Wild End of an Era at Community Board #1
The Vinny Abate Era officially came to a close on Tuesday night in Williamsburg, after a turbulent meeting that had to be one of the wilder ones in the chairman’s nearly 30-year tenure….
Environmentally Friendly Electric Bicycle
I imagine carrying fresh produce on the back of my new electric bike with the Mediterranean Sea on the horizon. My new futuristic ride feels old school European, as if I’m riding small,…
Faucets Aflame
Athena Ponushis investigates how proposed gas drilling could endanger NYC drinking water.
Public Art Coalition to Beautify India St
The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition was organized by council member David Yassky as a means to collaborate with community artists to beautify North Brooklyn through public art. The India Street Mural Project…
Tonight: Williamsburg Walks Meeting
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,…
Bridgewalkers: A New Series
There’s something addictive about walking over the Williamsburg Bridge. There must be, as every day, so many of your fellow neighborhoodies walk the 1.4-mile walk, a hundred feet in the air. The industrial…
Bridgewalkers: A Love Story
Vacant and skeletal but a week ago, the Williamsburg Bridge filled up with warm bodies stretching their winter legs and warming themselves in the late afternoon last Saturday, on what will now be…
