(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Last night two men, ages 19 and 22, were shot and seriously injured near the corner of Havemeyer and S. 3rd Streets in Williamsburg. [Gothamist]
On October 21, a 37-year-old Lower East Side man was charged with assault for hitting his neighbor in the face with a mop bucket. [DNA Info]
Winner of Halloween: the guy who dressed up as the missing Astor Place cube. [Gothamist]
If you’ve taken a gander at our rundown of Halloween parties and decided that sweating into your Babadook costume at a bar or warehouse rave is literally your worst nightmare, consider one of these action-packed outdoor throwdowns instead.
A new rendering reveals plans for a 12-story addition to the roof of 223-225 East Houston Street. [Bowery Boogie]
Restauranteur Georges Forgeois is selling his three-story home at 170 Eldridge Street for $12 million. [Bowery Boogie]
Last week the Department of Homeless Services agreed to pay $117K to Grace Ihetu, a deaf woman in Bushwick who was denied access to a sign language interpreter while she was staying in local shelters. [Brooklyn Paper]
Burson & Reynolds store front. (Credit: Joshua Alvarez)
Greenpoint’s Manhattan Avenue strip has always been a destination for affordable homewares, but in recent weeks a couple of young women have opened home design shops that stand out amidst the 99-cent stores and budget appliance centers. “Most of my clients are what I’ll call of the Williamsburg persuasion,” admits Erica Lewis, the 24-year-old who opened Copper + Plaid two weeks ago. Still, she and Ashley Burson, who last month opened Burson & Reynolds just a few doors down, hope to be embraced by the newcomers and the old-timers in their rapidly changing community. Â
(Photo: Scott Lynch)
If you missed the Tompkins Square Halloween Costume Dog Parade, don’t get all hangdog. Celebrate the new Dining With Dogs law and parade your poodle at these upcoming events.Â
(Lindsay Attaway/Flickr)
THURSDAY, OCT. 29
Pat O Ween
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave, Williamsburg, 10pm
Here comes Pat! A lot of them, actually. Attendees are to dress as their favorite pat, whether it’s Pat Sajak or Patti Smith. The pat-sibilities are endless. Union Pool has the music down pat, as well: B+B favorite and DFA artist Lauren Flax of CREEP will be DJing with JD Samson of MEN and Le Tigre, Andy Pry of Tiki Disco, and Amber Valentine.
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
A seven-year-old Bushwick student was declared brain dead after choking on a sandwich at school. [News 12 Brooklyn]
On October 4, a cab driver stopped in his vehicle near McCarren Park was assaulted and robbed by four assailants. Police are searching for the suspects. [Gothamist]
Two Greenpoint Landing lots were purchased by a Toronto-based commercial landlord for tens of millions of dollars. [Real Deal]
(Screenshot via ToxiCity map, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth and Pratt)
The Greenpoint-Williamsburg rezoning transformed the East River waterfront area (and other pockets, including along parts of the BQE) from “mixed use” industrial districts to solely residential ones. Things may have proceeded quickly since 2005, but the transition has not been a seamless one– a new interactive resource, the Greenpoint-Williamsburg ToxiCity Map tells us why.
The map, spearheaded by Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG), a community group with a long history of fighting environmental degradation in North Brooklyn, reveals the sometimes toxic remnants of the area’s industrial past as a colorful barrage of moveable dots and lines. “A lot of factories were there, operating with a lot of chemicals, a lot of spills– I think that’s important to remember,” explained Rita Beth Pasarell, a board member at NAG. “For good old history, but also because there are a lot of health impacts associated with the chemicals, and in order to avoid them we have to know what chemicals are where.”
(photo: Emily Kendall)
Get off at the Bedford L. Walk ten or so minutes into Greenpoint. Pass the house with the eerily-lit windows, but don’t forget it. You’ll be getting to know it quite well later. Turn the corner and enter the old church. This is where your journey begins.
(Flyer via Aviv)
You know how leftovers are sometimes better than the meal was in its original form? That’s also true for CMJ apparently. It seems like some seriously great bands and musicians are lingering around town, taking breaks from their major projects and toying with new ones, old friends, and completely different sounds altogether. You too can dabble in all three this week (and beyond). See what we’ve got for you below.