History

Good morning. Today is the 230th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 17, 1902, reported on a target-shooting match between the Brooklyn Naval Battalion, based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Manhattan Naval Battalion. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 229th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 16, 1901, took note of the large number of poolrooms existing within a few blocks of Borough Hall. At that time, “poolrooms” meant places, usually saloons, where bets were placed on the horses. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 228th day of the year. The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. … Full Article

New York's Capitol has been the workplace of future presidents, Supreme Court justices, premier thinkers and even scoundrels. Now the statehouse is telling some of its long-hidden tales by filling its hallways with artifacts that are drawing thousands of visitors. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 227th day of the year. In 1902, only a tiny percentage of the population owned automobiles, but car crashes were already becoming a problem. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Aug. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 226th day of the year. On Aug. 13, 1902, the Eagle reported that NYPD Captain Knipe (no first name given) had started a drive to wipe out “bad hotels” in Coney Island, probably meaning brothels. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 223rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 10, 1901, tells us that the Bush Construction Company was in the process of buying up land on the Sunset Park Waterfront between 41st and 51st streets. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 222nd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Aug. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 221st day of the year. On this day in 1901, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on what amounted to one of the first moves toward bus services. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 220th 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