In an ongoing investigation, police from the 75th precinct report that just after midnight yesterday, an unidentified male riding a bicycle westbound on the Linden Boulevard service road was hit by a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Schenck Ave. The twenty year old hispanic male driver remained on the scene after the accident. The...
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April 14, 2010April 14, 2010Live Wire
Pedestrian Hit in DUMBO
A commercial van hit a pedestrian just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Front and Washington Sts. in DUMBO this morning. Details are still developing at Brownstoner.
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April 14, 2010April 14, 2010Live Wire
Red Hook to host Governer’s Island ferry landing?
In the wake of the city’s upcoming acquisition of Governer’s Island, on Friday the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp. will set aside $3.2 million to begin preliminary planning for two ferry landings: one on the 172-acre island, and the other in Red Hook.
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April 14, 2010April 14, 2010Live Wire
Rats infest Brighton Beach. Again.
Thanks to construction on the Eighth Street Bridge in Brighton Beach, an overwhelming mischief of rats has been seen on 7th St and in the surrounding area. In January 2009, the health department removed a previous infestation exposed by the Daily News. Since February of this year, however, the pack is back.
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April 14, 2010April 23, 2010Brooklyn Life
Williamsburg Hostel Building Suffers From Violations
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.
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April 14, 2010April 14, 2010Live Wire
Park Slope’s Hybrid Anxiety
The Brooklyn Ink’s very own Joseph Alexiou takes on Park Slope Prius owners and their obsession with their favorite no-longer-safe-but-still-fuel-efficient Toyota hybrid.
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April 12, 2010April 14, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Greenpoint’s Polish Community in Shock After Plane Crash
After the death of President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other important political figures, Greenpoint's Polish community grieves and turns to prayer
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Victim’s Mother Mourns Neighborhood
By Joseph Alexiou One day after 10-year-old Dalila Gray was shot in the hand steps away from her home at 63 Stuyvesant Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, her mother Dalila Ramirez wants to leave the neighborhood she has called home for 29 years. “It’s gonna be hard to leave,” said Ramirez, 32. “I was 3 years old...
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March 2, 2010March 4, 2010Arts & Culture, Audio Slideshow, Brooklyn Life, Multimedia
Trim or Tattoo? A New Elvis Aesthetic in Williamsburg
By Joseph Alexiou It is only in a neighborhood like Williamsburg, in a borough like Brooklyn, that a group of creative young folks can open an Elvis-themed hair salon-cum-tattoo parlor without raising many eyebrows. Graceland is housed in a renovated former three-car garage at the corner of Lorimer and Withers streets. Embedded in the smooth...
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February 16, 2010February 16, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business
Brooklyn Poet Loses Cafe Table
By Joseph Alexiou At 4 p.m. last Friday, poet and Brooklyn resident Rodrigo Toscano arrived in front of the Greenpoint Coffeehouse to find the doors shuttered and the furniture removed. In the windows several sign read “Coffeehouse Closing” and “last day of business Monday Feb 8, 2010 (lease not renewed).” “I’ve been coming here for...