Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Happy Zoe Vegan Bakery has moved to a new home in the neighborhood, and will be opening its doors to the public on Saturday. The vegan bakery, which opened on Herbert Street just beside the BQE in 2017, is now located just a few blocks away at 102 B… Read more »
Dec. 20, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A new Montessori preschool will open its doors to the Greenpoint community in the new year. Greenpoint Montessori, located at 288 McGuinness Blvd., will open its “one-room schoolhouse” on Jan. 2, and aims to teach small, mixed-age classes capped at 12 students under the curriculum. The Montessori method, according… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan After more than five years of planning, demolition and construction, The New York State Department of Transportation held the grand opening of the newly renovated and expanded Sergeant William Dougherty Park yesterday. The Greenpoint park underwent a $12 million revamp as part of the ongoing construction of the practically… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Governor Andrew Cuomo, along with a team of outside experts, toured the L train tunnel late last night as part of what he called a “personal” effort to ensure that the current construction and shutdown plan for the line is the best one. The governor, who announced that he… Read more »
Dec. 12, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Greenpoint’s Bury The Hatchet, an axe-throwing bar that opened in October, was denied approval for its liquor license application by Community Board 1 at last night’s meeting. The locale at 25 Noble St. is seeking a wine and beer license for its premises, but saw its request turned down… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan With the L Train shutdown just four months away, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he will personally visit the Canarsie Tunnel later this week to assess construction options. In an interview yesterday on WNYC, Cuomo said he will take a tour of the tunnel with a team at midnight… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Williamsburg music hotspot Output announced today that it will close its doors on Jan. 1. Co-founders Nicolas Matar, Bo Pittman and Shawn Schwartz took to Instagram to announce the club’s closure and said it was prompted by declining revenue stemming from changing neighborhood trends. “The sudden turn of events… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime and property damage charges after allegedly urinating on statues outside a Williamsburg church last week. Andrew Oshesky, 28, was arrested Monday on several charges including two counts of hate crime and property damage, along with aggravated harassment and urinating in public, according… Read more »
Dec. 10, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Development in North Brooklyn shows no signs of slowing down, with plans filed last week for a new five-story building on Monitor Street. The development, located at 18 Monitor St., would have thirteen residential units in a building spanning just over 17,000 square feet. The project includes room for… Read more »
Dec. 7, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan An “indie-industrial” menorah will light up Greenpoint Avenue this weekend during an outdoor “Lights and Latkes” ceremony. The 8 p.m. ceremony on Dec. 8, hosted by the Chabad of Greenpoint, will see a large menorah lit outside 68 Greenpoint Ave. at the Pencilworks co-working space. The menorah’s candles will… Read more »