Elected officials make a lot of promises on the campaign trail, but it’s through budget deals that they really enact change.
On Saturday, Aug. 24, the Old Stone House in Washington Park, on one of the sites of the American Revolution’s Battle of Brooklyn.
Dalí was staying at the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan, a gaudy old-world palace with gold-leaf moldings and velvet drapes.
Between 1915 and 1920, a golden era of scaling buildings emerged; buildings were going up rapidly and climbing them was still legal.
In 1939, Robert Moses had a problem. The World’s Fair was scheduled to kick off at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens on April 30
Brooklynites are renowned for toughness, forcefulness, confidence and bluntness. There should be no wonder that Winston Churchill
Richard J. Moylan served as the president of Green-Wood Cemetery since 1986 and announced his decision to retire in 2025.
ON THIS DAY IN 1872, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The Centennial Commission, sitting at Philadelphia, yesterday considered the report of the Committee on Plans.
ON THIS DAY IN 1893, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said, “You cannot walk on the platform of an elevated railway station in Brooklyn without being
ON THIS DAY IN 1857, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “The advent of the new cent pieces afforded the newsboys and other small speculators a
Brooklyn may be the king’s county, but it has been the stomping grounds of many a president, too. From Chester A. Arthur to both Roosevelts, to Hoover and Truman and
Led by longtime history programmer, “Brooklyn Is…” gives visitors a new introduction to the landmark building.