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Subsurface testing of the land around the Brooklyn Heights Library is underway to determine its suitability for a controversial $52 million luxury tower. Photo by Mary Frost

Soil testing underway at Brooklyn Heights Library

Subsurface testing of the land around the Brooklyn Heights Library, at 280 Cadman Plaza West, is underway to determine its suitability for a planned $52 million luxury tower. … Full Article

The Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2015 winners from Bainbridge Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant are pictured with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (far left). Photo by Malcolm McDaniel, courtesy of the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President

Bed-Stuy's Bainbridge Street named Greenest Block in Brooklyn

Persistence finally paid off for the residents of Bainbridge Street between Stuyvesant Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article

St. Francis College has been recognized by Forbes and Money Magazine. Photo courtesy of St. Francis College

Forbes and Money Magazine rank St. Francis College among the best

With a grade of A- from Money Magazine, Brooklyn Heights’ St. Francis College was again recognized on the magazine’s Best Colleges List. The recognition comes in the same week that St. … Full Article

Kings County Distillery is expanding beyond its Brooklyn Navy Yard home — to this building at 173 Cook St. in Bushwick. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan

Kings County Distillery heads to Bushwick to expand

Whiskey Whiskey My Old Friend, I've Come To Talk With You Again. Milk Of Mercy, Please Be Kind. … Full Article

My Blue Heaven — the building that houses Vietnamese restaurant Falansai is eye-catching at dusk. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Four reasons foodies love Bushwick

Night And Day, You Are The One — for Brooklyn foodies. That's Bushwick we're talking about. Gourmet eaters would looove the micro greens grown at the neighborhood's very own aquaponic farm, Edenworks. But its vegetables are being sold solely to restaurants. … Full Article