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This is beautiful Shell Bank Canal. Do you know what neighborhood it’s in? Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

See the neighborhood with Brooklyn’s prettiest canal — I don’t mean the Gowanus — and streets in alphabetical order

February 19 | Lore Croghan

Eye on Real Estate: This is a story about Brooklyn’s other canal — the pretty one — and the neighborhood where it’s located. If you’re old enough to read, you know all about the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site with poisoned waters that’s nevertheless deeply loved. The 1.8-mile-long Gowanus Canal is often in the news […]

New housing eyed for Brooklyn lots ravaged by Sandy

September 11 | Clifford Michel, THE CITY

This story was originally published on Sept. 11 by THE CITY. While Staten Island awaits a 4.5-mile seawall and lower Manhattan plans for a $1.3 billion berm, rebuilding is on tap for parts of Brooklyn still vulnerable to rising waters. The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development is stepping in to spend $1.67 million in […]

The NYC Health Department will be spraying for mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in Brooklyn and Queens Thursday night. But what is in that spray, and is it safe to breathe? 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 pesticide mist in parts of Brooklyn and Queens to kill mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus. Spraying will take place between the hours of 8:30 p.m. Thursday night and 6 a.m. Friday morning, weather permitting. This is the sixth time this summer the city […]