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The F train travels over its long elevated stretch south of Church Avenue.

Elected officials form bipartisan effort to combat subway noise    

March 7 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman

CONEY ISLAND — For decades, the noise emanating from the curved subway tracks near the West 8th Street F/Q train station has been a proverbial thorn in the side of residents that live nearby — and once again members of the surrounding community are hoping something can be done about it. On Friday, Democratic New […]

Columbian Lawyers Association President Yolanda Guadagnoli welcomed Hon. Matthew D’Emic, the Kings County Supreme Court administrative judge for criminal matters, for a CLE lecture titled, "The New York State Judicial Task Force on Mental Illness: Elimination of Bias, Inequity and Exclusion in our Courts' Response to Mental Illness.”Photos: Mario Belluomo/Brooklyn Eagle

Columbian Lawyers Association explores mental health challenges in courts

February 12 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

Full slideshow below At a recent meeting of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn, Justice Matthew D’Emic, the administrative judge of the Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, addressed the intersection of mental illness and the law. In his speech titled “The New York State Judicial Task Force on Mental Illness: Elimination of Bias, Inequity […]

A rendering of a building behind the Mermaid Parade

Leasing begins for Coney Island buildings with NYC’s largest geothermal system

February 2 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

LCOR, a leading real estate development and investment firm, on Thursday announced the launch of leasing at 1515 Surf Ave., a 463-unit waterfront residential complex in Coney Island that includes the largest geothermal HVAC system built to date in New York City. The two-building complex’s geothermal system will provide heating and cooling for the building […]