Feb. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for two gun-wielding men wanted for a home invasion in Williamsburg earlier this month. The pair busted into a home near Boerum Street and Union Avenue by smashing through the front door at around 10 a.m. on Feb. 4. They then brandished a gun and demanded property… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2020 By Allie Griffin Two new ‘affordable’ housing lotteries have opened in Williamsburg and Bushwick, with rent starting at $2,050 for a studio. Five units inside a newly constructed building in Williamsburg and three units in a new building in Bushwick are up for grabs through the city’s housing lotteries. The units are… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 20-year-old delivery worker was violently stabbed and robbed after finishing a delivery in Williamsburg last week. The worker was attempting to leave a building at 32 Walton St. after completing a delivery at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, when a group of four people approached him, police… Read more »
Feb. 12, 2020 By Allie Griffin The seventh annual winter restaurant week on Grand Street begins next Tuesday, offering residents a chance to enjoy a three-course dinner for no more than $35 at local Williamsburg restaurants. Grand Street Restaurant Week runs from Tuesday, Feb. 18 through Sunday, March 1 and includes 15 restaurants offering deals…. Read more »
Jan. 31, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 41-year old cyclist was struck and killed by a truck driver in East Williamsburg yesterday. Pedro Lopez was riding his bicycle along Vandervoort Avenue when he was hit by a 2005 Isuzu flatbed truck that was making a U-turn around 2:40 p.m., police said. The truck continued onto… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2020 By Allie Griffin Greenpoint and Williamsburg will get new new protected bike lanes this year — including a long-called-for lane to the Kosciuszko Bridge, the mayor announced today. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will install the protected lanes along Franklin Street in Greenpoint and Meeker Avenue, which runs through both Williamsburg and… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2020 By Allie Griffin Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed multiple banks across three precincts and two boroughs. The suspect first hit a Williamsburg bank on Monday, Jan. 13. He entered Popular Bank, located at 15 Graham Ave., at 9:30 a.m. and passed a note to the teller demanding money…. Read more »
Jan. 14, 2020 By Allie Griffin A 33-year-old man desecrated a Catholic church in Greenpoint Sunday when he poured juice over the altar and then threw some at the priest. The man, who was caught by police after being detained by parishioners, walked up to the altar during the 9:30 a.m. mass at St. Anthony… Read more »
Jan. 8, 2020 By Allie Griffin The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is searching for a pair of men who drew swastikas and other profanities on a Greenpoint restaurant last month. The men were captured on surveillance video scribbling with a marker on the outside wall of Acapulco Restaurant & Deli, a Mexican restaurant located… Read more »
Jan. 6, 2020 By Allie Griffin An advocacy group is calling on the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to withdraw its request for proposals for the redevelopment of agency property along the Bushwick Inlet Park in Greenpoint. The MTA-owned property at 40 Quay St sits adjacent to public land that will be developed into a parkland… Read more »