Jan. 29, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez McCarren Park’s track and turf field have recently reopened after nearly a year of capital project renovations. The quarter-mile track reopened yesterday, weeks ahead of the anticipated opening in March, and features freshly painted numbers and other markings on brand new rubber. The adjacent multi-use field, which also closed… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Preparations for the upcoming L train reconstruction project will cause weeknight shutdowns of the majority of the line for the next two months starting this week. Beginning Jan. 28 until March 18, L trains will not run between Broadway Junction in Brooklyn and 8th Avenue in Manhattan from 10:45… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Broadway Stages will soon add 1.4 acres of green rooftops in Greenpoint thanks to a $1.5 million state environmental initiative grant. The Brooklyn-based film and television sound stage company is partnering with green roof specialists Alive Structures to transform the roofs on three of its sound stages in Greenpoint… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The controversial siting of a public school near a toxic site in Greenpoint will not be changing course, according to the city’s Department of Education, in an announcement that comes after years of neighborhood concerns over the location, and despite ongoing efforts by Council Member Stephen Levin to have… Read more »
Jan. 24, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An ailing, lead-poisoned hawk was rescued by police from a Williamsburg intersection in an incident that caused a stir on Wednesday evening. Around 6 p.m. last night, a red-tailed hawk found itself stranded in the middle of the three-way intersection of Lorimer, Lee and Wallabout Streets, unable to fly… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The Lot Radio, the beloved Nassau Avenue spot that streams music from a reclaimed shipping container and doubles as a small cafe, has been temporarily “shut down” by the city’s Health Department after the agency apparently discovered several public health concerns on site. The establishment, located on a triangular… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Marchers will gather tomorrow in Williamsburg to call for tenant justice and rent law reform as part of a nationwide day of action. The march, organized by groups like Housing Justice for All and United Neighbors Organization, will begin outside Macri Triangle at 11 a.m. on Jan. 23, where… Read more »
Jan. 21, 2019 By Meghan Sackman A Bedford-Stuyvesant man was fatally shot inside an East Williamsburg apartment building Saturday night, police said. Daryl Eleam, 27, was shot in the torso at the Cooper Park NYCHA complex, located at 280 Frost St., where police found his body in a third floor hallway at around 10:22 p.m…. Read more »
Jan. 21, 2019 By Meghan Sackman Police are searching for a man who punched a 67-year-old man in the face in an unprovoked attack on the L train earlier this month. The suspect punched the victim as the trained pulled into the Graham Avenue station at around 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, Jan 12, police said…. Read more »
Jan. 18, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan An unusual project is underway in Williamsburg involving a landmarked church and an upcoming residential tower connected by way of a skybridge. Parkview Management, which is developing a 16-story building at 304 Rodney St., is working with St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church next door in what both parties consider… Read more »