History

Good morning. Today is the 340th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Dec. 5, 1902, reported on the first big winter storm of the season. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 339th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Dec. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 338th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Dec. 3, 1908, reported on the funeral for a Municipal Court judge, Edward C. Dowling, at the Church of Nativity, Classon and Madison streets, Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article

We owe the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to Robert Moses, even if it’s not what he set out to build, but rather came about as an unintended com- promise. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 335th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Nov. 30, 1902, reported on the death of a firefighter, James Dawe, who was battling a fire at 724 Carroll St. Dawe, who left a wife and one child, was considered an expert in climbing ladders. … Full Article

It’s interesting to note that regarding the names of the two Long Island counties, Nassau was named by the Dutch, Suffolk was named by the English. --- … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 334th day of the year. Industrial activists are nothing new: according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Nov. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 333rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Nov. 28, 1902, reported on the case of a 12-year-old boy, William Meister of Driggs Avenue, the son of a baker, who foiled an attempt to kidnap him. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 328th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Nov. 23, 1902, carried an article about the arrest of the “Bath Beach Slasher,” Frederick Roth. … Full Article