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Sara sits in her living room with her reptilian family members. Photos by Keisuke Tsujimoto

The Turtle Lady thrives in Williamsburg

Sara is standing outside her Williamsburg apartment building holding up her 20-year-old “little boy,” Abe. A Hasidic man does a double take driving by as does the cop cruising behind him. … Full Article
 
Eagle photo of the Brooklyn Heights Library by Mary Frost

OPINION: Preserving the Brooklyn Heights Library’s stone friezes

The Brooklyn Eagle enthusiastically backs an idea by readers to temporarily move the classic stone friezes currently gracing the façade of the Brooklyn Heights Library to the Brooklyn Museum’s Sculpture Garden. … Full Article
 
The NYPD Marching Band performs in the parade. Eagle photos by Arthur De Gaeta

Park Slope holds oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the borough

Irish eyes were smiling in Brooklyn on Sunday as Park Slope held its 42nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. In fact, it might have been the next best thing to celebrating back home in the Emerald Isle. … Full Article
 
Renee Giordano, pictured three years ago when the Sunset Park BID launched a free WiFi service, says the amenity has helped residents and business owners alike. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

City says BIDs help improve neighborhoods

Business improvement districts (BIDs) do more than improve the bottom line for storeowners, according to the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS), which has issued an eye-opening report detailing the ways in which BIDs invest in their communities to make the neighborhoo … Full Article
 
DOT wants to adjustment its original plan and add protected bike lanes along Fourth Avenue from Sunset Park to Boerum Hill. Graphic courtesy of NYC DOT

DOT wants to add 8 miles of protected bike lanes to Fourth Ave.

In what would be a major transformation of one of the city’s “Great Streets,” the Department of Transportation (DOT) wants to add eight miles of protected bike lanes to Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue, from Dean Street in Boerum Hill to 65th Street in Sunset Park. … Full Article
 
The NYC City Council approved on Thursday the redevelopment of the Sunset Park Library. Brooklyn Public Library is partnering with the nonprofit Fifth Avenue Committee to build a new, larger branch topped by 49 units of permanently affordable housing, shown in the rendering above. Rendering courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC

City Council approves Sunset Park Library redevelopment

The New York City Council has given its final approval to the redevelopment of the Sunset Park Library. … Full Article
 
Led by President and CEO Andrew Hoan (front and center), the delegation from the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce enjoys the view from the majestic staircase inside the State Capitol in Albany on March 13 during a day packed with meetings with top officials. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce visits Albany to huddle with lawmakers

Brooklyn’s business community sent its largest contingent ever to Albany to meet with key elected officials and representatives of the Cuomo administration as crucial negotiations got underway in anticipation of the April 1 deadline for the state Legislature to adopt a state budget. … Full Article
 
Members of the armed forces at a recent Memorial Day event at the Brooklyn War Memorial. Photo by Rob Abruzzese

Parks Dept. to present design for long-awaited repairs to Brooklyn War Memorial

The campaign to restore the shamefully crumbling Brooklyn War Memorial will inch another step forward on Monday, March 20, when Michelle Langley, an architect with the city’s Parks Department, will present a design for the first phase of renovations at a Community Board 2 committee meeting. … Full Article
 
Paul Colarusso, associate director of marketing at Abrams Books, and Caryn Coleman, director of programming at Nitehawk Cinema, speak to the audience before the event. Eagle photos by Cody Brooks

Only in Brooklyn: Books, booze and a movie at Williamsburg’s Nitehawk Cinema

What does Imperator Furiosa, the female protagonist in the Oscar Award-winning film “Mad Max: Fury Road” have in common with the hundreds of thousands of people who took part in the Women's March? … Full Article
 
Photo by Edward Heegan

Park Slope hosts 42nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Sunday

Irish eyes will be smiling in Brooklyn this weekend as Park Slope hosts its 42nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday. In fact, it might be the next best thing to celebrating back home in the Erin Isle. … Full Article
 

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