September 11, by Nathaly Pesantez
Two sections of the Old Kosciuszko Bridge will be demolished in a controlled explosion toward the end of September.
The Queens and Brooklyn approaches of the old bridge are scheduled to be detonated in the morning of Sept.…
September 7, by Nathaly Pesantez
A long-stalled bill that would cap the amount of garbage processed in North Brooklyn and other overburdened areas is likely to gain passage in the city council this year which would lead to reduction in neighborhood pollution and garbage truck traffic.…
September 7, By Tara Law
The NYPD is trying to identity a man–with the help of new technology–whose dismembered body was dumped in different parts of Brooklyn by his killers in July 2005.
The police have reconstructed images of the victim’s face using a process known as phenotyping,…
September 7, by Nathaly Pesantez
Urban Rustic, the cafe and marketplace in Williamsburg across McCarren Park, has been temporarily closed by the health department.
The locale at 236 N 12th St was temporarily closed after a Sept. 5 DOH inspection found six sanitary violations,…
September 6, By Tara Law
The NYPD is looking for a man who allegedly robbed a Williamsburg liquor store at gunpoint Monday night.
According to the police, the suspect approached a clerk at Mingstar Liquor at 598 Grand Street with a gun at around 11:00 pm and demanded cash.…
September 1, by Nathaly Pesantez
The city has begun to accept plans for ideas to develop the former Greenpoint Hospital complex, a site partially abandoned and sitting between Greenpoint and Williamsburg, into affordable housing.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city is moving forward with a plan to develop 500 affordable and supportive housing apartment at the Greenpoint Hospital site at 288 Jackson Street during a town hall meeting in Williamsburg on Aug.…
August 31, by Nathaly Pesantez
The suspect wanted in connection to a Greenpoint stabbing that led to the death of George Carroll, a local from the neighborhood, is in custody, according to police.
“The suspect wanted in the homicide that occurred in McGolrick Park is in custody,” reads a tweet published at 2:19 pm on Aug.…
August 31, By Tara Law
The MTA has completed its installation of countdown clocks in all stations along the G and E trains, the agency announced today.
The completion of the clocks on those lines is part of the MTA’s goal of having clocks in all lettered-line stations by the end of 2017.…
August 28, By Tara Law
More than forty eateries from North Brooklyn will join together in East River State Park for a food festival next month.
The event, known as TASTE Williamsburg Greenpoint, will take place on Sep 17 from 1 p.m.…
August 25, by Nathaly Pesantez
A surveillance camera around McGolrick Park will feed live video to the NYPD, an update that comes less than a week after the murder of a Greenpoint man.
The live video capabilities come after the NYPD increased the system’s bandwidth.…