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City officials would much rather residents enjoy the Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks Show than shoot off fireworks in their backyards. This was the view from Brooklyn in 2016. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Dyker Heights residents plead for a quiet Fourth of July

The sounds of explosions fill the air in Dyker Heights every Fourth of July, according to neighborhood residents who said the holiday has become a noisy nuisance in recent years due to the la … Full Article
The planned complex at center, with two towers, will house 737 apartments. Photo-illustration courtesy of CityRealty

How a huge new project will change the face of DUMBO: The history of 85 Jay

It has been called DUMBO’s “game … Full Article
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, center, arrives at Barclays Center, on Thursday. McGregor expressed regret on Thursday for a backstage melee at a Brooklyn arena, and is in plea negotiations to resolve charges in the case. Rashid Umar Abbasi /New York Post via AP, Pool

UFC, boxing fighter Conor McGregor negotiating plea deal to avoid jail time after Barclays Center arrest

UFC fighter and former boxing champion Conor McGregor spent more time getting to and from Brooklyn’s Supreme Court on Thursday morning for a hearing stemming from his April arrest than he spe … Full Article
Party to Protect is coming to Gowanus’s Littlefield on Saturday, June 16. Photos courtesy of Party to Protect

‘Party to Protect’ against gun violence coming to Gowanus

A group of Brooklyn friends and a venue in Gowanus are taking aim at gun violence with a stage and some tattoo guns. … Full Article

NEWS

This map shows the areas of Brooklyn likely to be hit by regular flooding by the year 2100 if measures advocated in the Paris Agreement aren’t carried out. Map courtesy of the Union of Concerned Scientists
Eagle photo by Lore Croghan
City officials would much rather residents enjoy the Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks Show than shoot off fireworks in their backyards. This was the view from Brooklyn in 2016. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

BROOKLYN BOOKBEAT

Former New York Met Keith Hernandez will be signing copies of his new memoir this weekend. Photo by Little, Brown and Company
Lionel Shriver splits her time between Windsor Terrace and London (where she is in this photo). The author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is back with a new collection, “Property.” Credit: Associated Press/Lefteris Pitarakis
Jesmyn Ward, photo by Beowulf Sheehan

COURTS AND LAW

Members of the Brooklyn Bar Association, including (from left) Matthew S. Porges, Peter DeVries, Andrew Cabasso, Sidney Cherubin and Lauren Arnel, helped to win $1,500 for the Volunteer Lawyers Project during the third annual Battle of the Bands. Photo courtesy of M. Frank Francis
Angelicque Moreno and Marc Pillinger gave a CLE lecture on construction accident cases at the Brooklyn Bar Association that was co-sponsored by the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

BUSINESS

This Wednesday, June 29, 2016, photo shows a Target store in Hialeah, Fla. AP Photo/Alan Diaz
Ofer Cohen. Photo by Michael Weschler Photography
AP photo/Elaine Thompson

EDUCATION & KIDS

The library kicked off its Summer Reading program with a series of special fun-filled events for kids. Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library
Remarks about the Specialized High School Admissions Test by NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, above, were called divisive by Asian Americans. AP Photo/Richard Drew
Image © 2018 Google Maps photo

RELIGION

Pastor Kienzle at the pulpit of the Park Church Co-Op. Photo courtesy of Park Church Co-Op
The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, former presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, is this year’s Feminist Scholar-in-Residence at Grace Church Brooklyn Heights. Photo courtesy of Grace Church Brooklyn Heights.
Dr. Elan Ezrachi will discuss the relationship world Jewry and Israel at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue on June 7. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue.

HISTORY

Paul McCartney. Steve Parsons/Pool via AP
Neil Patrick Harris. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
President Donald Trump. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

REAL ESTATE

Here's a glimpse of 90 Sands St., a former Watchtower residential hotel that will be turned into low-income housing. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard
The planned complex at center, with two towers, will house 737 apartments. Photo-illustration courtesy of CityRealty

SPORTS

Manny Rodriguez, far right. Eagle photo by Gordon Walker
Second-year Cyclones manager Edgardo Alfonzo (right) hopes his new batch of players performs significantly better than the 2017 team, which lost a franchise-record 52 games and finished dead last in the New York-Penn League. Eagle photo by Gordon Walker
Former Devils defenseman Scott Stevens (left) may be one of the candidates Lou Lamoriello is considering for the Islanders’ vacant head coaching position. AP Photo by Frank Franklin II

POLITICS

Mathieu Eugene. Photo courtesy of Councilmember Eugene’s Office
Equipped with a box of chalk, children decorated the pavement outside Borough Hall with messages against the federal government’s decision to separate immigrant families at the border with Mexico. Eagle photos by Paul Frangipane
Metrocard machines in the 77th Street R train station in Bay Ridge. Low-income New Yorkers will begin buying half-price Metrocards in early 2019. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

HEALTH

Participants in an overdose prevention training session at the Bushwick Library on Tuesday received an opioid overdose rescue kit with naloxone (also called Narcan). Eagle photo by Mary Frost
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation's Liz and Jay Scott. Photo by Larry French/Invision for LEGO/AP Images
Brooklyn’s VA Medical Center is shuttering its ear, nose and throat clinic at the end of June. Veterans fear more cutbacks will come. Shown above is the hospital at 800 Poly Pl. Image data ©Google Maps 2018

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Justin Bieber. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
Mermaids and mermen of all types dressed up to strut in front of hundreds of thousands of Brooklynites. Eagle photos by Paul Frangipane
This mansion designed by Henry B. Hill is located at 120 Brooklyn Ave., right down the street from the John and Elizabeth Truslow House. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

CRIME

Daquan King was sentenced on Friday for assaulting a homeless man on Facebook Live. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP

OPINIONS

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