The transformation of Union Avenue is one of several initiatives currently being pursued by local officials, non-profits and citizen activist groups to address the severe lack of open space in this historically park-poor community.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Inside Brooklyn’s Creative Hub, and the Passions it Supports
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Rising property prices define who can stay in the new Williamsburg.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Imagine you’re a Hasidic Jewish boy of perhaps five years old. By this time, like other Hasidic boys, you’ve already been attending heder, primary school, for two years. Six days a week you rise early. [...]
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Hotel Willamsburg, Brooklyn’s newest boutique hotel, opened at North 12th Street this week. It combines big-city aesthetics and small town hospitality. Hoteliers Jim and Ben Graves, have included soft lighting, steel and leather furniture, and [...]
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tristan Fitch, 40, was flipping through an archeology book when he came across an image that spoke to him and he knew instantly that he wanted it tattooed on him. Something “clicked” when he saw [...]
Friday, October 21, 2011
People give many reasons for getting a tattoo. The stories behind them range from the emotional – those commemorating the death of a loved one – to the lighthearted – those that were the result [...]
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tim Ryans had a sunflower with Peter Pan sleeping inside tattooed on his chest after he had his heartbroken (Anna Codrea-Rado/The Brooklyn Ink) Peter Pan sleeps inside a sunflower on the left side of Tim [...]
Thursday, October 20, 2011
According to the New York Post, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has sent “a strongly worded letter” to the owner of the B110 bus, which runs from Borough Park to Williamsburg. The letter is a [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The L train that links Williamsburg to Manhattan has become notoriously overcrowded in recent years, and authorities are finally going to take action to give riders some breathing room. According to the New York Times, [...]
Thursday, January 12, 2012
0 Comments