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…
Williamsburg’s Newest DIY Venue Reimagines the Comedy Club
While DIY music venues are pretty much done for on the waterfront, a new independent comedy club– run by comics, for comics– has popped up…
Inside Williamsburg’s Ambitious New-Music Venue, National Sawdust
In many ways, Williamsburg’s newest venue couldn’t be more different from the (mostly) defunct DIY show spaces (bar/art-galleries and dingy old warehouses) that once lined the waterfront area. (Cameo,…
Ran Tea House Is Now a Zen Co-Working Space By Day, Venue By Night
It’s a challenge to think of many communal places in the city where one can find absolute calm, and good luck finding peace and quiet at…
The Plot Thickens: A Visit to the Farm Sprouting Up On the Domino Site
It was more than a little depressing to see the first North Brooklyn Farms get clobbered by bulldozers last fall, even if everybody knew it…
Getting High at the New Home of The Muse, Bushwick’s Future ‘Circus Heaven’
In the farthest reaches of Bushwick, right on the border of Knollwood Cemetery, Moffat Street drops off into oblivion. The sidewalks are cracked and few…
Brooklyn Rod & Gun Fishing For Donors With Documentary Campaign
We reported back in late September that Brooklyn Rod & Gun will close its doors at the end of the year. As of now, it looks…
DOB Will Get a Wake-Up Call Regarding Weekend Construction at Domino Site
Members of Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 are expressing “outrage” that the Department of Buildings is allowing the developer of the Domino Sugar site to build on weekends, potentially disrupting Williamsburgers…
Petition Asks Domino Developers to Chill With the Weekend Construction
A meeting on Tuesday regarding the impending Domino development on Williamsburg’s waterfront was a reminder to residents just how close construction looms. There was the…
Domino Developers Tell Naysaying Neighbors to Expect a Pool and Park
It’s safe to assume that the relationship between Williamsburg residents and Two Trees, the developers responsible for the Domino Sugar factory mega-development, is somewhat fraught.…