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The city Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved with minor modifications the design for a new house (it's the one with a two-story arched window) to be built at 311 Vanderbilt Ave. Rendering by Ramona Albert Architecture P.C. via the Landmarks Preservation Commission

Landmarks Preservation Commission approves new-house design for Clinton Hill lot

The owner of an empty lot in the Clinton Hill Historic District wants to build a house covered in pale-hued simulated travertine with an arched window soaring two stories above brushed-metal garage doors. … Full Article
 
Forum moderators Chamber President Andrew Hoan and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership President Regina Myer question Brooklyn House delegation members Yvette Clarke, Carolyn Maloney, Dan Donovan, Hakeem Jeffries and Nydia Velázquez (left to right). Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Protesters disrupt Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce forum to attack Muslim ban

The anger that many Americans feel over Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. was on full display at a forum sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce on Monday, as protesters shouted down U.S. Rep. … Full Article
 
Healthcare workers demanded a living wage at a rally at St. Francis College. Photo courtesy of HeartShare Human Services of New York.

Brooklyn healthcare workers rally for better pay

Healthcare workers who assist the elderly, the developmentally disabled and those with physical ailments deserve a big boost in salary. That was the sentiment expressed at a rally attended by hundreds of workers from nonprofit agencies at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn on Feb. … Full Article
 
LICH Demolition 2-3-17 by Mary Frost

5 a.m. demolition at former Long Island College Hospital (LICH) riles Brooklyn neighbors

It’s bad enough, neighbors say, that enormous, out-of-context development is changing the character of their low-rise neighborhood. Now, Cobble Hill residents complain they are being shaken awake early in the morning by noisy demolition at the former Long Island College Hospital (LICH). … Full Article
 
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave a talk to St. Francis College students on Thursday. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks with college students at St. Francis

More than 700 people packed into a gym at St. Francis College on Thursday to watch U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was at the school to talk about her life and answer pre-approved questions from students. … Full Article
 
North Brooklyn lawmakers say schools in Williamsburg and Greenpoint could use more crossing guards. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

Lawmakers ask NYPD for more school crossing guards

Neighborhoods like Greenpoint and Williamsburg have blossomed over the past decade into trendy, desirable places to live. … Full Article
 
Carlos Menchaca at a Sunset Park rally for immigrants in November. Photo courtesy of Menchaca's office

Menchaca, Gentile to host unity rally in Sunset Park

Elected officials, local civic and religious leaders and community organizations will be gathering together at a Sunset Park catering hall for a special “Unity in the Community” event organized by two local lawmakers. … Full Article
 
Stagnant trash sits atop the water in Newtown Creek. Eagle file photo by Cody Brooks

EPA officials to Trump: Stay away from Newtown Creek

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials reassured dozens of concerned North Brooklyn residents on Wednesday at a Newtown Creek Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting that the Superfund cleanup of the waterway would continue as planned, despite President Donald Trump’s freeze on EPA  … Full Article
 
A large crowd began gathering two hours early for a rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest President Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban. Photo by Mary Frost

Yemeni bodegas go on strike, rally in Brooklyn to protest Trump’s Muslim travel ban

Yemeni business owners across all five New York City boroughs closed hundreds of neighborhood grocery stores and bodegas at noon yesterday in an eight-hour strike to protest the Trump administration’s travel ban targeting Muslims. … Full Article
 
An oddly popular Valentine's date is offered at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, shown above. Photos courtesy of the Department of Environmental Conservation

Celebrate your Valentine's love with a visit to a wastewater treatment plant

How better to celebrate Valentine's Day than with a tour of a wastewater treatment plant? … Full Article
 

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