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This weekend, 100-plus Bushwick residents lobbied at Cathedral of Joy Church of God for affordable housing on the development underway at the former Rheingold Brewery. [Gothamist]
The James Cohan Gallery is slated to open a third location this Halloween at 291 Grand Street, which was previously a fish market. [NY Times]
After 45 years in business, Vic’s Pizza on Essex Street will shutter sometime before October. [Bowery Boogie]
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After reading this intriguing post about a Greenpoint-based brewery (well, in the sense that Braven Brewery is based in Bushwick, which is to say it’s operated right here in Brooklyn, but the actual brewing happens Upstate) we met up with the owner of War Flag Ales & Lagers, James McFillin, at Roebling Tea Room in Williamsburg over beers. We discussed what it takes to get a brewery operation running from hops all the way to bottled, fermented drank, his plans to build out a brewery in Brooklyn in the near future, and rumors that his company is tied to the Koch Brothers. (Hint: It’s not… and actually, James really likes Bernie Sanders.)
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Two teens and a 23-year-old were shot last night around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Cornelia Street and Bushwick Avenue. All three arrived at Kings County Hospital in stable condition; the perpetrator(s) have not been found. [NY Daily News]
Three hundred-plus pigeons have reportedly been kidnapped from Washington Square Park and possibly sent to Pennsylvania for an upcoming hunt. [Washington Square Park Blog]
Barramundi‘s owner, Tony Powe, partnered with the Moscow 57 team to create a new restaurant at 168 1/2 Delancey Street called Kapowski’s. [NY Times]
(Photo: Scott Lynch)
(Photo: Scott Lynch)
In Williamsburg, a 31-year-old man was shot in the leg Thursday while en route to his grandmother’s home on Bushwick Avenue. [DNA Info]
A manhole fire caused a four-hour power outage yesterday on the Lower East Side. [NY1]
Recently released paperwork revealed that last fall developer Aby Rosen purchased the homeless women’s shelter on Lafayette Street for $26 million. [The Real Deal]
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A 34-year-old woman was declared dead around 4:30 p.m Thursday at the Bushwick Hotel on Bushwick Avenue. [News 12 Brooklyn]
Jonquel Jones, 27, was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison for two East Village crimes: raping a female tourist and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. [Village Voice]
Last night The Church of Nativity in the East Village held its final mass. [Pix 11]
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Greenpoint gallery 106 Green will host a fundraiser on August 9 to help pay for the medical bills of recently attacked artist Bryan Osburn. [Greenpointers]
Police charged four men with dealing crack, heroin and marijuana to undercover officers approximately 60 times at Greenpoint’s Cooper Houses. [DNA Info]
Landlord Ben Shaoul sold the converted rental building at 31-33 Second Avenue for $29 million, more than five times the price he paid for the property four years ago. [Bowery Boogie]
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A woman sitting on a bench outside the Riis Houses in the East Village on Wednesday night was shot in both feet as two men argued nearby. Police are searching for the shooter and the woman was treated at Bellevue Hospital. [NY Daily News]
Artist Bryan Osburn wound up with multiple lacerations and a shattered jaw when he was attacked by four men on his way home from his Greenpoint studio Friday evening. [NY Observer]
On July 14, a thief stole 11 laptops from VICE‘s office at S. Second Street and Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. [Brooklyn Paper]
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A 25-year-old Hispanic man riding his bike through Greenpoint Sunday was attacked by two white men in what police are calling a possible hate crime. [News 12 Brooklyn]
On Thursday a man was treated at Bellevue Hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg he suffered by a runaway assailant near Ten Eyck Walk in Williamsburg. Meanwhile, three days later, a tanning woman had her purse stolen from her Marcy Avenue rooftop. [Brooklyn Paper]
Zegarmistrz Watchmaker Service was evicted from its Manhattan Avenue storefront one week ago after 26 years in Greenpoint. [Gothamist]
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Police arrested 24-year-old Maykel Felix-Tejada, who was driving a dump truck with a suspended license when he hit an 83-year-old man who was crossing Bowery and Canal Streets Friday afternoon. The victim was pronounced dead upon arrival at Downtown Beekman Hospital. [Bowery Boogie]
The Parks Department received a payday of over $400K from Greenpoint Landing developers seeking to cut down three trees. [Brooklyn Paper]
Streit’s Matzo factory, which resided on the Lower East Side for nine decades, will relocate to Orangetown, New Jersey. [Bowery Boogie]