Williamsburg Prep Receives One of City’s Highest Scores
By Mary Frost
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
NEW YORK — Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein released this week the third annual public school Progress Reports for New York City high schools. Overall, 75 percent of
A new database of Park Slope parking spaces hopes to connect circling drivers with open spots. The social network-driven Roadify, with 200 registered users since launching Monday, uses text messages to share info and indicate vacant spots. It should soon {read more...}
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN -- New York City College of Technology (City Tech)/CUNY recently won several competitive federal grants, totaling close to $3 million.
The college was awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), $514,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and $173,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
“We’re making a splash on the national stage,” says City Tech Director
BAY RIDGE – Ranked by the NYPD as Brooklyn South’s safest neighborhood, the 68th Precinct serving Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights and its commanding officer gave thanks to its cops this week.
by Associated Press (), published online 11-19-2009
A person was fatally struck by a train in Brooklyn Thursday morning, resulting in delays for thousands of commuters during the morning rush hour. NYC Transit says the man was struck by a northbound “G” train in Park Slope around {read more...}
Seasonal Promotion for Shoppers and
Kids Soars Day After Thanksgiving
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Eagle
Ho, ho, ho means shop, shop, Shop Third Avenue as Santa Claus rides once again along this premier Bay Ridge shopping strip on Friday, Nov. 27, joyfully launching
On a recent Thursday, the St. Anselm Workforce Ministry, together with the organization “Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow,” held a resume development workshop for members of the Bay Ridge Community who are looking for jobs or desiring a career change.
The 34 participants learned techniques of resume writing and then had the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a career counselor for resume review. Reverend Monsignor John Maloney, pastor of St. Anselm, offered the opening prayer. Brother Robert Duffy, director
Of the dozens of individuals who entered The Brightest Star award competition — and the ten remarkable finalists who took the stage at Block Institute on November 14 — only one could be selected as New York City’s first ‘Brightest Star.’
That honor went to 31-year-old Calvin Greene of Bensonhurst, whose outstanding achievements in leadership were an inspiration to all present.
The awards gala honored individuals with developmental disabilities, aged 18 and older, who have made extraordinary achievements in
Remembering Frankie … On Sunday, Nov. 22, the Second Annual Francesco Loccisano Memorial Foundation ‘HopeFest’ will take place at Russo’s on the Bay at 12:30 p.m. This year it will honor the former president of Xaverian High School, Sal Ferrera; Kellie Kilbride of Lavender Blue; Jeffrey J. Basti, MD of Lutheran/Maimonides Hospitals and Shannon Rose O’Brien, a pediatric cancer survivor. This foundation is named in memory of Loccisano, who finally lost his 27-month battle with bone cancer and
DYKER HEIGHTS – Angry complaints and repeated demands for action on persistent traffic problems were voiced loud and clear to a team of city department officials at a town hall meeting called by
A halal Kentucky Fried Chicken, adhering to Muslim dietary laws, has opened on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. However, not all the sandwiches are halal. Halal slaughtering is somewhat similar to kosher slaughtering. A quick look at the web shows that {read more...}
Three people, including two children, were killed in a fire that broke out in Crown Heights Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the fire broke out at 654 St. Marks Ave. around 12:30 p.m. Investigators told reporters on the scene that {read more...}
At its annual meeting last week, the Willowtown Association chose as president Ben Bankson of Willow Place, formerly its secretary. He replaced Craig Bickerstaff of State Street, president for the past four years. Chosen as new secretary was Stephanie Zancolli, {read more...}
Sooner or later after meeting Robert Serra, 51, he will tell the listener he acted in a crime movie 25 years ago, speaking a few lines that included the words of the title, “It Don’t Pay to Be an Honest Citizen.”
That sarcastic title is “a warning to a crime victim against identifying his attackers,” wrote Kareem Fahim in a New York Times review after a mid-October anniversary screening of the movie in DVD format before an audience of
