Many a Brooklynite suffers from a stubborn ache in their heart over the loss of the Dodgers and the subsequent demolition of Ebbets Field. That sense of loss may be eased by an upcoming project of the Brooklyn Historical Society, which is inviting Brooklynites from near and far to share their experiences of Ebbets Field and their memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
It’s an exclusive opportunity to share your story and have it archived as part of the BHS oral history
BROOKLYN – Although Brooklyn has been profoundly affected by the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti, most of us can only help by sending financial donations.
But one young man from Brooklyn Heights found a way to do more.
Warren Cohn, a special assistant to Congressman Ed Towns who works in Towns’ Downtown Brooklyn office, came up with the idea to form a delegation bringing supplies to Haiti, along with a friend from Miami,
Brooklyn’s Newest Envisions
Bringing Poetry to the Masses,
One Person at a Time
By Caitlin McNamara
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
PARK SLOPE — Many talented writers call Brooklyn home, and Tina Chang knows, as well as anyone, that among the novelists, playwrights and screenwriters, poetry, too, is brimming here.
In her new appointment as Brooklyn’s fourth poet laureate, Chang’s primary
Brooklyn native Jim Brochu returned triumphantly to his alma mater, St. Francis College, to speak to students last Thursday morning.
This is a man who made his motion picture debut in the movie The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight in 1971, opposite another newcomer, Robert DeNiro. He’s been on Broadway, Off-Broadway and done
On February 3, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz announced at his annual State of the Borough Address that Tina Chang of Park Slope has been named the new poet laureate of Brooklyn. Chang, the fourth poet to hold the position, was chosen from a field of 22 applicants from
DITMAS PARK — The curtains could soon be raised again at one of Brooklyn’s grand old movie houses. The city has finally found a developer for the enormous Loew’s Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue, and after more than 30 years of being boarded up, the ornate, 3,200-seat theater will see the light of day again.
The city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has spent years searching for a developer willing to take on the expensive project and has finally struck a
Into the great space that normally holds the lower tennis court of the Heights Casino on Montague Street some 200 invited guests filed Monday morning to pay farewell tribute to artist David Levine, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 83.
Fellow caricaturists, painters, writers, editors and other cultural figures were in attendance.
REMSEN STREET – “The gold standard for on-location filming” was how Brooklyn Heights was described by film industry professionals this week at the kickoff event for “Celebrating the Century” – a year of programs in honor of the Brooklyn Heights Association’s centennial.
Filmmaker and novelist Peter Hedges (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy) screened a half-hour-long montage of scenes from famous films shot in the Heights, showing how the auteurs of cinema
Maria Bartiromo, host of CNBC’s “Closing Bell” and “The Wall Street Journal Report,” made a grand return to Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge this past week to speak with a packed auditorium of current students and faculty.
School Principal Sister Dolores Crepeau, Assistant Principal Gilda King, and Director of Alumni Relations Carol Bedrossian Fell greeted her. SAC President Tricia Gaya introduced her to the audience, while Nancy DeMartino led the Pledge of Allegiance. Both are students
GREENPOINT — Greenpoint felt like home right away to Dana Schultze, for reasons she could not quite explain. But the North Brooklyn neighborhood, known for its Polish enclave, McCarren Park and polluted Newtown Creek, had a familiarity and comfort for the Florida native from the start.
It was in Williamsburg that she met her fiance, Jason Holmes, at a friend’s art gallery in 2005. She started spending a lot of time in the neighborhood, and moved
By John B. Manbeck
a Brooklyn historian
Special to The Brooklyn Eagle
Williamsburg, now affectionately called “Billyburg,” prides itself on its historical acumen, but it also remains a haven for historical errors. It has had a great history being the only other town in Kings County that was also a city. (The first town that became a city
An explosion of five manhole covers in the vicinity of Joralemon Street and Columbia Place in Brooklyn Heights early Monday afternoon set off fears among many in the neighborhood. Twelve FDNY units responded to the scene, and 2, 3, 4 and 5 train subway service was temporarily suspended because power to a nearby substation was knocked out, though train service was restored around 6 p.m.. In addition, about 10 houses on Willow Place and Joralemon Street were evacuated as a {read more...}
BROOKLYN — The last big earthquake in the New York City area, centered in New York Harbor just south of Rockaway, took place in 1884 and registered 5.2 on
Was a Lifelong Vegetarian,
Swam in the Freezing Ocean
By Raanan Geberer
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DYKER HEIGHTS – Joseph Rollino, the 104-year-old former Coney Island strongman who was killed in a motor vehicle accident in his Dyker Heights neighborhood on Monday, was remembered Tuesday as a living link to Coney Island’s past and as an amazing example of strength and health.
“He was one of the last links to Coney Island’s past, and was way ahead of his time as a vegetarian and `health
