Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] WILLIAMSBURG – After baseball-bat beatdown near the Williamsburg waterfront earlier this week, police have released surveillance video in an effort to track down the suspect. The attack took place around 9:30 am
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Jaren Canady and Alyssa Grippo were found dead from an apparent drug overdose in their Williamsburg apartment last weekend (Photo via Facebook)UPDATE (5/3/18) – The NYPD has released the names of the two people found dead in Williamsburg over the weekend. Jaren F. Canady, 28, and Alyssa Grippo,
Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RecordStoreDay/about/?ref=page_internal]Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, returns for a tenth year this Saturday, April 21, and over a dozen shops in Brooklyn are hosting special events including live performance, DJ sets, and special releases.
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An aerial view of the waterfront—and the massive development above it. (Via Two Trees Management)WILLIAMSBURG – As the mega-development project surrounding the Domino Sugar Refinery moves along, more plans and renderings are becoming available for the promised Domino Park, which opens this summer. The park will be finished well
Gowanus
SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect who engaged in an act of public lewdness on a southbound N train earlier this week. According to reports from a 31-year old woman, the man boarded the N train at 59th Street Station in Sunset Park, and sat across from her,
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Councilmember Antonio Reynoso addresses those gathered for the inaugural “Bike Train” commute over the Williamsburg Bridge (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – At the corner of Hope and Union this morning, about 30 cyclists gathered at 8:00 am, drinking coffee and listening to music on a portable speaker before their commute.
Greenpoint
The long-awaited North Brooklyn Traffic Study, a project from the NYC Department of Transportation, funded in conjunction by Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-33), has finally arrived. Last night, DOT staff presented their findings and recommendations to Community Board 1 in Williamsburg—which elicited mixed reactions from residents, who packed the meeting
brownsville
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the suspect who crept up and shot a man in the back earlier this week. The sneak attack came in the early hours of Monday, April 9, around 1:45 am. The suspect approached his 18-year old victim in the area near Humboldt Street and
Announcements
The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh was built in the early 20th-century (Via NYC LPC)WILLIAMSBURG – The iconic Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh is now officially a New York City individual landmark, designated today by the Landmarks Preservation Committee for its design and role in Williamsburg’s development as a
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Yesterday, a Williamsburg man was arrested for running over his girlfriend’s leg with a minivan after a fight, police said. Larry Crump, 34, was having an argument with his 35-year old girlfriend while sitting in a van on Roebling Street, near South 8th Street around 2:30 am,
Bushwick
A rendering of the proposed development in the Broadway Triangle (Image via Dept of City Planning)WILLIAMSBURG – A lawsuit filed against the developers of the Pfizer site development at Broadway Triangle has halted construction temporarily at the controversial construction project. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a coalition of
gravesend
The video game store on 57th Street in Sunset Park, where a robbery took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a package thief that struck a southside Williamsburg residence over the weekend. Just before 5:30 am on Saturday, March 10th, the suspect entered the building