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This is a design for improved pedestrian safety on Gallatin Place. Rendering via Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

Sweeping redesign for Downtown Brooklyn would improve cyclist and pedestrian safety

December 19 | Lore Croghan

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership has devised a plan to cut cars’ access...

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The tower at right is 90 Sands St., a former Watchtower hotel that’s being turned into housing for formerly homeless New Yorkers. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

DUMBO set to be next front for development’s battle against homelessness

December 19 | Michael Stahl

“We have a homelessness crisis in New York City, and the cure...

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The eye-catching Bushwick Theatre can be seen from the Gates Avenue Station’s train platform. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

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December 18 | Lore Croghan

See old theatres, a beautiful bank and a Masonic lodge in Bed...

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Activist Alicia Boyd continues to fight in court against rezoning that allows high-rise development near the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

Crown Heights developers stymied in Brooklyn Botanic Garden lawsuit — for now

December 17 | Lore Croghan

Activist Alicia Boyd was back in court this week to defend the...

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Megan Adams, in apartment 4E, complains of lack of heat, mold and mice in her apartment. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

Most of the buildings owned by city’s worst landlords are in Brooklyn

December 16 | Ned Berke, David Brand and Jonathan Sperling

More than half of the properties owned by New York City’s...

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Two Trees Management will seek residential rezoning for its proposed River Street development, seen in the center of this image. Rendering by James Corner Field Operations and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group courtesy of Two Trees Management

Skyscrapers, beaches and tidal pools: Two Trees reveals plan for Williamsburg waterfront

December 13 | Lore Croghan

Two Trees Management, the developer of the mammoth Domino Sugar Refinery site...

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The owner of 50 Old Fulton St., currently the site of a popular auto body shop next to the BQE, wants to rezone the property and 60 Old Fulton St. next door in order to develop a commercial six-story building. Image: © Google Maps 2019

Before BQE rehab, neighbors push to freeze nearby construction

December 12 | Mary Frost

A coalition of Brooklyn community groups are urging the city to put...

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This rendering shows the developer’s vision for the Bedford Union Armory project. Rendering via BFC Partners

Despite opposition, developers break ground on Bedford Union Armory redevelopment

December 11 | Lore Croghan

The armory gym is expected to open in late 2020; affordable apartments...

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On a walk down Gates Avenue, you can see a nice slice of Central Brooklyn brownstones and rowhouses. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

Take a wintry stroll to Queens on Gates Avenue | Part One

December 11 | Lore Croghan

Central Brooklyn’s 19th- and early 20th-century rowhouses are a thing...

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

TRANSGENDER REMEMBRANCE DAYS: Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams spoke at a City Council hearing convened Tuesday to discuss his resolution to officially recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20, and Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, as holidays within the City of New York. 

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ALERT FOR DRUG-LACED CANDY: New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued an alert to New York parents concerning products that are deceptively designed to look like standard snack foods and candy, but actually contain high levels of cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). 

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REDESIGNING NEGLECTED COMMUNITY PARKS: New York City will invest $425.5 million in new funding over the next 10 years in the Community Parks Initiative, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Gabrielle Fialkoff today announced on Tuesday.

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STATE DENIES PERMITS FOR POWER PLANTS IN NYC, HUDS STATE DENIES PERMITS FOR POWER PLANTS IN NYC, HUDSON VALLEY State environmental officials denied required air permits Wednesday for natural gas power plants in New York City and along the Hudson River, saying both would be inconsistent with statewide greenhouse gas emission goals. The denials of Title V air permits for NRG Energy’s Astoria Replacement Project in Queens and the Danskammer Energy Center in the town of Newburgh were announced separately by Basil Seggos, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Click the link in our bio to read the full story.
A NEW LOOK INTO THE NYC CRAFT BEER SCENE! A one-o A NEW LOOK INTO THE NYC CRAFT BEER SCENE! A one-of-a-kind photography exhibition is taking place this Saturday at @thamesartcenter. Stop by anytime from 6-9 pm and experience an artistic display, depicting diversity in the NYC craft beer scene. 🍻📸
NYC ADDING METAL DETECTORS AFTER GUNS ARE FOUND IN NYC ADDING METAL DETECTORS AFTER GUNS ARE FOUND IN SCHOOLS After a spate of incidents involving students bringing guns into school buildings, New York City will deploy additional metal detectors to campuses and send extra police personnel during arrival and dismissal, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. The city has identified 30 campuses that will immediately see metal detectors on an “unannounced” rotating basis. There are currently 79 campuses that have permanent metal detectors as well as seven roving metal detectors in operation, police officials said. Read the full story by clicking the link in our bio.
HISTORIC BROOKLYN SCHOOL FIRES ATHLETIC DIRECTOR F HISTORIC BROOKLYN SCHOOL FIRES ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR ‘UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR’ The Packer Collegiate Institute, a 175-year-old prestigious private school in Brooklyn Heights, announced on Tuesday it had fired the school’s Athletics Director and Class of 2023 Dean Darrin Fallick for “unprofessional behavior.” His dismissal was effective immediately. A Packer source told the Brooklyn Eagle that the move follows allegations of sexual harassment of female colleagues, including inappropriate touching, but the school would not confirm that. Click the link in our bio to read more about how The Packer Collegiate Institute is standing up to actions of racism, sexism, and unprofessionalism.
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