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North Brooklyn archive

Williamsburg–Greenpoint–Bushwick

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

Booze at Smorgasburg? Not yet, says W’burg civic group

By Aaron Short
Dining: The Williamsburg food festival Smorgasburg wants to add alcohol to the menu — but neighborhood leaders put that plan on ice. Comments (13).

City closes W’burg’s PS 19; Community calls it a ‘travesty’

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: A Department of Education panel voted 9–4 to close the Roberto Clemente School during a highly charged five-hour meeting at Brooklyn Technical High School on Thursday night, ending the run of a primary school that served Williamsburg’s Latino population for generations. Comments (3).

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

Love stinks: Greenpoint sewage plant to host Valentine’s Day tour

By Aaron Short
Event: Nothing says I love you like the smell of sewage in the morning. Comments (3).

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

NYPD puts sanctions on Europa

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: Police briefly closed Club Europa in Greenpoint, claiming the venue next door to the 94th Precinct is a home to underage drinking and brawls. Comments (1).

Knife-wielding thug stabs man on Grand Street

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Plus all the other dastardly news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct. Comment.

Knife-wielding thugs hold up cab driver

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

KISSed again! Ad defaced blocks from site of W’Burg church vandalism

By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: A vandal scribbled KISS masks on an ad in a Williamsburg subway station just four blocks from the Havemeyer Street church where police found a statue of the Madonna and child defaced to resemble the 1970s rockers on Wednesday. Comments (8).

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012

The sub standard!

By Juliet Linderman
The Best Thing We Ate This Week: It’s the greatest thing on sliced bread — literally. Comments (2).

Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

Vandals draw KISS masks on Madonna and child statue

By Aaron Short
Photo by Stefano Giovannini
Williamsburg: Graffiti writers scribbled what appears to be KISS makeup on beloved statues of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus that have greeted parishioners outside of Williamsburg’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for more than 60 years. Comments (27).

Heartbreaking work of staggering Showalter

By Dan MacLeod
Greenpoint: This funnyman’s memoir isn’t about being funny … it’s about writing a memoir. Comments (2).

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Noisy Greenpoint bar sues over noisy neighbors

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: The pot would be calling the kettle black — if anyone could hear it over all that racket. Comments (11).

3rd Ward gets $1.5 million to open kitchen for food start-ups

By Aaron Short
Bushwick: Brooklyn’s starving artists won’t have to look far to fill their appetites. Comment.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012

Gallery goes graffiti in Bushwick

By Aaron Short
Art: Skewville gets honored with a retrospective at the Factory Fresh gallery. Comment.

Bedford Avenue bar robbed twice in one week!

By Aaron Short
Greenpoint: Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct. Comment.
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