Dec. 6, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A Williamsburg church that saw its religious statues vandalized and broken over the weekend has been gifted more than $2,000 to restore them. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, along with religious leaders of Jewish and Muslin faiths, announced their contributions on Tuesday to Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The 94th Precinct Community Council will host its annual Children’s Christmas Party this Saturday. The party, sponsored by Broadway Stages, the Brooklyn-based film and television production company, will be held at its 25 Nassau Ave. location, and is open to children ages 10 and under. The festivities will kick… Read more »
Dec. 5, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police have arrested a Brooklyn man after the assault last week of a Hasidic Jewish man in Williamsburg. Enrique Gerena, a 33-year-old from Bed-Stuy, was arrested yesterday and charged with a hate crime and assault in the third degree, according to police. On Nov. 30, Gerena allegedly approached two… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Rideshare magnate Lyft announced its yearly citywide awards earlier today for the most visited destinations throughout the five boroughs, with Williamsburg and Bushwick proving to be the city’s most-visited neighborhoods. The two neighborhoods took home more than half of the seven awards in the 2018 Lyftie Awards, which looks… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A shared Williamsburg school building housing an elementary and middle school will be getting a brand new gymnasium, an effort that follows a recently-announced citywide initiative to bolster physical education in schools. P.S. 17 and Conselyea Preparatory School, both located at 208 N 5th St., will see a one-story… Read more »
Dec. 3, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Greenpoint residents discovered at least three graffiti swastikas along McGuinness Boulevard earlier today. Clara Kundin, who lives in North Brooklyn, first noticed two swastikas spray painted beneath the Pulaski bridge overpass just before 1:20 p.m., at the intersection of McGuinness Boulevard and Clay Street. One of the swastikas is… Read more »
Dec. 3, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man who punched a Hasidic Jewish man on Friday in the Broadway Triangle area—the second recent attack of a Jewish person in the neighborhood. Video released by police shows the suspect approaching two men dressed in traditional Hasidic clothing outside of 68 Throop Ave…. Read more »
Dec. 3, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man who urinated over religious statues outside a Williamsburg church before knocking them down over the weekend. The incident happened at around 3:57 a.m. on Dec. 2, when the man approached two angel statues in front of Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church,… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Sugar and Spice, a festive holiday pop-up museum, will bring an interactive world of Christmas-themed sights, sounds and smells to Williamsburg this weekend. The museum will open on Dec. 1 at 58 South 6th St., where visitors can take a walk down the piano hallway, step into a winter wonderland in… Read more »
Nov. 29, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Citi Bike is set to undergo a massive expansion, doubling its current service area and more than tripling the number of bikes in its fleet over the next five years, the city announced today. Lyft, the parent company of Citi Bike, will invest $100 million toward the expansion as… Read more »