Aug. 3, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city will house a number of asylum-seekers at the McCarren Park Play Center as soon as this weekend, local pols announced Thursday.
Asylum-seekers to be housed in McCarren Park recreation center: pols
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Body of missing 27-year-old John Castic pulled from Newtown Creek: NYPD
Aug. 1, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 27-year-old man was found dead in Newtown Creek on Tuesday morning, days after he went missing from a nearby nightclub.
‘Absolutely thrilled’: Employees at Williamsburg’s Vital Climbing Gym vote to unionize
Jul. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Following several months of negotiation and organization, the National Labor Relations Board has certified that workers at Vital Climbing Gym in Williamsburg are now an officially recognized union, Climbers United.
Employees at popular Williamsburg’s Vital Climbing Gym move to unionize
Jun. 30, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Over 100 employees at Brooklyn’s popular Vital Climbing Gym have begun the process of unionization to work to ensure that employees’ needs are being met.
Police cuff man for fatal Williamsburg hit-and-run on May 19
Jun. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly killing a 49-year-old in a Williamsburg hit-and-run last month.
Man shot in buttocks at Williamsburg apartment building: NYPD
Jun. 8, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are searching for a perp who they believe shot a 54-year-old man in the buttocks as he climbed the stairs of his Williamsburg apartment building on Wednesday evening.
Williamsburg locals plan rally to support Puerto Rican social hub Toñita’s
May. 31, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
On Thursday, neighbors will gather outside 1 Center Street in Manhattan to support the owner of an important longtime community gathering spot and bar on the south side of Williamsburg, Caribbean Social Club, aka Toñita’s, as the beloved matriarch faces a legal summons.
Four sought after shots fired at car in Williamsburg: NYPD
May. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are looking for four men connected to a reckless endangerment incident after one of the suspects allegedly fired a gun at a vehicle in south Williamsburg.
Group of 5 brutally robs woman in Williamsburg
May. 20, 2023 By Aidan Graham
Police are looking for the 5 suspects who brutally robbed a woman in Williamsburg on May 18, leaving her hospitalized.
Driver kills 49-year-old man in Williamsburg hit-and-run
May. 19, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in Williamsburg on Friday afternoon.