History

Good morning. Today is the 224th day of the year. On Aug. 12, 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that the Montague Street cable car, which traveled down to the waterfront on an incline that was later destroyed when the BQE was built, would run until 1 a.m. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 221st day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for this day in 1899 featured an article about a U.S. force of 4,000 men, led by Gen. Arthur MacArthur, defeating a Filipino force of 6,000 men in Angeles, a town north of Manila. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 220th day of the year. On this day in 1901, a trolley car going at full speed crashed into a farmer’s wagon at the intersection of Fulton and Thatford streets in East New York. The wagon was “smashed to pieces,” and the passengers were all injured. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 219th day of the year. In 1902, much of Brooklyn, especially the southern and eastern parts of the borough, was still farmland. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 7, 1902, informed its readers that “Canarsie has been invaded as of lately by chicken thieves. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 218th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for August 6, 1901, reported that the management of the Brooklyn Public Library was considering establishing a reference library. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 214th day of the year. On this day in 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that New York City Controller Coler (no first name given) would decide where Brooklyn’s “Carnegie libraries” would be placed. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 214th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Aug. 1, 1902, carried an article about police arresting three men for making counterfeit coins on Hudson Avenue in Vinegar Hill. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 212th day of the year. On this day in 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an interview with Mayor Seth Low about his plans for rapid transit. He recommended that the Brooklyn Bridge be rebuilt to accommodate more elevated trains and more trolley cars. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 211th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of July 30, 1873, had an article focusing on the historic African-American area of Weeksville, part of today’s Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article

As its “Map of the Month,” the Brooklyn Historical Society recently sent us a 1918 map of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) subway and elevated system. The BRT evolved into the better-known Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co. … Full Article