Author: Joseph Deaux (Joseph Deaux)

by Joe Deaux After more than an hour of searching, they finally spot the Yellow-throated Warbler. “I found the Yellow-throated Warbler,” Tom Stephenson, an avid birder and member of the Brooklyn Bird Club, cries out to the remaining bird seekers. The group rushes over to one large tree in the southwest section of Prospect Park,...

This is part of an ongoing series looking at Brooklyn’s economic recovery. Having already looked at sectors which are beginning to thrive, the potential impact of budget cuts and an individual story of a hair designer; we now turn to two more people forced to reinvent themselves as a result of the economy. Portraits of...

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By Joe Deaux When Kevin Kutch removes glass from the furnace it is actually in liquid form and measures at 2,150 degrees Fahrenheit – a temperature that is approximately equivalent to what the underbelly of the space shuttle endures when reentering Earth’s atmosphere. The egg-shaped blob of molten glass sticks to the end of Kutch’s...

By Joe Deaux Edwin “Duke” Snider died last week in Escondido, Cal. He was 84 years old. For many in Brooklyn – especially those born after 1957 — the name conjures no recognition. But for older generations in the borough and beyond his death matters, even if they never met him. Snider was the center...

Yet another snowstorm dumped over a foot of snow on Brooklyn yesterday, and while there those who could relish a cold day spent indoors, for many others the concept of a snow day did not apply. Our correspondents fanned out to find the people who help ensure that life in the borough goes on regardless...

By Jeremy B. White The soaring stone bulk of One Hanson Place looms through the long slanting window panes, beneath which a set of winding stairs swoops down to the trains. It has been one of those deceptively bright winter days in which the light emits no heat, and now the wan late-afternoon glow falls...