July 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Two individuals have been sent to the hospital after a Department of Sanitation street cleaner collided with a private garbage truck earlier today, toppling the truck over onto multiple parked cars. The street cleaner was heading eastbound down Flushing Avenue in south Williamsburg around 3:40 a.m., video of the… Read more »
July 9, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Beginning next week, L Train riders will be left with no trains after midnight between Lorimer Street and Broadway Junction for five weeks and nine weekends, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced. The overnight partial shutdowns, planned as part of the 15-month L train reconstruction project, will run from… Read more »
July 8, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A robust citywide expansion of the school zone speed camera network is underway, with the Department of Transportation aiming to add thousands of cameras across all five boroughs in an attempt to curb dangerous driving near the city’s schools. Starting later this week, the new cameras, as well as… Read more »
July 5, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan One of two new affordable housing lotteries that has opened in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg area requires applicants to have a minimum yearly salary of $80,572. The building complex, located at 123, 125, and 127 Boerum St. in Williamsburg, has seven units available in the lottery: six two-bedrooms and… Read more »
July 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A developer is planning to construct a seven-story residential building on the site of three auto repair shops along Bartlett Street in the Broadway Triangle. Permits were filed with the Department of Buildings (DOB) last week for the proposed building at 24 Bartlett St., which will have seven stories… Read more »
July 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A 28-year-old woman was struck and killed yesterday by a cement truck while riding her bike in East Williamsburg, marking the 15th cycling death in the city this year alone—a significant increase from the total 10 fatalities in all of 2018. The woman, later identified as Bushwick resident Devra… Read more »
July 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are continuing to search for a man wanted for burglarizing a Williamsburg apartment building last month. On Friday, June 14, around 10 a.m., the unidentified man forced his way through the front door of an apartment at 300 Hewes St. Once inside the apartment, belonging to a 31-year-old… Read more »
July 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Brooklyn Bazaar has issued an apology to the community after a comedy show hosted by a third-party in the Greenpoint event space surprised the crowd with a performance by controversial comedian Louis C.K., who admitted to several instances of sexual misconduct in 2017. “We would like to state… Read more »
July 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A developer has filed permits for a seven-story mixed use building in Greenpoint that would bring 39 new residential units to the area. The property,owned by Salomon Cojab, is located at 171 Calyer St. and the plans call for a 75-foot-tall development that would consist of 70,171 square feet… Read more »
July 30, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for an unidentified man wanted in an attempted robbery in East Williamsburg earlier this month. On Friday June 7, just after 7 p.m., the 24-year-old victim was entering an apartment building located at 83 Bushwick Pl. when she was pushed from behind by the suspect. The… Read more »