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The “Angelmobile” van will serve hot meals and help people with housing, employment and other issues. Photo courtesy of North Brooklyn Neighbors Helping Neighbors

North Brooklyn to welcome ‘Angelmobile’

Residents of Greenpoint, Williamsburg and other communities will be getting help right on the street, thanks to the North Brooklyn Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a newly formed nonprofit organization which will deliver hot meals every day via a mobile soup kitchen called the "Angelmobile.” … Full Article
 
Credit St. Charles Borromeo Church

New pastor chosen for St. Charles Borromeo Church

The Rev. William G. Smith will preside at a memorial Mass at noon Wednesday, June 28 at St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn Heights, in memory of the late Msgr. Charles Diviney. Diviney, who led St. … Full Article
 
Anna Ziegler. Photo: Will Miller

Eagle interview with Cobble Hill playwright Anna Ziegler on her new play ‘Actually’

The playwright Anna Ziegler possesses one of the boldest and most distinctive voices in contemporary American theater. … Full Article
 
The two towers to the left of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank clocktower are part of a planned development at 80 Flatbush Ave. in Downtown Brooklyn. Renderings by Alloy Development

Public review process moves forward for 925-foot skyscraper planned for 80 Flatbush Ave.

This is a tale of two towers, plus two public schools. One tower, designed to soar 925 feet in the air, is among the tallest skyscrapers ever planned in the borough of Brooklyn. … Full Article
 
The state Legislature in Albany failed to approve a money- and time-saving method known as design-build to expedite the Brooklyn Queens Expressway’s long-overdue $1.9 billion rehabilitation. Officials called the failure “a disgrace.” Photo by Mary Frost

Albany’s failure to approve faster, cheaper fix for BQE ‘a disgrace,’ say Brooklyn officials

In another of Albany’s epic misses, the state Legislature ended its session last week having failed to authorize the city’s use of the “design-build” bidding process to expedite the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s (BQE) long-overdue $1.9 billion rehabilitation. … Full Article
 
Wu Long Chen is on trial before a jury and Judge Neil Firetog at Brooklyn Supreme Court for allegedly killing a man in cold blood. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane.

Sunset Park murder caused by family dispute in China

Jurors were shown a confession video in Brooklyn Supreme Court Monday of a Chinese military veteran who killed a man in cold blood on a Sunset Park street amid a 20-year family dispute in China. … Full Article
 
The town hall, organized by the group El Grito de Sunset Park, is expected to feature a lively discussion on police-community relations. Photo courtesy of El Grito de Sunset Park

Broken windows policing focus of Sunset Park forum

“Broken windows,” a crime-fighting theory practiced by NYPD for decades, holds that putting an emphasis on fighting quality-of-life crimes such as vandalism, public drinking and turnstile-jumping helps to create an atmosphere of law and order  … Full Article
 
“Measure for Measure” at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center features Thomas Jay Ryan as Angelo and Cara Ricketts as Isabella. Photo by Gerry Goodstein

Electrifying 'Measure for Measure' at TFANA's Polonsky Shakespeare Center

This is a play about justice and mercy, hypocrisy and a hot nun. Yes, a hot nun. … Full Article
 
Councilmember Laurie Cumbo (center) says the support she is receiving from the seven members of the City Council's LGBTQ Caucus is meaningful. Pictured with Cumbo are Ritchie Torres, Daniel Drumm, Rosie Mendez, Corey Johnson, James Van Bramer, James Vacca, and Carlos Menchaca (left to right). Photo courtesy of Cumbo’s campaign

Cumbo wins support from LGBTQ council colleagues

Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, running for her second term representing the 35th Council District (Fort Greene-Clinton Hill), has gotten a big pat on the back from her co-workers. … Full Article
 
Taste of Katz’s cranks out helpings of sliced meat. Eagle photos by Andy Katz.

VIDEO: DeKalb Market Hall draws foodie hoards to Downtown Brooklyn

What started as a trickle just off of Albee Square in the Fulton Street Mall quickly turned into a roar as the long-awaited opening of the DeKalb Market Hall drew foodies from all over the borough, Manhattan and even Long Island. … Full Article
 

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