Couples fight, yes, but a judge is making an extreme example of an Orthodox Jewish couple in Williamsburg. Judge Eric Prus handed down a decision Tuesday that Pinchs and Nechama Gold must construct a wall dividing their 3,000 square foot home after years of bitter relationship turmoil. “They’ve been living like there was a wall [...]
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The Yellow Dogs, an underground Iranian rock band from Tehran, Iran recently moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They've made it to America, but where do they go from here?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Performance artist Nate Hill has been visiting homes in Brooklyn dressed as Death Bear, a character he created to help rid people of their heart aches. Mary Plummer reports.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Why Williamsburg? By Todd Stone A little while ago, I set out to see how young people across the country perceive Williamsburg, Brooklyn – by looking at blogs and comments on social networking sites. My search terms were words that have become closely associated with Williamsburg in recent years: “hipster,” “artsy,” “gentrification,” “condos.” But much online [...]
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
By K. S. Nikhil Kumar After the controversy over the South Park video last week that allegedly depicted the Prophet Mohammed, the Ink caught up with one of the founders of the website Revolution Muslim – the group that threatened Comedy Central – only to find that he’s no longer part of the group. [...]
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
A deal has been struck to increase affordable housing at the Rose Plaza development on the Williamsburg Waterfront. The Brooklyn Paper reports Councilman Steve Levin was assured by developer Jack Isack Rosenberg that, for all the concessions he received, the developer would make 30 percent of the 774 units at Rose Plaza “affordable,” and price all [...]
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
In late March, Police officers and inspectors from the Department of Buildings told Joseph Hodges and other tenants at 112 N. 6th St. that their apartments were illegally rented and that they would have to leave. Immediately.
Monday, April 12, 2010
A parks advocacy group is pushing the city to close a section of Union Street between Driggs Avenue and Bayard Street and turn it into park space, the Brooklyn Paper reports. The street hosts a weekly Greenmarket. Share
Monday, April 5, 2010
By Todd Stone About twenty Hasidic Jewish children sat in a bright red open wagon on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg on Friday. Pulled by two small horses and guided by a muscular man in a blue t-shirt and jeans, they were about to embark on a joyride around the block on this sunny spring afternoon. Five minutes [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A new housing complex with retail space is coming to Williamsburg, Brownstoner reports. Plywood went up surrounding a triangular plot of land that used to be an old Shell gas station at 442 Grand St. A work permit was issued by the New York City Department of Buildings on March 15. Share
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