April 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A new Asian-inspired cocktail lounge opened last week on Manhattan Avenue. Sama Street, located at 988 Manhattan Ave. in north Greenpoint, is the brainchild of two longtime friends, Avi Singh and Rishi Rajpal. The bar, which opened last Monday, serves up handcrafted cocktails infused with Asian ingredients and small… Read more »
April 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan This weekend, local run organizer Runstreet is offering pet lovers the chance to complete a 5K with their four-legged friends. The run, which will kick off at 10 a.m. on Saturday April 6, will begin at Brooklyn Running Co., located at 222 Grand St., and go through the streets… Read more »
April 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The owner of a popular eyewear brand has opened a new store in Greenpoint selling a wide range of goods from local makers. The shop, Tabulae, which shares a name with the eyewear brand, is filled with locally made clothing, jewelry, art, candles and skincare, in addition to the… Read more »
April 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan With the warm weather comes the seasonal return of Williamsburg’s beloved Smorgasburg to the East River Park. The popular food festival will be hosting its 2019 opening this Saturday, April 6. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., food enthusiasts will be able to enjoy all that the weekly festival… Read more »
April 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a group of teenage boys responsible for the assault and robbery of a 62-year-old man in Williamsburg last month. On Monday, March 4, around 7 p.m., three teens approached the man, who was walking outside of 244 South 3rd Street, and started punching him in… Read more »
April 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Early this morning, Greenpoint residents were shocked when they saw anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled across the sidewalk along Newel Street. Two large swastikas with arrows pointing in different directions were spray painted in black along Newel Street, near the Norman Avenue intersection. Police received multiple calls about the hateful graffiti… Read more »
April 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A new affordable housing lottery has opened for one of Williamsburg’s newest and largest waterfront developments, 420 Kent Ave., with 121 units up for grabs. The units, located in the first of three geometric towers that will eventually comprise the 420 Kent development, include studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms. Interested… Read more »
March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Just weeks before construction on the L train’s Canarsie tunnel is set to take place, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has made clear that it will no longer be having an independent third party review the feasibility of the updated construction plans put together by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s team of… Read more »
March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The remaining pieces of the now-closed Williamsburg institution Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern will be sold off in an estate sale this weekend at the Bedford Avenue bar. On Saturday, March 30, and Sunday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, buyers will be able to take home… Read more »
March 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are using cellphone footage that a woman took to track down a man who allegedly groped her on the L train late last week. On Thursday March 21, around 8:20 a.m., the 26-year-old woman was traveling southbound on the L train from Bedford Avenue when an unidentified man… Read more »