May 3, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The annual Dime McCarren 5K and 10K race is returning this weekend for the seventh year in a row. On Saturday, May 4, runners and walkers will take to the streets of North Brooklyn in one of two races that will circle the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border. The race will kick… Read more »
May 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Greenpoint Library, which was demolished two years ago and is currently being developed, is expected to reopen in the fall–about three months later than what was initially scheduled due to construction delays. Friends of the Greenpoint Library announced the new date during a Greenpoint Library Community Forum held… Read more »
May 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and environmental non-profit Riverkeeper are hosting a park cleanup and garden planning event this weekend at the Greenpoint park. On Saturday May 4, volunteers will collect debris throughout the waterfront park and plant native, sustainable plant species near the East River shoreline, with the… Read more »
May 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for two robberies that took place last month inside two Bushwick L train stations. On April 13, around 10:40 a.m., the suspect asked a 25-year-old woman to swipe him into the Myrtle/Wyckoff station. The woman declined and entered through the turnstile. As… Read more »
April 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for an attempted armed robbery that took place earlier this month outside of a Williamsburg bar. On April 13, around 1:50 a.m., the unknown gunman approached a group of individuals outside Zamaan Hookah Bar and Restaurant, located at 349 Broadway. The suspect,… Read more »
April 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for a home invasion and robbery that took place in East Williamsburg last Friday. On April 19, around 7 p.m., a 35-year-old woman was walking into her apartment building near Maspeth Avenue and 61st Street when she was followed inside by an… Read more »
April 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The long-awaited L train shutdown-turned-slowdown will finally kick off tomorrow evening. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s plan for the Canarsie Tunnel construction project will take effect at 10 p.m. Friday, with L train service going to and coming from Manhattan slowing down to intervals of 20 minutes. The inter-borough subway line… Read more »
April 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A JPMorgan Chase project manager and stand-up comedian is set to run against long-sitting Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney in the 2020 primaries. Lauren Ashcraft, 30, has filed to run against Maloney, who currently represents New York’s 12th Congressional District, which covers Greenpoint, Long Island City, Astoria, and a portion… Read more »
April 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Kitchen supply store Whisk will be closing its Williamsburg location after the store’s rent was unexpectedly hiked by 44 percent. Whisk’s owner Natasha Amott, who opened the store in 2008, announced the news in-store and on the company’s social media pages on Sunday that the store will close its… Read more »
April 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for unlawfully imprisoning an 18-year-old woman he met on a dating app earlier this month in East Williamsburg. The suspect, 21-year-old Luis Cruz, arranged to meet the victim on April 6 at the Cooper Park Houses, located at 280 Frost St., after… Read more »