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Visitors from Japan enjoyed a splash in the Pop-Up Pool on opening day in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday. Eagle photos by Mary Frost

Cheers as Pop-Up Pool reopens in Brooklyn Bridge Park for one more season

Summer returned to Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday with the reopening of the popular Pop-Up Pool, and dozens of kids and their parents showed their happiness by splashing, paddling and kicking their way across its cool, blue waters. … Full Article
 
Bestselling graphic novel writer George O’Connor demonstrates how to create illustrations for a book at the Community Book Fair at P.S. 24. Photo by Liz Koch

Brooklyn Book Fair a big hit at P.S. 24

Children in Sunset Park were introduced to the wonderful world of books, thanks to the Brooklyn Book Festival, which hosted a celebration of literature at P.S. 24 complete with readings, play acting, lessons in how to create a comic book and other fun-filled activities. … Full Article
 
Wednesday night’s town hall kicked off the preliminary design phase of the massive BQE rehabilitation project. Shown: The crumbling, triple-decked cantilever underpinning the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is included in the project. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

Rehab of BQE and Heights Promenade: New gateways to Brooklyn Bridge Park below

“Everything is on the table,” engineers from the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) told concerned Brooklyn Heights residents at Wednesday night’s town hall kicking off the preliminary design phase of the massive  … Full Article
 
Broadways Stages owner Tony Argento exults amid the Kingsland Wildflower garden in the fading light. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Brooklyn Revealed series celebrates Summer Solstice on Kingsland Wildflowers

The North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce marked 2017’s longest day on June 21 with the third event in its Brooklyn Revealed series, a reception held atop the Broadway Stages building where Marni Majorelle’s Kingsland Wildflowers Rooftop projects an eco-friendly compromise in the midst of one  … Full Article
 
Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Henry Ward Beecher Debby Applegate speaks with the uncovered monument in the background. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Henry Ward Beecher monument restoration unveiled in Columbus Park

“’It is not well for a man to pray cream and live as skim milk’,” Dr. John Scibilia said, quoting the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher. … Full Article
 
It’s time to say goodbye to the Jehovah's Witnesses' famed "Watchtower" emblem that has stood perched over Brooklyn Heights for decades. The religious group recently filed permits to have the 15-foot-tall letters removed. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Sayonara! Jehovah's Witnesses' iconic Watchtower sign to be removed

Brooklyn’s skyline has undergone a lot of changes recently, but none perhaps more dramatic than this. It’s time to say farewell to the Jehovah's Witnesses' famed "Watchtower" emblem that has stood perched over Brooklyn Heights for decades. … Full Article
 
Frogs on a Wythe Avenue mural seem to be thinking, “I only have eyes for you.” Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Construction updates on Williamsburg's Hotel Row, AKA Wythe Avenue

I only have eyes for you, dear. That classic Harry Warren-Al Dubin tune comes to mind when we walk up Wythe Avenue. … Full Article
 
That's 325 Kent Ave. shining bright like a diamond, as Rihanna would say. The landmarked Domino Sugar building stands beside it. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

How sweet it is: Domino Sugar site's 325 Kent Ave. is looking fine

Every day, it looks more like the renderings. … Full Article
 
A woman's decomposed body was found on Tuesday morning off the shoreline of Red Hook. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Woman’s decomposed body found floating in the waters off Red Hook

A woman's decomposed body was discovered on Tuesday morning floating in the vicinity of Gowanus Bay and Buttermilk Channel off the shoreline of Red Hook, police sources said.  … Full Article
 
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
 

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