A hot button issue during the race for the 33rd district City Council seat was the Atlantic Yards. People who never mentioned the proposal to me were now talking about it. I was thrilled that the issue was now receiving interest at a street level.
The Walk Don’t Destroy walk-a-thon is a great opportunity to meet people [...]
CB #1’s Chairman Christopher Olechowski announced that the Board is requesting various NYC agencies to monitor the numerous stalled construction sites in the district.
District Manager Mr. Esposito said “According to a list received from the Department of Buildings we currently have 109 sites that are stalled in their construction.” He is requesting that the City’s agencies [...]
112 Greenpoint Avenue:
Apts 4-B, 2-A and 1-A
Three apartments available in renovated six-story townhouse located in the heart of the culturally vibrant and thriving neighborhood of Greenpoint.
The historic building is surrounded by shops, bars, and restaurants including The Pencil Factory and Polonaise. Each apartment is grounded on corded oak floors and finished with the bedrock [...]
Local resident Shannon Manning snapped photos of a scaffold collapse that occurred at a construction site on Roebling St, between North 10th and 11th, on Monday, July 27. She reports that the scaffolding has since been pulled away from the building: ”At one point,” she says, “the workers were attempting to pull it down using ropes, [...]
Saturday, July 11
Red Shed Community Garden BBQ & Fundraiser. With hot dogs, burgers, DJs, a raffle sale and book swap. Red Shed (266 Skillman Ave), 1-6pm.
Walking tour of Williamsburg’s galleries. In association with Williamsburg Walks, the Williamsburg Gallery Association is hosting walking tours of the neighborhood’s cutting-edge art galleries, led by art critic and [...]
Electric bicyles get flat tires too, I learned this past Sunday, Father’s day. The eye-catching bike that I am riding these days, an electric A2B produced by Ultra Motor, allowed me a swift ride from Bed-Stuy to the Upper West Side, (as well as the added badge of pride that I was not late for [...]
Like leaders of a SWAT team, Edward and Ricky came barreling towards me on the bridge Monday morning around 11:20am dressed in matching black Under Armour shirts and black, double-striped workout pants. Their faces were intense. Their concentrations, focused. And yet, I couldn’t help stopping them to ask, “What’s up with the twin getup?”
“We’re boxing [...]