Nov. 6, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
Two Bushwick landlords are set to pay $132,000 in a settlement with the office of Eric Echneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, for violating anti-harassment laws as they convinced tenants to move out of their apartments in exchange for money.…
Nov. 3, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
The NYC Ferry system will work under new schedules starting on Nov. 4 to accommodate for the winter season.
The schedule changes, released on Nov. 1, show reduced service for the fleet of ferries across all lines,…
Nov. 2, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
WILLIAMSBURG — Permits have been filed for a new five-story residential building to go up at the site where a 2015 fire killed two residents of the prior building.
The 60-foot building will come up at 30 Richardson Street,…
Nov. 1, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
WILLIAMSBURG — Bushwick Inlet Park, the waterfront site between Greenpoint and Williamsburg slated to be developed into a nearly 30-acre public park, will receive $17.5 million in funds required for renovations and for developing barren parcels into parkland.…
Nov. 1, 2017 by Nathaly Pesantez
WILLIAMSBURG — A driver was killed after losing control of his car while exiting the Williamsburg Bridge ramp, according to police.
The incident happened at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, where police arrived at a overturned 2017 Ford Fusion at Havermayer Street and South Fifth Street,…
Oct. 31, by Nathaly Pesantez
BROOKLYN — The city has expanded its free curbside electronic waste collection program to Greenpoint and other parts of North Brooklyn, becoming the first area outside of Staten Island that allows for residents to schedule on-demand pick-ups for e-waste.…
Oct. 30, by Nathaly Pesantez
Demolition permits have been filed for part of a cluster site of garages and warehouses two blocks from McCarren Park in Williamsburg, where prior building documents showed plans to bring residential units to the lot.…
Oct. 30, by Nathaly Pesantez
A thief made a run for it after stealing a woman’s purse near the Flushing Avenue station at the border of Bushwick and Williamsburg, according to police.
The incident happened at 7:54 a.m. on Oct.…
Oct. 27, by Nathaly Pesantez
The Halloween Children’s Parade is returning to Greenpoint for its 14th year on Sunday in a day that will also bring a “spooktacular” party and zombie nerf war to Halloween-goers.
The parade will take place on Oct.…
Oct. 26, by Nathaly Pesantez
A push is underway to rename the Williamsburg Bridge after the prolific jazz musician Sonny Rollins, now 87, who at one time disappeared during a career high in the late 1950s to take a transformative two-year sabbatical on the bridge.…