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Happy Chinese New Year, Sunset Park. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Developments on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park

Happy Chinese New Year, Sunset Park. The Year of the Monkey began Monday, Feb. 8. … Full Article
 
Happy Lunar New Year, Sunset Park. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Where to celebrate Chinese New Year in Sunset Park

Happy New Year. Chinese New Year, that is. The Year of the Monkey arrived on Monday, Feb. 8 — a red-letter day for Sunset Park's Chinatown and its vibrant commercial heart, Eighth Avenue.  … Full Article
 
The premiere for “borders” will take place Feb. 18. Photo by Pavel Antonov

LEIMAY to premiere ‘borders’ at BAM this month

LEIMAY, an interdisciplinary ensemble comprising of Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya, has announced the world premiere of “borders” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), opening on Feb. 18 at BAM Fisher (321 Ashland Place). … Full Article
 
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, an avid bike rider, says his bill will improve safety for bicyclists. Photo courtesy of Menchaca’s office

Menchaca bill would allow bikers to obey pedestrian signals

Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, who is an avid bike rider, has introduced a bill that would allow bicyclists to follow pedestrian control signals instead of the red/yellow/green signals controlling motor vehicle traffic. … Full Article
 
The Brooklyn Heights Association and the preservationist group Save The View Now argued in court on Thursday that a section of the Pierhouse penthouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park (shown above to the left) juts into the protected Scenic View District and should be trimmed. Photo by Mary Frost

Too high? Brooklyn Judge mulling Pierhouse penthouse arguments

The Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) and the preservationist group Save The View Now (STVN) were in state Supreme Court again on T … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Law School (BLS) recognized two of its distinguished alumni with Alumni of the Year awards and two others with Rising Star awards during its annual Alumni Luncheon last month. Pictured from left: Nithya B. Das, Winston M. Paes, Hon. Nelson S. Roman, Martin A. Fischer, BLS Dean Nick Allard and Valerie Fitch. Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Law School.

Brooklyn Law School honors four at its annual Alumni Luncheon

The Brooklyn Law School honored four of its distinguished graduates, two with Alumni of the Year awards and two more with Rising Star awards, during its annual Alumni Luncheon that was held at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan on Friday, Jan. 29. … Full Article
 
(Left to right) A member of Congregation B’nai Avraham, Borough President Eric Adams, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, Father John Lardas of the Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen and attorney Sanford Rubenstein were among those who took part in Raskin’s march against violence in Brooklyn Heights on Friday. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights Rabbi Raskin leads rally after assault

The prominent rabbi who was attacked on a Brooklyn Heights street Jan. 31 was joined by community members, clergy -- and even members of Curtis Sliwa’s Guardian Angels -- at a rally and march Friday morning. … Full Article
 
The mayor’s proposal to build a streetcar service between Brooklyn and Queens will revitalize waterfront areas, according to NYU Lutheran Medical Center President Claudia Caine. New York Mayor's Office, Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector via AP

NYU Lutheran rides aboard de Blasio’s streetcar plan

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s bold plan to create a streetcar service to run between Sunset Park and Queens, which has already won the support of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and transportation advocates, has now been endorsed by NYU Lutheran Medical Center, the hospital located in Sunset … Full Article
 
The original Bossert Marine Roof Supper Club, where the elite dined and danced. Brooklyn Eagle archive photos

Cycles Are Not Always Clear Circles

The imminent return of the Bossert Hotel brings back recent memories of the 1970s, when there were still eight hotels operating within the small historic district called Brooklyn Heights. … Full Article
 
Bernie Sanders. AP photo by John Minchillo

Bernie Sanders: Big in Bushwick

On Wednesday, the Bernie Sanders campaign filed more than 80,000 petition signatures –more than ten times the minimum required -- to put Bernie on the ballot in the New York State Democratic Presidential Primary on April 19. … Full Article
 

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