northern brooklyn
A fire roared through Kent Avenue at Broadway when workmen hit a 12-inch gas main while replacing water mains, injuring three workmen who were working in the trench this morning. Todd Maisel/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – A 12-inch gas main was apparently ruptured by workers replacing a water main on Kent Avenue at
Events
WILLIAMSBURG – The room is packed. People are squeezing past one another for the few empty seats in the middle of the audience. A bright, fluorescent sign with the words “On Air” hangs from the ceiling, adding an extra bit of gleam to the stage where the live audio programming and
community
WILLIAMSBURG – A cycle that doesn’t seem to end. Another cyclist was struck and run over by a tanker truck, which did not care enough to stay at the scene. On February 28 at around 11:36 p.m., cops responded to a collision on Broadway near Marcy Avenue and
Health
WILLIAMSBURG — The measles count is now at 121 with 21 cases stemming from a single unvaccinated Yeshiva student who attended school before showing symptoms, despite a Department of Education mandate not to. In December, when the measles count was at 42, parents of Yeshiva schools were barred from sending [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/
Announcements
Driver recklessly drives on the sidewalk along Harrison Avenue in front of Central United Talmudical Academy (CUTA) in front of three young girls. (Screenshot: Williamsburg News Twitter post)WILLIAMSBURG — Brooklyn appears to have its own congestion issues, so much so that some drivers use the sidewalk as an extra lane.
Announcements
A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)WILLIAMSBURG — The measles toll in Brooklyn jumped to 90 with 15 new cases in Williamsburg since October 2018, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The health department said eight
Bushwick
Chabad of Bushwick (Screenshot: Google Maps)BUSHWICK — A Bushwick storefront synagogue was vandalized Saturday amid a rise in hate crimes throughout New York City. Two vandals shattered the front window of the Chabad of Bushwick synagogue Saturday morning at 2:00 am, according to police. Rabbi Menachem Heller told several
Central Brooklyn
Roughly 40 percent of the city’s intersections have one-way streets and Localize.city [http://www.localize.city] looked at where the most pedestrians and cyclists were injured in these types of intersections between January 2013 and January 2018. While local streets tend to have less traffic and fewer overall
Announcements
Vice LogoEarlier today The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that “around 250 jobs are expected to be cut” as Vice, the Brooklyn Headquartered media company [https://twitter.com/vice] that employs 2,500, “reduces redundancies internationally and reorients to focus on growth areas like film and television production and branded
Announcements
Outside 280 Frost Street. (Photo via Google Maps)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – A 27-year-old man from Bed-Stuy was shot dead inside Cooper Houses over the weekend. According to the NYPD, the homicide took place on Saturday, January 19 at about 10:22 p.m. Police arrived on the third-floor hallway of 280
Announcements
Photo via Google Maps.WILLIAMSBURG – A man was killed by a truck while crossing the street last Friday afternoon, January 11. At about 5 p.m. last week, a 46-year-old man was driving east on Maspeth Avenue in his 2015 Ford Pick-Up. He then made a left turn into Vandervoort
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – This coming Saturday and Sunday, January 12th and 13th from 10 am to 2 pm, Domino Park (South 3rd @ Kent Ave.) is inviting all neighbors to bring their naked Christmas trees to the first Mulchfest at the new park. Your tree will be turned into mulch chips, and you’