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@BklynEagle
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6 years
. @michelleobama had a lengthy conversation with @sjp last night at @barclayscenter to promote the former First Lady's new book
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Gillian Anderson: Bringing Blanche to #Brooklyn . @GillianA at @stannswarehouse through Jun 4
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Locals rally to ‘Free Pablo’ Villavicencio outside Fort Hamilton army base
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Democratic Socialists vow ground war to help elect @KhaderElyateem
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Paris Hilton, Naomi Campbell party in Brooklyn for Circoloco Halloween
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@BklynEagle
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Masih Alinejad, an Iranian opposition activist and writer in exile in New York City, had already been identified as the target of an alleged kidnapping plot. A year later, it appears the threats against her keep coming.
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@BklynEagle
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UPDATE: Linda Fairstein, one of the lead prosecutors in the Central Park Five case, stepped down from the Board of Trustees at Vassar College after students demanded her resignation.
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Brooklyn native @dinoballerino reaches @MASTERCHEFonFOX finale, shines on worldwide stage
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ESports fans compete against their favorite team in Brooklyn, @overwatchleague 's @NYXL
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Brooklyn native @dinoballerino reaches @MASTERCHEFonFOX finale, shines on worldwide stage
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New beacon technology brings popular countdown clocks to more #NYC subway platforms. #bluetooth #NYCsubway #MTA
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@BklynEagle
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Calling all transportation nerds! We're hiring a bus commute reporter to write stories about all aspects of public transportation in #Brooklyn . Think you're the right fit? Apply here:
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@BklynEagle
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We'll be back live on Periscope in 15 minutes here at #BodegaStrike . Our story:
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BREAKING: A large protest against has erupted in Downtown BK, beginning in McLaughlin Park & continuing down Flatbush Ave as far as Barclays. Issue appears to be policing of MTA and approval of new jails. Event page here:
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@BklynEagle
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Those bright lights you saw tonight is not an alien invasion, but caused by an explosion at a ConEd building in Astoria. This is a developing story.
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@BklynEagle
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it's cold out
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WE'RE HIRING! This is an exciting new beat where you will reimagine how media cover gun violence incidents, looking at causes, effects and solutions. (1/6)
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@BklynEagle
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Watch #Brooklyn 's own Dino tonight on @MASTERCHEFonFOX . Check out our recent profile of him!
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Nine different developments are being built along one street in East Flatbush. Many of them will avoid providing the parking normally mandated by the city through a unique loophole: assigning two addresses to a single building.
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@BklynEagle
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. @Fontbonne_Hall opens @MariaBartiromo Broadcast Studio, named after @FoxBusiness anchor
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@BklynEagle
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Knicks star @Enes_Kanter visits kids in #Bushwick shelter
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More than 250 people stood hand in hand on Sunday to denounce the appearance of a white nationalist group in Brooklyn.
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#TBT : @CurtisSamuel4__ seen here scoring a touchdown his senior year of HS against Tottenville in the 2013 PSAL playoffs. By @RobAbruzzese
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@BklynEagle
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Welcome to New York City, where you may have a job, but not a home.
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New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago.
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Community boards play a vital role in the functioning of NYC. But our analysis of Brooklyn’s reveal that most don’t accurately reflect the diverse districts they serve. Reporting by @kellyj_mena @megmcgold (Here's a thread with our findings)
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@BklynEagle
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BROOKLYN HISTORY ON THE WATER The historic side-by-side cruise of the two Wheelers — Rarebit on the left, and Legend on the right — was captured using a drone flying overhead. @MatthewRhys Learn more by clicking the link. Photo by Derek Basler.
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therapist: and what do we say when the next C train is 12 minutes away? me: hate to C it..... therapist: no
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Though Scarlett died more than 10 years ago, in 2008, the North Shore Animal League has created an award for brave animals called the “Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism.”
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Every New York City mayor has waged war — and mostly lost — against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the city’s vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match?
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9 years
We'd like to wish longtime #Brooklyn patron @jimcramer a happy birthday
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You can walk from the Bay Ridge shoreline to L&B Spumoni Gardens in Gravesend on a single road: 86th Street.
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@BklynEagle
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Greenest Block in Brooklyn award goes to Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
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@BklynEagle
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Wish Angela Merkel, @ariannahuff , @ForestWhitaker , @donttrythis and more a happy birthday!
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@BklynEagle
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Very exciting news for us — Emma is an incredibly talented and dogged reporter. She has done great freelance coverage for us for nearly a year now, on everything from the fight to decriminalize sex work to tenant activism. Looking forward to having her on the team full-time.
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Emma Whitford
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After 2+ years as a freelance local news reporter, I've got a programming note! Monday will be my first day as a senior reporter at @BklynEagle , where I'll start out expanding our coverage of gun violence in Brooklyn. I'm incredibly excited to get to it.
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@BklynEagle
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'This is a ticking time bomb. If people can’t move around, New York City can’t function.' @CoreyinNYC
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@BklynEagle
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A little eye candy from the Eagle offices for your Friday afternoon ✨
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so that you can tell your next hinge date, "i actually know this great place where people were getting absolutely hammered in the 1800s."
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She's a newsroom superhero. She squashes serial commas, tackles typos and enforces deadlines. She makes our reporting better every day - and makes the office a happier, more fun place to be. Happy 1st work anniversary, managing editor @sarabosworth ! We couldn't do it w/o you.
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“Through her intelligence, bravery, and grace, Jazmine Headley turned the worst ordeal of her life — and of any parent’s — into an opportunity for change for the entire city.”
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“We want our city, state, and federal leaders to take action to address public safety that is crippling our community, reducing the quality of life and causing small businesses to close and New Yorkers to flee for safer places,” Malliotakis said.
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In debut memoir, musician @Jakeshears depicts life in late 1990s Brooklyn
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. @colbywoodmansee is a hitting machine for the @BKCyclones through 13 games.
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Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue to celebrate five years with bash @BadassBK
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From one lovebird to another, happy #ValentinesDay @TheCityNY pigeon. We can't wait to learn your name and soar beside you! ♥♥ Love, Eddie the 🦅 and the @BklynEagle staff! ♥♥
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. @RepDanDonovan wants ban on child sex dolls. Lawmaker calls playthings ‘outlets for pedophiles’
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Brought to you by @sarabosworth not realizing which account she's logged into, and now it stays here as a warning to all social media managers.
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One of the ideas includes transforming the parking lot currently used by judges. “It is actually park land,” Restler pointed out. “We want more spaces for kids and families — more of an actual park.”
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#Brooklyn Book Festival announced its 2016 author lineup, which features @MargaretAtwood
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Congrats to @NYCosmos on a great season
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Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition to debut at the @brooklynmuseum
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. @brooklynmuseum to open exhibit on famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo
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RT @RepYvetteClarke Our phones are ringing off the hook. The overwhelming majority of my constituents are saying "NO" to #TrumpCare .
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did Justin Long write this
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If you want to learn about this city, why not follow the lead of the people that report on it every day?
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WE'RE HIRING: Do you ♥ meeting readers where they live, work, play? Does creating conversation around local news bring you joy? Do you dream in gif? Good news. We've got a place for you.
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Check out our community engagement project, focused on gun violence in #Brooklyn . We want to hear from you!
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‘Eagle Talks’ with Chris Ward: The man looking to revolutionize South #Brooklyn and the #RedHook waterfront.
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"We believe that severing ties with companies linked to the Amazon fires — and pressuring businesses to do the same — is a necessary step to address this crisis." @BPEricAdams and @Costa4NY
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When it’s 30 degrees on Thursday and 65 on Sunday
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. @NYCosmos beat @TheMiamiFC , advance to 3rd straight @naslofficial Soccer Bowl to face @sfdeltas
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Love, sorrow and solidarity from the Borough of Churches to the people of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Map shows many of Brooklyn's busiest streets began as Native American trails
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A collection of photos taken on a single day during the coronavirus pandemic capture an eerily empty borough.
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Eagle reporting: 🔥 Eagle carpentry: 🤔
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And we'll be hiring soon too. In the meantime, we're expanding our freelance roster. Send pitches to ned @brooklyneagle .com
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It's #ColumbusDay , so we're revisiting an ongoing debate: Should NYC's Christopher Columbus statues be removed?
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After losing power on the hottest weekend of the year, some Brooklynites quickly noticed that neighboring blocks still had electricity. They want to know: "Why are we the ones that have to suffer for the bigger power grid?"
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@BklynEagle
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Go see @GillianA this weekend, or today, at @stannswarehouse . We have a Q&A with her here
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Today, after months of debate, public hearings and advisory votes, the City Council votes on the plan to build four new borough-based jails. We're liveblogging the process, and you can follow along. For some background, here's a thread. (1/)
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Brooklyn Republican Party, Joe Lhota endorse @NMalliotakis for mayor. They think she can defeat @BilldeBlasio
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Councilmember @cmenchaca is calling for a moratorium on all ICE enforcement during the city's novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Did you know that the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest began in 1916, when four immigrants held competition at Nathan’s to settle an argument regarding who was the most patriotic? Find out more facts here:
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Charlottesville fallout hits Brooklyn; @RepYvetteClarke & @BPEricAdams renew calls to rename Ft. Hamilton streets
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EXCLUSIVE: Jake Gyllenhaal speaks to Eagle about new film Demolition
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when it squalls it pours
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Bay Ridge lawmakers are hoping the MTA applies the brakes to a plan to charge drivers $19 to travel over the Verrazzano Bridge. @nmalliotakis and @justinbrannan say the toll is unfair to their constituents
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A tale of two e-bikes: City moves ahead to help rich cyclists, while thousands of deliverymen suffer
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Mourners were gathered at a vigil in Crown Heights early this morning when gunfire broke out.
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Call to rename Williamsburg Bridge after saxophonist @sonnyrollins gains steam @RollinsBridge
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On this week's Eagle podcast, @sarabosworth , @megmcgold and @EyeBrooklyn shout out the superstar women in NYC local journalism. Here are some of the awesome Brooklyn reporters we had in mind. Who would you add? (1/???)
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OPINION: The test is not the problem with specialized high schools, by, @NMalliotakis
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. @KhaderElyateem socialist endorsement rankles @BobCapano
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Long Live The Kings at @BAM_Brooklyn , 4 shows in 3 days featuring @David_Tennant
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The bill – dubbed "The Golden Rule," after former state Sen. Marty Golden – is being pushed by @Bobby4Brooklyn and @agounardes .
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Mark Twain Intermediate School hosts 4th annual gala, honoring @Z100NewYork personality @SkeeryJones
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The Bushwick rezoning. The Spice Factory. Franklin Avenue development. The abolitionist house. Do the Right Thing Way. Broadway Junction. A protest against gentrification marched all across Brooklyn — here's where they stopped along the way.
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nah you’re good
@sarabosworth
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sometimes I like my own tweets from the eagle’s twitter is that embezzlement
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Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition to debut at the @brooklynmuseum
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal funds.
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Good luck to the @NYCosmos , who compete in the @naslofficial Soccer Bowl on Sunday!
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