Nov. 8, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A developer has plans to build a seven-story commercial and industrial building in Williamsburg. The proposed project will span 60,000 square feet at 103 N 13th St., directly north of the William Vale Hotel, and will essentially be split into three types of uses—office, retail, and light industrial. The… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, along with several area politicians, have called for a series of reforms over the city’s election process after voters in the borough, including in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, faced an onslaught of problems at the polls yesterday. Adams said at a press conference outside the… Read more »
Nov. 6, 2018 Staff Report Voters in New York City have resoundingly elected to place term limits on community board members. The vote, roughly 72 percent to 27 percent as of press time and with 86 percent of scanners reporting, will limit community board members to a maximum of four consecutive two-year terms. The provision… Read more »
Nov. 6, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The opening of the Greenpoint Library has been delayed until summer 2019–several months later than the original December 2018 completion date–due to a string of issues involving the discovery of subsurface asbestos. The library has been under construction since October 2017, but the surprising discovery of asbestos within old… Read more »
Nov. 7, 2018 Staff Report A 12-year-old girl who went missing on Monday has been found, according to police. Leailany Ortiz, from the Williamsburg Houses, was reported missing on Nov. 5 while she made her way home from school in the afternoon. An NYPD spokesperson said today that Ortiz returned home and is now safe…. Read more »
Nov. 5, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested yesterday after driving down the street in the wrong direction and hitting a parked car while intoxicated near the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border. Harry Sepulveda, 31, crashed into an unoccupied car at the corner of N. 12th Street and Wythe Avenue just after 2 a.m…. Read more »
Nov. 2, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan The city has taken a significant step forward in the development of two long-promised North Brooklyn parks, with NYC Parks unveiling designs yesterday for both Bushwick Inlet Park and Box Street Park. NYC Parks spoke to the projects during Community Board 1’s Parks Committee meeting, where they showed designs… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A 10-unit boutique condo development will soon be coming to north Greenpoint. The new building will rise six stories high at 996 Manhattan Avenue, the current site of a three-story building that was once home to the now-relocated Jungle Cafe. The upcoming development will total 14,251 square feet, and… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for two men who stole a variety of medications and other products from a Greenpoint Rite Aid twice in the last month. One of the men entered the Rite Aid at 783 Manhattan Avenue at around 4:50 p.m. on Oct. 16, and stole Nexium, Prilosec and… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A date has been set for the impending L-pocalypse. The MTA announced today that the Canarsie tunnel will officially close on April 27, 2019 for 15-months worth of Superstorm Sandy-related repairs. The last day of service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, however, will be the day prior on April 26…. Read more »