Arguably one of the most effervescent neighborhoods in New York, residents of Greenpoint and Williamsburg have some great stories to tell. Whether it’s flying a kite in McCarren with a homeless poet or learning the history of the USS Monitor, these stories need to be archived. Enter the North Brooklyn Story Project. The goal of [...]
I saw the metal shroud hanging over Odara last week, and was hoping they were just keeping odd hours. Sadly, it looks like it’s permanent. The Mediterranean restaurant was one of the cozier, friendlier places on that stretch of Graham Avenue (which happens to be on my walk home), and I could never figure out [...]
A man watches the aftermath of a fatal accident on Manhattan Avenue. Photo:Sheryl Imperati
The Greenpoint Gazette has an eyewitness account of the arrest and photos of the accident. New York Sh*tty has some eyewitnesses in the comments as well.
On a less somber note, the guys who run the Bedford Avenue taco truck Endless Summer are [...]
ABC 7 reports that the woman struck by a stolen car on Manhattan Avenue today has died, and that the suspect is in custody with a broken toe.
From Greenpointers, this photo and a report that earlier this afternoon, the driver of a stolen car hit a young woman on Manhattan Avenue, between India and Huron. The Greenpoint Gazette reports that it received an e-mail tip earlier in the day of a shoot-out on Nassau Avenue. Unclear for now how the two are related, [...]
Tonight The L Magazine and NAG will host an informational meeting for this year’s Williamsburg Walks. As with last year, every Saturday in June and July, between the hours of noon and 9 pm, Bedford Ave will become a walker’s paradise, with street vendors, sidewalk chalk artists and on-foot pedestrians making Williamsburg’s main street feel like [...]
Feels like summer. Photo: Eric Ryan Anderson
A cyclist was hit at Roebling and North 11th on Saturday night. [Free Williamsburg]
NPR continues its local coverage by going to the pig butchering class at the Brooklyn Kitchen. [NPR]
Apparently, it’s South African Freedom Day, and Time Out New York says you should go to the Axis Gallery [...]