(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Williamsburg resident Moshe Weiner, 21, was killed yesterday when he was hit by a tractor trailer, which proceeded to drag him down Kent Avenue. [DNA Info]
According to a report by Cleanup North Brooklyn, many Bushwick children suffer from asthma owed to a diesel fuel pollutant emitted by the private waste transfer station Brooklyn Transfer LLC. [Gothamist]
This week the three business partners behind Bushwick’s most beloved pizza, Roberta’s, are in court hammering out their “conscious uncoupling.” [NY Post] Meanwhile, yesterday Roberta’s debated a two-month pop-up restaurant in Culver City, CA. [Eater LA]
The East Village’s Taqueria Diana, which was founded by a The Meatball Shop manager, will combine two Clinton Street storefronts to open an upcoming second outpost. [Bowery Boogie]
Tomorrow morning, a volunteer daffodil-planting event will kick off at 10 a.m. at the future site of Bushwick Inlet Park [Greenpointers]. Initial renderings of the park were released this week. [The Real Deal]
Tour a two-family McGuinness Avenue home with a backyard pool, currently on the market for $3.1 million. [Curbed NY]
This Thursday night, the Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union will host a free tax preparation workshop for freelancers from all businesses. [Bushwick Daily]
More than 60 vendors will sell their ware at the free Holiday Tropical Market next Sunday at the Greenpoint Loft. [Greenpointers]
FWIW, Taqueria Diana already has a second outpost in Hell’s Kitchen. They used to have one a third one in Chelsea, too, but it closed. So this will be their fourth.