This letter was originally delivered to the Eagle on Oct. 16. FORT GREENE — I am writing concerning a grave injustice that is taking place in Fort Greene. The Department of Transportation (DOT) is building a plaza on Gates Avenue despite the objections of the people most impacted. The Transportation Committee of Community Board 2 also opposes the project, but
Dear Editor, We now live in a country where you can’t ask questions or question authority. I’d like answers to these questions. Why are citizens
Dear Editor, The recent article following the October 12th City Council hearing on the City-led Gowanus rezoning was filled with inaccuracies and failed to acknowledge how
Dear Editor, You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. Take a day off from worrying about cholesterol, triglycerides and your weight. Treat
Dear Editor, There is still even more to the problem of subway flooding. Super Storm Sandy in 2012 resulted in extensive flooding damage to the
Dear Editor, Last week the Green New Deal was reintroduced to Congress, a landmark step towards addressing the climate crisis that will undoubtedly affect every
Dear Editor, This week’s news that the MTA completed construction of three fully Americans With Disability Act (ADA) accessible elevators to the NYC Transit Brooklyn
Dear Editor, There is even more to “In 1950s Brooklyn, neighborhood games meant my childhood was action-packed” (William A. Gralnick — November 3). The Brooklyn Dodgers legendary “Boys of Summer”
Dear Editor, This year has been especially turbulent. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and tens of thousands of New York City residents.
Dear Editor, The recent article touching upon the Southeast Asian eel infestation in Prospect Park’s lake doesn’t seem to identify the gravity of the issue. As said in the article,
Dear Editor, The United States was founded on principles of equality and democracy, although only for few at the top. And what is it now? Essentially the same thing. This
TO THE EDITOR: I am writing with respect to your article “Housing Court judge pleads with Legislature for help with looming housing crisis” (8/24/20). In the article, the president of
By Sheila Brody, Third Avenue Business and Property Owner & Robert Howe, Third Avenue Property Owner As you may have heard, a steering committee consisting of Third Avenue property owners, business
This year, for the first time, my daughter’s new teacher visited our home to welcome us to J.H.S. 50. During the visit, we set goals for our daughter and I
By Valerie Hodgson Bay Ridge is lucky to have City Councilmember Vincent Gentile working for us and we’re lucky to have Michael Bistreich working for him. A few weeks ago,
By Valerie Hodgson Bay Ridge is lucky to have City Councilmember Vincent Gentile working for us and we’re lucky to have Michael Bistreich working for him. A few weeks ago,
By: Margaret Malvasi I would like to take this opportunity to thank two of our community officials for doing a job “well done,” our Senator Marty Golden and our Councilmember Vincent
By: Margaret Malvasi I would like to take this opportunity to thank two of our community officials for doing a job “well done,” our Senator Marty Golden and our Councilmember Vincent
When my father suffered a debilitating stroke, I used Airbnb to rent extra space in my home in Flatbush. The supplemental income helped me to take time off of work
When my father suffered a debilitating stroke, I used Airbnb to rent extra space in my home in Flatbush. The supplemental income helped me to take time off of work
BY JOHN STILLWAGGON I just wanted to say thank you again for your continued support, and for your articles and review of our recent production of “Othello.” Act-Out! has grown
BY JOHN STILLWAGGON I just wanted to say thank you again for your continued support, and for your articles and review of our recent production of “Othello.” Act-Out! has grown
BY CAMILLE LOCCISANO I am just reaching out about your wonderful article on our Empire State Building go-gold initiative. I want you to know that it was posted on our Frankie’s
BY CAMILLE LOCCISANO I am just reaching out about your wonderful article on our Empire State Building go-gold initiative. I want you to know that it was posted on our Frankie’s
Thank you for helping us spread the word regarding the Go Gold Bay Ridge campaign we have initiated in the community. Hopefully, many people will see the article and join
Thank you for helping us spread the word regarding the Go Gold Bay Ridge campaign we have initiated in the community. Hopefully, many people will see the article and join
Thank you for sending your photographer and including me in your newspaper upon my receiving the Lions Melvin Jones Award from the Bay Ridge Lions Club and Lions International.
The Melvin Jones Award is the highest honor that a member of a Lions Club can achieve for service to the comm …
Please join me and your neighbors on the second annual nationalSmall Business Saturday, this coming Saturday, November 26. Skipthe national chain stores’ annual Black Friday Madness, which nowstarts late Thursday night.
Stay home and enjoy your Thanksgiving meal with friends and family.Get …SPEAKING OF SUCCESS
Thank you so much for having Heather Chin come to review our newshow, A Sixties Kind of Love. The publicity was in valuable inhelping us to spread the word and we had a full house for bothshows this weekend.With much appreciation,Ruth MasyrRidge Repe …I was strolling down Third Avenue on Saturday and observed thatalmost every block from Ovington Avenue to 83 Street, there is newgraffiti on corner buildings. These are new and oversized graffiti(many as large as the size of a car), probably done on Fridaynight.
I am concerned that graffiti …Recent news stories about the emphasis on police arrests forpossession and distribution of marijuana being a waste of timemakes sense. Citizens have more to fear from murder, arson, rape,muggings, robberies, auto and identity theft or home break-ins,along with ever-increasing levels of confiscato …
Cross Harbor Tunnel under consideration again (Helen Klein –September 22) reminds me of the long forgotten proposed tunnelbetween 69th Street in Bay Ridge and St. George, StatenIsland.
The concept was to extend subway service from Brooklyn to StatenIsland. Ground was broken with entrances …