A property the Jehovah’s Witnesses sold when...

Borough President Eric Adams has approved three Brooklyn affordable-housing projects. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

Have you seen the Jehovah’s Witnesses hotel that will house formerly homeless New Yorkers?

February 20 | Lore Croghan

Three thumbs up from Eric Adams. Brooklyn’s Borough President has approved...

The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights is a former hotel that’s being converted to upscale seniors housing. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

A tour of the landmarked Watchtower property being transformed into luxury senior housing | Photos

November 6 | Lore Croghan

A Brooklyn Heights Watchtower property that was previously a swanky hotel where...

A rendering of the Brooklyn sign in place of the 15-foot-tall "Watchtower" sign. Photo courtesy of Susanna Briselli.

LISTEN: Will the Watchtower sign be replaced with the word ‘Brooklyn!’?

November 29 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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    A coalition of preservationists and environmentali A coalition of preservationists and environmentalists is racing to save the SS United States, the largest and most famous ocean liner ever built in the United States. The celebrated vessel, launched in 1951 and bigger than the Titanic, still holds the transatlantic speed record and remains a symbol of America’s proud maritime history, members of the ‘New York Coalition to Save the SS United States’ said Thursday. The coalition includes Brooklyn industrialist John Quadrozzi Jr., members of the Lower Manhattan Historical Association and others.  Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
    One of the two pilots of the flight that crashed i One of the two pilots of the flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday after a mid-air collision with a military helicopter was 34-year-old native Brooklynite Jonathan Campos. A woman who lived in Brooklyn was also among the victims, according to Mayor Eric Adams. Read more at the link in bio. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
    Floyd — a popular bar with a 40-foot indoor bocc Floyd — a popular bar with a 40-foot indoor bocce court, located at 131 Atlantic Ave. before it closed in December — is seeking to reopen at 72 Clark St. between Hicks and Henry streets, according to The Brooklyn Heights Blog. According to paperwork filed by one of the owners, Kevin Avanzato, the bar will seat 16 at two tables and 24 at the bar for a total of 40 seats. It will feature rustic decor and will have a pizza oven, bocce playing area and three TVs for live sports viewing. Read more at the link in bio. Photo courtesy of Floyd
    A man was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire in A man was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire in the early morning of Jan. 11 in Carroll Park, shocking neighbors in the leafy brownstone-Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens. Police, who said they responded to a 911 call triggered by a ShotSpotter activation around 2:48 a.m., identified the victim as Jordan Dillard, 23, a resident of 37 Centre Mall at the Red Hook East NYCHA project, roughly a mile away from the park. “It was nine shots,” said Carroll Gardens resident John Thompson. “Clearly from a semi-automatic. A burst of five, then one, then three.” Read more at the link in bio. Eagle photo by Mary Frost
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