Happy Friday Greenpointers! If you’re in need of a little comic relief after a long, news-filled week, then this ad for a Green Street apartment with a bathtub in the living room might do the trick. A friendly reminder that there’s only one week remaining to visit the Brooklyn Bazaar on Greenpoint Ave. before it closes for good and moves out of the former Polonaise Terrace.
For some more ideas on weekend fun, check out what’s happening, and in the meantime catch up on this week’s headlines:
- Vamos Al Tequila reopened after a two-week closure to comply with a health inspection (Greenpointers)
- Artist KAWS purchased 93 N 9th St. for $17 million from Thor Equities who paid $8.35 million in 2015 for the property (The Real Deal)
- A 26-year-old-man died after suffering a head injury during a random late-night run-in with an alleged gang member in Williamsburg (NY Daily News)
- Activists look back on the battle for the North Brooklyn waterfront (Brooklyn Reporter)
- Rep. Carolyn Maloney now heads the House Oversight Committee, succeeding Rep. Elijah Cummings. (NY Post)
- See how Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant processes 130 tons of liquefied food waste daily (Politico)
- An entrance to the Broadway G train station was flooded by the MTA in preparation for Climate change (The Verge)
- A former metal fabrication shop at 166 Berry St. sold for a record $20 million. (The Real Deal)
- Pierozek’s pierogi makers give a peek into their process. (CBS)
- Construction on the Tetris-like Greenpoint Landing towers broke ground this week. (NY YIMBY)
- Three unidentified men are wanted in connection to a Nov. 2nd fatal shooting at the Williamsburg Houses. (Greenpoint Post)
- Permits were filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 280 Meeker Ave. (NY YIMBY)
- The auction site eBay held a gathering for sellers at the Greenpoint Loft. (Brooklyn Eagle)