ON THIS DAY IN 1899, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Everybody who has had occasion to consider the matter even casually knows that the population of city suburbs is increasing rapidly. This statement is made without particularizing New York, because what is happening in this city is happening in every other city where congestion of […] The post April 16: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle ..read more

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ELECTEDS DEBUNK ADAMS’ CLAIM THAT PEOPLE NEED APPOINTMENT TO TALK TO THEM CITYWIDE — MAYOR ERIC ADAMS OUTRAGED LAWMAKERS TWICE in the past week: First by saying he would require elected officials to fill out a new three-page online form before his administration would meet with them, then by falsely claiming that constituents can’t just […] The post What’s News, Breaking: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle ..read more

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FRANKFURT — Not even a thought of leaving mama’s side: A gosling sits in the plumage of its mother in a meadow in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, April 13, 2024. While the general word for “goose” in Germany is Gänse (plural, Gänschen), Germany has several varieties of geese. Most geese species mate for life in natural […] The post Our world in photos: April 15 appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle ..read more

Be careful – please. It may be spreading – and it could very well be in the water. The good news, thus far, is that it seems to be in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of the borough. But really – it is a good thing, Its young basketball talent being produced and developed at P.S., […] The post There’s a basketbal power brewing in Clinton Hill appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle ..read more

New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some lawmakers are now proposing city and statewide […] The post How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle ..read more