Three years ago, Daniel Lopez injured his knee. The 37-year-old native of Mexico never had health insurance, so he waited until the pain got so…
Opponents Try to Smoke Out K2 With a March Through ‘Zombieland’
An imaginary line cuts across Broadway, separating Bed-Stuy from Bushwick and, just a few blocks north of the street’s intersection with Myrtle, Williamsburg begins. At…
Brooklyn BP Urges Community to Help Fight K2 ‘Epidemic,’ Bodegas Raided
When we arrived at the intersection of Myrtle and Broadway today, the often hectic meeting point of Bushwick and Bed-Stuy was even more chaotic than…
Blue-Sky Thinking Guides a Push to Turn LES Park Building Into a Community Center
On the northern side of Sara D. Roosevelt Park sits a large brick structure. Once a youth center, the Stanton Building was shut down during…
Anarchists Aiming to Stop ‘Bushwick II’ Development in Its Tracks
It was difficult to ignore the fluttering signs at last week’s Bushwick Community Plan meeting. Sure, they were black-and-white, only about as big as two…
Did a Yelper See the Bushwick ‘Candy’ Store Bust Coming a Year Ago?
You may have been shocked to hear, yesterday, that the NYPD raided an unassuming Bushwick bodega and uncovered what appeared to be a massive heroin operation. But…
Stonewall Inn Declared National Monument for Gay Rights Struggle
President Obama officially declared the Stonewall Inn, long recognized as the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement, a national monument this morning, making it…
East Village’s New Top Cop Hears Complaints, Asks For Help Finding Shooter
Capt. Vincent Greany, the 9th Precinct’s freshly minted top cop, was peppered with complaints last night about persistent quality of life offenses ranging from noisy rooftop parties to an…
Countdown Clock Tells Land Owner It's Time to Sell Bushwick Inlet Park Land to City
Elected officials and neighborhood activists brought the contest over the long-promised Bushwick Inlet Park to the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront this morning when they publicly posted their ultimatum notice for…
Breakthrough in Effort to Limit Height of Chinatown Buildings, But Some Are Torn
An opening for the Chinatown Working Group’s rezoning proposal may finally be on the horizon. Last night, Community Board 3’s chair, Gigi Li, presented a new development…