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Tag: West Nile Virus

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. Photo: James Gathany/CDC via AP

Protect yourself against increasing number of infected mosquitoes, Hochul warns

August 30 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

BETTER USE BUG REPELLANT, Gov. Kathy Hochul advised New York residents and...

Health Dept. to spray for mosquitoes in southern Brooklyn

August 22 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT is set to spray areas of southern Brooklyn with...

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Mosquito spraying coming to Greenpoint and East Williamsburg

September 8 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

To reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus, the...

A mosquito. AP file photo by Rick Bowmer

West Nile Virus spraying to begin in Brooklyn

September 1 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

In the wake of two cases of West Nile virus being discovered...

A mosquito. AP file photo by Rick Bowmer

Reduce exposure to mosquitoes — record level of mosquito activity continues to be observed

September 14 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

The Health Department today reminded all New Yorkers to continue to protect...

Mosquito spraying comes to Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens

August 23 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

To reduce the risk of West Nile virus and mosquito activity in...

West Nile-infected mosquitoes found again in Brooklyn

July 22 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

Mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus have been detected in all five...

A mosquito. AP file photo by Rick Bowmer

Four human cases of West Nile virus detected in New York

September 12 | Noah Goldberg

Four human cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus have been...

A mosquito. AP file photo by Rick Bowmer

Aerial spraying for West Nile virus Thursday night

September 5 | Mary Frost

City Department of Health trucks will be out again Thursday night spraying...

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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
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    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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