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Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee voted 8 to 4 on Monday to approve the controversial sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library – with caveats. Renderings courtesy of Marvel Architects

CB2 committee approves sale of Brooklyn Heights Library, with caveats

Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee voted 8 to 4 to approve the controversial $52 million sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library – with caveats -- Monday night at a meeting at St. Francis College. … Full Article
 
Head gardener Matthew Morrow. Eagle photos by Cody Brooks

Promenade Gardens getting a modern makeover with WiFi

Volunteers gathered at the Promenade Gardens in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday morning to pack new plants into the dirt, trim the brush and help solve the modern problem of bringing WiFi to the Promenade. … Full Article
 
Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Credit: OLMC

Williamsburg gears up for 128th annual Giglio Festival

Italians in Williamsburg hold three major feasts especially close to their hearts —Easter, Christmas and the annual Giglio Festival at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish. … Full Article
 
Jo Anne Simon. Eagle file photo by Mary Frost

Community, Brooklyn leaders announce vision for public middle school at Atlantic Yards

A coalition on Tuesday announced M.S. OneBrooklyn, a community vision for a new public middle school to serve District 13. … Full Article
 
Grandma's House on Atlantic Avenue. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Grandma's House, destroyed by Sandy in South Street Seaport, comes to Brooklyn

When Superstorm Sandy swept through the South Street Seaport area, destroying a number of popular businesses, one of the victims was a restaurant called Grandma’s House. Today, more than two years later, Grandma’s House has been recreated at 364 Atlantic Ave. in Boerum Hill. … Full Article
 
Eagle photos by Mary Frost and staff

PHOTOS: Gotham films in DUMBO

The Fox action-packed drama "Gotham" is filming for its second season, and it stopped near the archway in DUMBO on a humid Tuesday morning. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was able to sneak in some up-close photos from the set. … Full Article
 
Patients and officials rallied last week outside the Brooklyn Kidney Center in Park Slope, which is closing in less than 30 days. Fortis Property Group obtained the building as part of the Long Island College Hospital (LICH) sale. Photos by Mary Frost

Patients protest Brooklyn dialysis center closing

The Brooklyn Kidney Center (BKC), a dialysis center in Park Slope, has notified patients and staff that it is closing its doors next month, leaving its patients – many in wheelchairs or otherwise disabled – scrambling to find seats in other centers in Brooklyn or elsewhere. … Full Article
 
Dock 72 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will be one of the largest New York City commercial buildings to be built outside of Manhattan in decades. Rendering: S9 Architecture

New Navy Yard building to support creative, tech industries

A joint initiative of Boston Properties, Inc. … Full Article
 
U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke says the re-establishment of diplomatic relations will give Americans and Cubans a chance to dispel myths they have about each other. Photo courtesy Clarke’s office

Clarke says U.S.-Cuba thaw offers hope for future

President Obama’s decision to re-establish diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Cuba is being closely watched in Brooklyn’s Caribbean-American community. U.S. Rep. Yvette D. … Full Article
 
David J. Wine, managing partner of Oliver's Realty Group, describes the proposal at a press conference on Tuesday at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Eagle photo by Cody Brooks

Details & choice of developer for Brooklyn Bridge Park brings out critics, questions about surplus cash

The public announcement by Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation earlier this week, naming the developer to build two new towers at the park entrance in front of P … Full Article
 

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