Category: Entertainment
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Thousands of Brave Souls Participate in 121st Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge
New year, new plunge! On Jan. 1, thousands of people participated in one of Brooklyn’s most beloved traditions, the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Now in its 121st year, the tradition brings brave souls near and far to take a dip into the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Coney Island to celebrate the…
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B’klyn offshore tanker, synagogue and brewery nominated for historic status
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the New York State Board for Historic Preservation’s recommendations to add 36 properties to the State and National Register of Historic Places — three of them within Brooklyn. “These nominations reflect generations of community building, planning, and activities that give us a glimpse into our collective past as New…
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Promenade Tree Lighting, a Brooklyn Heights holiday tradition, celebrates 71st year
PROMENADE ENTRANCE — “This is for the kids,” said one of the representatives of the Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, which sponsors the event each year. Lots of community cooperation comes together to create a festive tradition that has continued for 71 years. Among the participants were: the Brooklyn Parks Department, Brooklyn Women’s Exchange, Grace Church Chorale…
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Popular Christmas lights shine in Dyker Heights
These houses in Dyker Heights are decorated with massive holiday lights. Photos by Paul R. Gordon DYKER HEIGHTS — When it comes to the Christmas season, the display of elaborate lights on Dyker Heights homes transforms them into winter wonderlands. In a tradition that started more than 30 years ago, thousands of people visit the…
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2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing
A book published by Simon & Schuster. AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File Book publishing in 2023 was a story of cooling sales and rising conflict, marked by legal action, protests, censorship and the impact of forces well beyond the industry. Print book sales continued to recede following the pandemic-era surge, but fiction remained strong, thanks in part…
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Santa Land Parade kicks off holiday season in Prospect Heights
Victory Music & Dance Company led off the 2023 Santa Land Parade with The Brownsville Excellence Marching Band. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Brooklyn’s fourth annual Santa Land Parade took off in Prospect Heights on Saturday afternoon, bringing bands, high-steppers, stilt walkers, classic cars and holiday cheer to Vanderbilt Avenue. Santa brought…
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Rare polychoral music from 1600s coming to Brooklyn cathedral
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph/St. Teresa of Avila, at 856 Pacific St. in Prospect Heights. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The rarely-performed, majestic sound of polychoral music dating from the 1600s Renaissance is coming on Dec. 8 and 9 to a century-old Brooklyn cathedral, the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph/St. Teresa of Avila at…
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Brooklyn’s tallest Christmas tree to be lit Wednesday
The Christmas tree at Brooklyn Commons. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle Share this: DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — This giant fir tree at Brooklyn Commons (formerly called MetroTech) is traditionally the tallest Christmas tree in Brooklyn, usually coming in around 55 feet. Related Article: Move over, Rockefeller Center: Brooklyn’s tallest Christmas tree comes with live reindeer and…
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Ice skating rink with amazing views opens under Brooklyn Bridge
The new 8,600-square-foot skating rink is tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge in Emily Warren Roebling Plaza. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle DUMBO — Skaters have gleefully taken to the ice at the new, 8,600-square-foot skating rink called “Glide at Brooklyn Bridge Park,” which opened in Emily Warren Roebling Plaza on Nov. 15. The views from…
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New Sunset Park Library and Apartments opens
This rendering shows a close-up of the new Sunset Park Library and affordable housing building that is slated to open Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning SUNSET PARK — Brooklyn Public Library and the Fifth Avenue Committee hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the new Sunset Park…