Feb. 21, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Boris & Horton is bidding farewell.
A paw print on NYC’s heart: Boris & Horton dog café closing Brooklyn, Manhattan locations
Tag: williamsburg
Murdered Williamsburg bouncer died trying to save coworker, cops say
Feb. 19, 2024 By Dean Moses
A Williamsburg bouncer who was stabbed to death while at work last week was trying to aid a female colleague when he was murdered, authorities said.
‘Adding fuel to the fires’: Famed Chicago comedy club The Second City to open in Brooklyn
Feb. 13, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Mike Myers are just a few of the names on the alumni list of comedy powerhouse The Second City. On its 65th anniversary on Feb. 12, the iconic Chicago performance club announced a “second-coming” in New York City with the opening of its newest location in Williamsburg.
Williamsburg dog café and Best Friends Animal Society host Puppy Bowl watch party
Feb. 12, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Raise the woof!
‘The uncertainty is overwhelming’: After devastating Brooklyn fire, displaced tenants have few options
Jan. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A month after a four-alarm fire burned through three apartment buildings on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, displaced tenants are facing a steep climb up a mountain of bureaucracy and an uncertain future as they work to rebuild their lives.
Demolition clears way for new arched storefronts on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg
Jan. 17, 2024 By Cate Corcoran The last bits of remaining storefronts in a row of five on a prime stretch of Bedford Avenue were demolished in the last month or two, and a rendering has gone up on the fence. Three renderings on a retail rental listing for the development at 184-192 Bedford Ave. show a low-slung brick building with arches and big windows. The large lot is now vacant with some equipment and supplies sitting on rocky soil behind the green construction fence. The lot abuts Dunkin’ Donuts at Williamsburg’s most-trafficked corner, the intersection of Bedford Ave. and…
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Williamsburg residents move to clean up the nabe with new Northside BID
Jan. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Over the past few decades, Williamsburg has become one of New York City’s most desirable — and most expensive — neighborhoods. Filled with new apartment buildings, trendy restaurants and businesses, and young professionals as well as longtime residents and families, the nabe is well-known even outside of the city….
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PHOTOS: Williamsburg bundles up for belated Three Kings Day parade
Jan. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The holiday season officially came to an end in northern Brooklyn on Sunday as the annual Three Kings Day Parade – delayed a week by bad weather — made its way through Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy.
Affordable housing waitlist opens for Rose Castle in Bed-Stuy
Jan. 12, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An affordable housing lottery to fill current and future vacancies in at Rose Castle on the border of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant is now open. The nine-story mixed-use building at 31 Little Nassau St. offers 86 apartments total, with 77 considered “affordable” under the city’s 421-a tax program.
Williamsburg project will adapt historic theater into apartments, keep striking exterior
Jan. 8, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A 19th century Romanesque Revival-style building on Williamsburg’s South 6th Street, built as as theater and until recently slated to be razed for a 26-story hotel, will keep its striking exterior and be converted to a 29-unit residential building.