History

Good morning. Today is the 48th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for Feb. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 47th day of the year. On this day in 1898, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the explosion in Cuba that sank the U.S. battleship Maine. The battleship was in Cuba to protect U.S. interests amid the background of a Cuban revolt against Spanish rule. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 46th day of the year. On Feb. 15, 1902, a man who was stepping off a train car onto the platform on one of Brooklyn’s elevated lines slipped, fell to the pavement and died. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 44th day of the year. On this day in 1898, African-American leader Booker T. Washington, then head of the Hampton Institute, addressed Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. … Full Article

Two Brooklyn firehouses, both of which are still in active use by the FDNY, are among five that were designated Tuesday as city landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.  … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 43rd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Feb. 12, 1902, covered the National Women’s Suffrage Convention in Washington, D.C. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 42nd day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Feb. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 41st day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Feb. 10, 1888, contained an interview with Bill Cleaver, a “jolly Englishman” who had opened Boniface’s, which  was described as the first English chop house in the city of Brooklyn. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 40th day of the year. On Jan. 9, 1914, Julius Chambers, in his “Walks and Talks” column in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, lamented what he felt was the passing of the idle rich, especially women.  … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 39th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Feb. 8, 1902, reported on the huge crush that occurred every day at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company’s (BRT’s) elevated terminal at City Hall, and the accidents that frequently occurred there. … Full Article