June 26, 2018, By Staff Report Greenpoint resident Dr. Kate McGilloway has recently opened an orthodontic practice in the neighborhood specializing in the oral alignment of teeth and jaws for children, teenagers, and adults. Her practice, Greenpoint Orthodontics, is located at 254 Driggs Ave. and has been in the making since 2017. She opens after… Read more »
May 18, 2018 By Staff Report Nearly 1,000 people have signed up to participate in this year’s LIC Post Waterfront 5K, with the event expected to be a sellout. The charity run/walk, in its third year, is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 2 at 8:30 a.m. and the number of participants is being… Read more »
May 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are investigating possible links between two homicides at the Bushwick Houses, where a 54-year-old man was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on Sunday—just two days after his next-door neighbor, a 62-year-old woman, was found with a gunshot wound to the head. Basil Gray, who lived alone in… Read more »
May 14, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a fraudster who withdrew over $1,000 from a Greenpoint resident’s bank account. Police announced today that the thief withdrew $1,200 from the 40-year-old victim’s Bank of America account—all the way at 88 Bowery Street in Manhattan—back in December. The suspect is described as black, approximately… Read more »
May 3, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez NYC Ferry will be getting a massive injection in funds to expand the system’s service and ridership over the next five years, the city announced Thursday. Mayor de Blasio said the city is investing $300 million in capital for a slew of investments towards the system, including new ferries… Read more »
May 3, 2018 By Christian Murray The police have released video of a man who allegedly thumped a 58-year old in the head with a baseball bat in Williamsburg Tuesday morning The suspect approached the victim in the vicinity of River Street and North 3 Street at about 9:35 a.m. on May 1, police said…. Read more »
April 27, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The planned reduction of alternate street side parking days in Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 will not go on as announced last year. The plan, hailed as a “victory for drivers” and announced in July 2017 by Assemblymember Joseph Lentol (D-North Brooklyn), would have reduced alternate side parking restrictions from… Read more »
March 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A 50-year-old man died this morning after an SUV struck him along the Williamsburg and Bushwick border, according to police. The man was crossing Metropolitan Avenue near Varick Avenue this morning just before 4 a.m. when he was hit mid-block by a dark-colored SUV, police say. The SUV was… Read more »
Jan. 26, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The city has released new details on the major changes it has proposed for Grand Street, a corridor that forms a significant component of the L train shutdown plans released last month by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation. Painted bike lanes, buffers, and the removal… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez An NYPD officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with multiple counts of robbery and assault after he allegedly robbed a man outside a Bushwick nightclub and lied about it in an incident report. Anthony Delacruz, a 34-year-old NYPD officer, was involved in a May 2016 incident where he allegedly… Read more »