Tag: Historic Brooklyn

The Mary Whalen, a 1930s-era former oil tanker that is now being restored and that hosts cultural and educational programs.Photo: Mary Frost/Brooklyn Eagle

B’klyn offshore tanker, synagogue and brewery nominated for historic status

December 29, 2023

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the New York State Board for Historic Preservation’s recommendations to add 36 properties to the State and National Register of Historic Places — three of them within Brooklyn. “These nominations reflect generations of community building, planning, and activities that give us a glimpse into our collective past as New Yorkers,” Governor Hochul said. “Identifying

Restoration uncovers century-old stained glass at Greenpoint storefront

November 14, 2025

A RENOVATION AT a Greenpoint psychotherapy office has uncovered historic stained-glass panels hidden for decades behind metal sheeting.

Prospect Park Alliance will give progress report on restoration of Ocean Ave. entrance perimeter

August 26, 2025

The Parkside + Ocean Avenue Entrance perimeter is being restored as closely as possible to its historic design by McKim Mead & White.

Cafe Spaghetti owner taking over 120-year-old Ferdinando’s Focacceria

March 20, 2025

CARROLL GARDENS restaurateur Sal Lamboglia has been selected to take over the historic Ferdinando’s Focacceria.

East New York residents to reimagine LIRR station

March 7, 2025

RESIDENTS are invited to a workshop at the New Lots Library to help envision a new future for the Long Island Railroad Substation 2.

An FDNY truck. Photo: Brooklyn Eagle, File

Bell tower collapses as fire destroys historic Bushwick church

February 20, 2025

A MASSIVE FIRE tore through the Iglesia Pentecostal Arca Cristiana Wednesday morning, causing its bell tower and roof to collapse.

‘Historic Brooklyn Greenway’ unveiled as part of city’s ambitious new system

October 13, 2023

A planned new expansion of New York City’s greenway system, announced Thursday by Mayor Eric Adams and several of his commissioners, would include a “Historic

By the Eastern Parkway subway entrance, you'll find the Loews Kameo Theatre.

Brooklyn buildings nominated for national historic status

March 12, 2021

The New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended adding 20 buildings throughout the state, including three in Brooklyn, to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. “The

I remember the Brooklyn trolleys of the 1940s

July 24, 2020

Trolleys, or, if you must, trolley cars, were an exposition of sensory happenings. For a young boy, they were an explosion that rocked his receptors. Yes, “Clang, clang, clang, went

Coney Island's amusement district. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

Streetcar in Coney Island could tie into amusement parks | Opinion

January 22, 2020

Several years ago, builder, supermarket mogul, radio host and occasional political candidate John Catsimatidis announced that he hoped to include a trolley with his planned Ocean Dreams rental development at

The Concert Grove Pavilion is getting a full restoration. Photo: Paul Matinka

Historic Prospect Park pavilion will get $2 million restoration

January 16, 2020

“We want to make sure that no borough or neighborhood is forgotten when it comes to the restoration of our parks.”

Plymouth Church's bi-annual Yankee Fair, one of the longest-running continuing fairs in New York City, takes place on Nov. 2. Shown: A performance at a previous Yankee Fair thrilled the audience. Photo by Alan Barnett, courtesy of Plymouth Church

Plymouth Church’s 172-year-old Yankee Fair returns on Nov. 2

November 1, 2019

A block party that started more than 170 years ago to raise money for the Yankees — the Civil War Yankees, not the baseball team — will once again take

Attendees at Saturday’s special event, “A Haunting at Hendrick’s House,” will get to see inside Marine Park’s storied Lott House, the oldest building in the neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Friends of the Lott House

‘A Haunting at Hendrick’s House’ offers a rare look inside Marine Park’s oldest building

October 24, 2019

BY NOAH SINGER MARINE PARK — For Brooklynites who’ve always wanted to see the interior of Marine Park’s storied Hendrick I. Lott House, or for those who fancy an evening

The Hotel Bossert was expected to have a soft opening in September. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Storied Hotel Bossert misses reopening date, again

October 18, 2019

The reopening of Brooklyn Heights’ storied Hotel Bossert has been delayed once more. After being closed to the public for three decades under the ownership of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, the

The south half of Red Hook’s S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse has been mostly torn down. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Demolition resumes at Red Hook’s S.W. Bowne building, sparking fury

August 26, 2019

Nearly half of a historic Red Hook industrial building that activists and politicians have been trying to save has been torn down. The Chetrit Group has moved swiftly to demolish

UPS plans to rebuild the south facade of the Lidgerwood Building in Red Hook. Rendering courtesy of UPS

UPS pledges to rebuild Lidgerwood Building’s iconic façade

July 10, 2019

In a dramatic about-face, UPS has decided to rebuild the section of the Lidgerwood Building’s iconic south façade that it tore down in May and restore or replicate the rest

There’s a community meeting tonight about UPS’s plans for the south facade of the Lidgerwood Building. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Here’s your chance to sound off about UPS’ plans for the historic Red Hook building

July 9, 2019

Delivery giant UPS has come to town to meet with the Red Hook community about the fate of the Lidgerwood Building — which UPS stopped tearing down thanks to U.S.

Due to recent demolition work, part of the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse’s facade is gone now. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Demolition of historic S.W. Bowne building resumes, angering activists

June 24, 2019

Demolition has started up again at the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, a historic Red Hook industrial building that activists have been trying to save. After a hiatus of more than

Here’s the revised design for 186 Remsen St., which will be turned into a hotel. Rendering by HOK via the Landmarks Preservation Commission

Remsen Manor hotel cleared to open in historic Franklin Building

June 19, 2019

After sitting vacant since 1998, a landmarked Brooklyn Heights office building will be turned into a hotel. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve revised plans

Lehigh Valley Barge #79 is a Red Hook waterfront icon. Photo by Frank Zimmerman

Meet the juggler who brought a barge museum to Red Hook

June 17, 2019

Meet the clown who saved Lehigh Valley Barge #79 and turned it into a floating museum. When I say clown, I don’t mean he’s a fool. I mean he was

UPS is doing a new engineering analysis of this still-standing portion of the Lidgerwood Building. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Demolition of historic Red Hook warehouse put on hold

June 6, 2019

Community advocates who are working to save Red Hook’s Lidgerwood Building got promising news from its owner, UPS, which has torn down part of the historic foundry. Following high-level executive

Liberty Weekend brings history to life at Bensonhurst church

June 5, 2019

The Revolutionary War jumped out of the pages of history books and came to glorious life on the lawn of a Bensonhurst church during the weekend of June 2-3 as

On Friday, demolition halted at the Lidgerwood Building. The missing corner of the building was torn down on Thursday. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

UPS halts demolition of a historic Red Hook factory after Nydia Velazquez intervenes

May 31, 2019

UPS stopped tearing down a section of Red Hook’s historic Lidgerwood Building that’s dear to preservationists’ hearts on Friday following the intervention of a Brooklyn politician. A high-level executive at

Bulldozers are busy on Thursday, May 30, at the site of Red Hook’s historic Lidgerwood Building. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

It’s gone: UPS starts tearing down most iconic section of Red Hook factory

May 30, 2019

UPS has officially demolished the section of Red Hook’s historic Lidgerwood Building that activists were striving to save. The demolition began the Friday before Memorial Day, leaving residents outraged that

Take a long look now before UPS tears down this part of Red Hook’s historic Lidgerwood Building. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Floating museums and 19th-century storehouses: The Red Hook I cherish

May 29, 2019

This could be your last chance to see the Lidgerwood Building. Take a good, long look. On the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, when many Brooklyn residents were headed out

Bene Coopersmith, owner of the Record Shop, suggests that in tearing down the Lidgerwood Building, UPS is erasing Red Hook’s history. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Red Hook merchants blast UPS’s sudden demolition of historic factory

May 28, 2019

Red Hook merchants, much like local preservationists, are pushing back against UPS’s decision to begin demolishing the historic Lidgerwood Building without community input. They say the delivery-service giant pulled a

Carolina Salguero of PortSide NewYork is involved in a campaign to save the historic Lidgerwood Building from demolition. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Red Hook activists fight to save historic factory from UPS demolition

May 23, 2019

Red Hook community activists are protesting the scheduled demolition of the Lidgerwood Building, a 19th-century factory that lives on the neighborhood’s historic industrial waterfront. Delivery giant UPS bought the red-painted

This 2005 photo shows an abandoned but beautiful Admiral’s Row house. Eagle file photo by Sarah Ryley

Photos: Historic Admiral’s Row houses were left to rot where Wegmans now rises

May 2, 2019

Their grandeur is evident despite caved-in roofs and rubble-strewn yards where trees grow jungle-wild. Admiral’s Row homes in the Brooklyn Navy Yard were imbued with eerie beauty even when they

Bay Ridge Victorian mansion demolished despite preservationist outcry

April 29, 2019

A developer tore down a beloved Bay Ridge Victorian mansion, distressing neighborhood activists who hoped it could be saved. All that’s left of the house at 7604 Fourth Ave. is

Petitioners in the Dean Sage Mansion case include (from left) Adrian Straker, Robyn Berland, Ethel Tyus and Lynn Cave. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Judge rules against affordable-housing construction in landmarked garden

April 24, 2019

The city’s need for affordable housing and services for the mentally ill should not influence the fate of landmarked buildings, according to a Brooklyn judge. Those are not among the

City plans to remove rails and cobblestones along Sunset Park waterfront

April 9, 2019

BY JAIME DEJESUS & MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK A plan to rip out a section of the Sunset Park waterfront’s cobblestones and defunct rail lines to add bike lanes and improve sidewalk

City plans to remove rails and cobblestones along Sunset Park waterfront

April 9, 2019

A plan to rip out a section of the Sunset Park waterfront’s cobblestones and defunct rail lines to add bike lanes and improve sidewalk safety is leaving some wondering what

The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved “with modifications” a fence surrounding a landmarked property at 347 Henry St. in Cobble Hill. Neighbors scoffed at the idea that the Japanese Holly must be permanently maintained as part of the approval. Rendering courtesy of Romines Architecture PLC

LPC to Fortis: Deck the Wall with Boughs of Holly

January 15, 2019

What started out as a 9-foot high brick wall turned into a 6-ish-foot fence covered with holly. That’s the proposal the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved “with modifications” on Tuesday for

Liberty Weekend lives on in Bensonhurst

June 5, 2018

The Revolutionary War era came to life at Bensonhurst’s New Utrecht Reformed Church during the Liberty Weekend celebration, June 1 to 3, sponsored by Friends of Historic New Utrecht. Reenactors

Ten students graduate from masonry program

June 4, 2018

Ten students from all over New York City graduated on Thursday, May 24, from the pilot masonry restoration program at Green-Wood Cemetery. The ceremony was held inside the chapel at the

Local panel supports app to co-name Ridge street corner in memory of Arthur Schack

April 10, 2018

Community Board 10 on Monday, March 19 voted unanimously to greenlight a street naming application for the late Arthur Schack. Schack – a Kings County Supreme Court Justice, former civil