Greenpoint
A new, faster ferry running a direct route from Greenpoint to Manhattan this week only (Photo via Mozilla)GREENPOINT – Northside ferry commuters are in for a treat this week, as a promotional campaign means a free, faster ferry connection to Manhattan. Advertising for a new Firefox [https://www.mozilla.org/
Greenpoint
EAST WILLIAMSBURG – As flames shot into the night over Brooklyn on Sunday, turning the sky orange, residents took to social media, concerned about what they thought was a fire at the National Grid. > Fire in Brooklyn that I’m watching on the way to the #joshritter [https://twitter.com/
Carroll Gardens
Stephen Levin and Victoria Cambranes at the 33rd District City Council Debate on Sunday (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BOREUM HILL – Last night, City Council member Stephen Levin, the Democratic incumbent, faced off in a debate against his challenger, Victoria Cambranes, of the Progress for All Party in a debate hosted by
environment
Local political leaders ceremoniously broke ground for the new library at Norman Ave and Leonard St yesterday (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Local leaders broke ground yesterday on the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, surrounded by North Brooklyn Community members, builders, and schoolchildren from nearby PS 34’s Green
community
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Hundreds of Brooklyn residents turned out for a town hall meeting with Mayor Bill De Blasio Wednesday evening moderated by Council Member Stephen Levin [https://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] at St. Francis College. District 33 Council Member Stephen Levin and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Town Hall
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – Residential backyards in Greenpoint are dangerously full of lead, according to a study at Columbia University. Franziska Landes, a graduate student in the university’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has analyzed 254 samples from 52 backyards in the neighborhood, reports the Earth Institute newsletter, State of the
Announcements
GREENPOINT – The North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence is holding a vigil tonight [https://www.facebook.com/events/667082790160546/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22page_upcoming_events_card%5C%22%2C%
Bed Stuy
CONEY ISLAND – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photo in connection to a public lewdness incident that occurred on an “N” train last month. At approximately 11am on Saturday, September 30, a 23-year-old woman told police she and the male
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – The NYPD announced on Friday that the 55-year-old, Greenpoint cyclist run down by a drunken, unlicensed driver during last month’s Century Bike Tour [/century-ride-exposes-little-city-cares/] has died. Nancy Pease and two other cyclists were struck by 39-year-old Kensington resident Abel Antonio Pina-Morocho at approximately 9am on Sunday, September 10.
Arts & Culture
GREENPOINT – The Brooklyn Public Library in Greenpoint might be closed for renovations, but that doesn’t mean North Brooklynites won’t have any access to books and services in the meantime! A bookmobile will be on site at Norman Ave and Leonard St, where residents can browse, check out and
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – An off-duty FDNY EMT was struck and killed by a car on Kosciuszko Bridge over the weekend in an apparent hit and run accident. Kevin Liang, 27, was changing lanes on his motorcycle while crossing the bridge when he was struck by the car, losing control of his motorcycle
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – The old Kosciuszko Bridge ended with a bang, not a whimper, early Sunday morning. The old span was dropped by an “energetic felling,” conducted by Controlled Demoltion, Inc. Two sections, composed of more than more than 3,000 feet steel on either side of Newtown Creek, fell onto piles