Raise your glass for one last toast at Eamonns on Montague Street.The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the long-running Irish bar and restaurant will close on June 17.The new owner of … Read more

- Pimping “expert” loses swagger when Brooklyn judge sentences him for robbery. NY Daily News - The interim dean of Brooklyn Law School will present the case for Bible-backed debt … Read more

Summer specs at Sol Moscot’s on Court Street in Cobble Hill. Turns out that Moscot  ranks the Top 10 sunglasses in movies (why we don’t know). Here are the results:10. … Read more

Gothamist has put together a album of photos from 1922, New York City’s so-called “Gilded Age.” That inspired us to see what we could find from from Brooklyn’s … Read more

The Dumbo NYC blog reports that Con Ed will brief neighbors on the recent fire and findings from its  investigation. The meeting will be held tonight, Wednesday, May 23, at … Read more

Are you a burly, rugged maniac? The kind that considers no work out complete unless it includes a crawl through mud under barbed wire?Have we got a rugged event for … Read more

- Complete coverage of last night’s Barclays Center Traffic Mitigation Plan meeting, as live-blogged by Carroll Gardens Patch. Highlights: a reduction of on-site parking; shuttle buses to off-site parking; cross-marketing … Read more

Tobacco Warehouse (left), Empire Stores (right). By MK MetzUPDATE with letter from the Brooklyn Heights Association at end of post. The NY Daily News is reporting that a deal has … Read more

Bay 32nd Street and 86th Street, scene of attack.The bruises are painful, and multiple victims of a blow gun assailant are taking prescription medication to prevent possible infections from a … Read more

A giant Batman jumpy-castle, a self-guided architecture tour, kids games and face-painting, music and tables full of goodies were just some of the activities at Saturday’s Willowtown Fair.Iris Café and … Read more

Looking south along Adams Street service road. MK MetzJust last week McBrooklyn wrote about how nicely Willoughby Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn was shaping up. The landscaped plaza will wrap around … Read more

- Mixed reviews for GoogaMooga. Carroll Gardens Patch and About.com and here. - Those bike-sharing docks may be bigger than DOT describes, and some Brooklyn Heights residents are getting riled … Read more

- There are reports that the Nets would love to steal Lin from the Knicks and transplant Linsanity to Brooklyn. Gothamist- Latest development in Packer’s SAT test debacle: Packer lawyers … Read more

Enormous spectacle at Brooklyn Borough Hall yesterday as BP Marty Markowitz and Turkish Consul General M. Levent Biligen presided over the annual Turkish Cultural Celebration. The sound of drums and … Read more

Jen DeNikeYamini NayarThe New York Photo Festival 2012 will be held May 16 through May 20 in DUMBO, Brooklyn. A site locator of the area’s exhibition sites and amenities can … Read more

- Cops stopped and questioned nearly one-third of Brownsville’s residents last year. NY Daily News- Nearly 200 students who took the SAT at Packer in Brooklyn Heights had their scores … Read more

The NY Post calls developer David Bistricer a “slumlord” and reports that he’s bought the landmark Hotel Bossert on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights from Watchtower Bible and Tract Society … Read more

- A man was stabbed in the neck -- at the Brooklyn Heights Library, of all places. Brooklyn Heights Blog - Traffic agents are lying in wait, slapping tickets … Read more

Brownstoner reports that the two-story light brick building at 30 Henry Street (and Middagh Street) in Brooklyn Heights -- most recently the headquarters of the Brooklyn Eagle -- sold for … Read more

Looking south along Adams Street service road. MK MetzThis is going to be a great place to eat snacks from Panera’s and Shake Shack, or just hang out: Work on … Read more

- State Senator Eric Adams has officially announced that he is running for Brooklyn Borough President. Politicker - Skanska, the construction firm in charge of the $508 million Brooklyn Bridge … Read more

What did you do on Mother’s Day? Supporters of Milagros Day Worldwide celebrated women who have overcome domestic violence with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and a … Read more

Packer Collegiate Institute headmaster Bruce L. Dennis told the Brooklyn Eagle he was thrilled about last week’s New York Times article. “I’m hearing from people I haven’t heard from for … Read more

Those fireworks you heard Saturday, May 12 close to midnight were set off by N.E.C.O. (National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations) off Liberty Island.The fireworks are part of a celebration of … Read more

- Finally: Century 21 announces it really will open in the Fulton Mall, in City Point. Brooklyn Eagle - Rikers is still an out of control hellhole. (Warning: graphic images … Read more

Hundreds were turned away Wednesday night at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO as Creative Week’s ‘Celebrate Brooklyn’ event -- presented by HUGE and Digital DUMBO -- sold out. Today (Friday) … Read more

- The Northside Music, Art, Film, and Entrepreneurship Festival in Williamsburg will showcase “the next generation of culture and technology.” Northside Festival- 5 affordable one-bedroom apartments in Brooklyn. Brokelyn  … Read more

Flames shot into the sky and bodies littered Cadman Plaza East in Downtown Brooklyn last night -- but that was a good thing.With FDNY and NYPD,  members of CERT (Community … Read more

- Brooklyn tenants sue landlord Two Trees, begin rent strike, claim fraud. Curbed - The Hotel Bossert -- the former “Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn” -- could soon be making a … Read more

GE is doing something really nifty in DUMBO this week: an interactive hologram experience called “Throttle UP” where you -- by waving your hands around -- assemble an advanced GEnx … Read more