Feb. 6, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted in a violent Sunday morning attack that left a woman with a large wound across her face. The attack happened at around 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 3, when the man approached the 31-year-old female victim near Boerum Street and White Street in… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A transit advocacy group is calling on the city to forge ahead with the bus lanes, bike paths and other mitigation efforts that were planned for Williamsburg and Manhattan as part of the prior L-train shutdown plan that was abruptly called off last month. Transportation Alternatives will be hosting… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A delivery truck crashed into the side of a residential building in Greenpoint early this morning, damaging two parked cars in the process. Around 3:30 a.m., a box truck sporting an ad for Aviation Gin side swiped two cars before driving into the front of 165 Russell St., located… Read more »
Feb. 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Enid’s, the Greenpoint favorite that opened its doors 20 years ago, will soon be closing them for the last time. The restaurant and bar, located at 560 Manhattan Ave., will be closing up shop for good on March 31, according to an announcement made by the local watering hole… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A Williamsburg-based real estate developer is planning on constructing three spacious townhomes on South 2nd Street, according to plans submitted to the Department of Buildings last week. Each four-story townhouse, if plans go through, will span approximately 8,000 square feet, and cover 74 through 76 South 2nd St., a… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Petland Discounts will be shutting down operations across New York stores, including a handful of locations in Brooklyn, according to state filings. The company will be closing 70 locations in the five boroughs, Nassau and Westchester, and is laying off the 367 employees that staffed the sites in coming… Read more »
Jan. 30, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is once again offering up an unconventional way to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The annual tour of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant’s digester eggs is back again this year, with registration opening tomorrow, Jan. 31. DEP will be hosting four separate tours of… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez McCarren Park’s track and turf field have recently reopened after nearly a year of capital project renovations. The quarter-mile track reopened yesterday, weeks ahead of the anticipated opening in March, and features freshly painted numbers and other markings on brand new rubber. The adjacent multi-use field, which also closed… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Preparations for the upcoming L train reconstruction project will cause weeknight shutdowns of the majority of the line for the next two months starting this week. Beginning Jan. 28 until March 18, L trains will not run between Broadway Junction in Brooklyn and 8th Avenue in Manhattan from 10:45… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Broadway Stages will soon add 1.4 acres of green rooftops in Greenpoint thanks to a $1.5 million state environmental initiative grant. The Brooklyn-based film and television sound stage company is partnering with green roof specialists Alive Structures to transform the roofs on three of its sound stages in Greenpoint… Read more »