April 27, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The planned reduction of alternate street side parking days in Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 will not go on as announced last year. The plan, hailed as a “victory for drivers” and announced in July 2017 by Assemblymember Joseph Lentol (D-North Brooklyn), would have reduced alternate side parking restrictions from… Read more »
April 25, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A developer is eyeing a massive purchase of several properties close to the Greenpoint waterfront to make way for a large residential project, according to a newly-released report. Yoel Goldman, who runs the Brooklyn-based All Year Management, is gearing up to acquire a large development site bordered by Franklin,… Read more »
April 23, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Applications are now open for 38 affordable units at an upcoming building adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge. The building, located at 105 S. 5th St., is offering studios, one bedroom, and two bedroom units for rent through the city’s extremely low and low-income affordability program. Nine studios are available… Read more »
April 18, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Permits have been filed for a seven-story, 55-unit building near the Williamsburg and Bushwick border. The building is planned for 199 Montrose Ave., at the corner of Humboldt Street and Montrose Avenue, and will span over 57,600 square feet. Over 37,000 square feet will be allotted to the residential… Read more »
April 18, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a man who assaulted a straphanger at the Lorimer Street “L” train station last month. The assailant was at the station just before 6 p.m. on March 23 when he approached a 24-year-old man and punched him in the face by the station’s turnstile area,… Read more »
April 17, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A new, casual eatery offering build-your-own bowls has recently opened on Manhattan Avenue. Poké Zest, located at 629 Manhattan Ave., features quick Hawaiian and Asian fusion bowls in a small 12-seat locale. Diners can build their own bowls complete with grains like quinoa and sushi white rice, raw and… Read more »
April 13, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in 2016 as she walked home from a Bushwick subway station. Michael Mann, a 54-year-old registered sex offender, was convicted of two counts of predatory sexual assault and one… Read more »
April 13, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez Police are searching for a man who stole a laptop and wads of cash from an East Williamsburg storage facility. Police say the thief broke into the New York Self Storage facility at 1053 Metropolitan Ave. through a skylight at around 6:45 a.m. on April 7. From there, he… Read more »
April 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez A group of cyclists kicked off their inaugural “bike train” this morning, an effort meant to encourage commuters to bike between Williamsburg and Manhattan as an alternative when the L train shuts down for repairs in less than a year. The first of a series of weekly commutes, organized… Read more »
April 12, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez The wait is finally over for the Department of Transportation’s North Brooklyn Traffic Study, a project pushed for by the community for several years in a bid to make North Brooklyn streets safer, less congested, and with better routes for truck travel. The agency presented a list of recommendations… Read more »