Downtown Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – J. Crew’s casual, denim-focused brand, Madewell , launches its first ever menswear collection online today [https://www.madewell.com/mens/denim?srcCode=Email|Branding|Responsys|MWEMBR02650&uea=%2FlWDe%2BCnaNiL3u3fANnOzFBMIckaWankqUB1w%2F38C1M%3D&utm_source=responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sept_0912_MensLaunch_NoBanner&
Central Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – A woman stole a credit card on a southbound 2 train earlier this month, then turned right around and headed for Madison Avenue! Police said the victim, a 57-year-old woman, first noticed her wallet was missing from her purse while aboard the 2 train at Borough Hall station, around
Announcements
While most customers won’t miss the air-conditioning now that the weather’s turned, Con Edison is asking residents of North Brooklyn to hold off on a variety of electrical-intensive activities while crews work on equipment problems. In a press release on Friday, the company announced it was reducing voltage
Bed Stuy
The end of Division Avenue, near where Merceda Young’s body was found. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Bed-Stuy man was sentenced to 20 years yesterday for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death in Williamsburg. Alex Jeffrey, 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in July and was sentenced yesterday in
Downtown Brooklyn
Following the completion of a two-year feasibility study, Mayor de Blasio has given the go-ahead for the proposed Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar project. Rendering via BQX August 2018 Completion of Conceptual Design ReportIn April, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen said that a “block-by-block analysis” by an outside consulting firm studying
News
A rendering of the office project going in at 96 North 10th in Williamsburg (Via wHY Architects)WILLIAMSBURG – Another day, another office space headed to North Brooklyn. This time, it’s a commercial/office combo coming to 96 North 10th Street, between Berry and Wythe. The lot is currently occupied
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Industrial-inspired office space planned for 71 North 7th Street in Williamsburg (By Jeffrey Cole Architects)WILLIAMSBURG – Renderings have been revealed for another office space planned for North Brooklyn, this one in Williamsburg near the East River State Park. 71 North 7th Street, between Kent and Wythe, will turn a single-story
brownsville
CROWN HEIGHTS – After a fight at the Farmer’s Market in Crown Heights last week, police are on the lookout for two men who assaulted an employee. The incident occurred on Friday, August 24, around 11:00 pm, police said, at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue. Two
Greenpoint
The proposed office building at 12 Franklin Street (Via FXCollaborative) GREENPOINT – At the corner of Franklin and Meserole, just across from the Bushwick Inlet, two popular local bars will be torn down for a seven-story office building. The striking asymmetrical building will feature windows on four sides with a dark
Bushwick
Mayor de Blasio arrived in Williamsburg via L train yesterday to address the coming Canarsie Tunnel Shutdown (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Forgoing his usual SUV caravan to Brooklyn, yesterday Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in the borough via L train, addressing reporters outside the Grand Street station
Borough Park
BORO PARK/WILLIAMSBURG – This week Monday through Thursday Met Council will be giving away nearly 5,000 free kosher lunches for kids in Boro Park and Williamsburg. “Met Council is proud to have the only free kosher summer lunch program for kids in New York,” said David G. Greenfield CEO
Gowanus
St. Thomas Aquinas church and the R train entrance on Ninth Street in Park Slope, where the attempted robberies took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – A would-be robber was electrocuted and killed this weekend when he slipped and fell onto the third rail while attempting to evade police.