Around 3 a.m. yesterday, a 29-year-old man was shot in the leg outside of Greenpoint’s 1109 Manhattan Avenue. He arrived at Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. [DNA Info]
A man was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday morning after falling five stories down an under-construction shaft inside 246 Johnson Avenue in East Williamsburg. [Gothamist]
According to an MTA official, 60 Bushwick residents and three businesses have agreed to relocate from their addresses around Myrtle Avenue during the 10 months of upcoming M train repairs. [DNA Info]
National Bureau of Economic Research data culled from 1,500 rides in Seattle and Boston finds that Lyft and Uber drivers regularly discriminate against black passengers and overcharge women. [Gothamist]
Modern M.D. Urgent Care in Williamsburg and Bushwick will x-ray Halloween candy for free to ensure that it contains no sharp objects like needles or razor blades. [Bushwick Daily]
For Halloween, Greenpoint bar Alameda transformed into Bob’s Burgers, the namesake venture from Fox’s cult animated series. [Eater NY]
Pete Van Leeuwen, co-founder of Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream (which has shops in the East Village, Greenpoint and Williamsburg) is selling his two-bedroom Manhattan Avenue apartment for just under $1.1 million. [Curbed NY]
The Bushwick artist who designs the best flyer for the Working Theater‘s upcoming production of “Bamboo in Bushwick” will earn $250. [Bushwick Daily]