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Doris Douglas. Photo courtesy of St. Francis College

Senior citizens share poems, prose at St. Francis College

St. Francis College recently hosted the sixth annual Senior Citizen Reading of Poetry and Prose by members of Professor Mitch Levenberg's Senior Citizen writing class.  … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Heights resident Brazen Van Horn won the sixth- and seventh-grade division. Photo courtesy of New York Sports Connection

Brooklyn junior sportswriters recognized in New York Sports Connection essay contest

The winners have been announced for the 2016 Sportsmanship essay contest. … Full Article
 
Daniel Tropp, photo courtesy of Ariel Property Advisors

Bushwick takes next steps with a commercial upturn

Following on the heels of a residential boom that pushed its population to an all-time high of 147,840 in 2015, Bushwick is in the midst of a commercial renaissance.  Bushwick’s growth trajectory is similar to what was observed in Williamsburg and Long Island City. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) says it will vote next Tuesday on a revised plan to develop two residential towers in the park at Pier 6. Shown: The two controversial Pier 6 towers can be seen above, center and left. Rendering courtesy of ODA-RAL Development Services - Oliver's Realty Group

Are Pier 6 towers inevitable? City says yes

Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) says it will vote this Tuesday on a revised plan to develop two residential towers in the park at Pier 6. … Full Article
 
“It just felt right,” Eastern Effects, Inc. founder and owner Scott Levy describes the genesis of his studio and how he came to choose such an unlikely neighborhood for its location. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Gowanus studio that films FX's 'The Americans' fighting closure

Alongside the head of one of North America’s most polluted waterways, a small film studio finds its existence threatened as two colossal bureaucracies battle head-to-head over the location of a key component to the long-awaited Superfund clean-up of the Gowanus Canal. Eastern Effects, Inc. … Full Article
 
St. Francis College recently honored dozens of undergraduate nursing students. Photo courtesy of St. Francis College

St. Francis College honors newest class of nursing students

Brooklyn Heights’ St. Francis College recently honored its future nurses by hosting its second annual Nursing White Coat Ceremony. Dozens of undergraduate Nursing students each received a medical coat emblazoned with the St. Francis College Nursing logo.  … Full Article
 
James Brennan is one of the assembly’s more senior members. Photo courtesy of Brennan’s office

Brennan says he will not run for re-election

James Brennan, who was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1984, is retiring. Brennan (D-Park Slope-Windsor Terrace-Kensington) announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he will not be running for re-election in November. … Full Article
 
This charming house at 1251 Bushwick Ave. is surrounded by a Brookland Capital residential development project. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

A sampler of Bushwick development and property sales

Heaven help me! I'm surrounded by wrap-around residential development where a church stood until recently. … Full Article
 
Why is there a chair hanging over the balcony of the former Masonic Temple on Bushwick Avenue? Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Beauty and blight in Bushwick

Seriously. Get rid of the graffiti already. The owner of the former Ridgewood Masonic Temple at 1054 Bushwick Ave. needs to clean up the city landmark ASAP. … Full Article
 
That's landmarked Catherina Lipsius House peeking out from behind a Bushwick Avenue apartment-development site where a shuttered KFC will be torn down. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

KFC? Yes siree!

Finger Lickin' Good. The developer who's going to tear down a Bushwick Avenue KFC and replace it with a six-story mixed-use building also bought three other Brooklyn Kentucky Fried Chicken locations, city Finance Department records reveal. … Full Article
 

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