June 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for groping a woman inside the Lorimer L train station earlier this month. The 22-year-old woman was walking up the stairs of the station on the corner of Metropolitan Avenue and Lorimer Street around 10:10 a.m. on June 6. She was approached… Read more »
June 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for groping a woman in Greenpoint earlier this month. On Thursday June 13, around 9 p.m., the suspect approached a 64-year-old woman near McGuinness Boulevard and Freeman Street. The man then put his hands between the woman’s legs and touched her buttocks… Read more »
June 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A resident of Cooper Houses was shot and killed outside of the East Williamsburg NYCHA complex over the weekend. In the early hours of Saturday June 22, just after 2:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a man shot in front of the 295 Jackson Ave. building…. Read more »
June 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan North Brooklyn residents are speaking out about the dangerous misuse of a recently deployed fleet of rent-by-the-minute mopeds in the area. The mopeds, put on the streets last month by tech startup company Revel, are reportedly being driven through local parks at high speeds, used without helmets, and taken… Read more »
June 20, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for reckless endangerment after engaging in a gunfight outside of the Bushwick Houses last month. On Tuesday May 28, around 1:30 a.m., the suspect started exchanging gunfire with an unidentified second party outside of the 130 Moore St. building. A bullet flew… Read more »
June 19, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The New York City Council’s Black, Latino/a, Asian Caucus (BLAC) and Progressive Caucus united yesterday to voice their support for Education Chancellor Richard Carranza after a letter, signed by seven City Council members and two Assembly members, was sent to Mayor Bill de Blasio on Saturday condemning Carranza’s alleged… Read more »
June 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A new tiki-themed barbecue restaurant and bar will be popping up every weekend this summer in the backyard of Greenpoint’s creative co-working space A/D/O. The pop-up restaurant, named Yaki Tiki, steps outside the usual tiki bar fare by blending Japanese foods and flavors into the relaxed, island atmosphere. On… Read more »
June 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that would add 500 officers to the city’s transit system to crack down on the increasing number of fare evasions and assaults on transit workers. “This year we succeeded in making historic reforms to the MTA and… Read more »
June 17, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan New York State eliminated the religious exemption to vaccine requirements for school children last week in response to the ongoing measles outbreak. Both the State Senate and Assembly voted on Thursday to repeal the exemption, which previously allowed parents to cite religious beliefs as a reason not to vaccinate… Read more »
June 13, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A chain of Queens-based homegoods stores is planning its expansion into Brooklyn with a new store in Greenpoint. Lockwood, a popular shop with three locations in Astoria and one in Jackson Heights, will open their doors on Sept. 1 at 98 Greenpoint Avenue. Owner Mackenzi Farquer said they will… Read more »