History At Home: This Day In The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

As we wander about our modern neighborhood, caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s easy to ignore the long and vibrant history of our community. Let’s remedy that. Every weekend, we’ll take a step back, with the help of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives, and explore what was happening around South Slope over a century ago.

Today we’ve got the Park Slope Children’s Festival happening on 4th Street and 5th Avenue, but on this weekend in 1894, it was the Barnum and Bailey Circus that ruled Washington Park.

Also in 1894, women’s suffrage was the talk of the town, but one “anxious woman” could only think of the “dangers” that winning the vote would bring about for our fair sex.

Have an interesting bit of South Slope history to share? Send it toeditor@bklyner.com, and we’ll publish it in our weekly History at Home segment.