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Collapsed Scaffolding on Wythe Avenue Crushes Parked Cars

by Aaron Simon April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

A partial wall and scaffolding collapse crushed three cars parked at the corner of Wythe Avenue and N. 13th Street in Williamsburg at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The partial […]

Environmental Cleanup to Begin at Toxic Williamsburg Parking Lot

by Aaron Simon March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

Environmental cleanup will begin this month at 510 Driggs Avenue under the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. The cleanup will be performed by “187 North 8 Street […]

L Train Petroleum Stench Linked to Bushwick Avenue Gas Station Spills

by Aaron Simon February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

A shuttered Shell gas station at 2 Bushwick Ave. where five spills were reported from 1989 – 2006 is being identified as the potential source of the L train petroleum […]

Walt Whitman’s Writing About North Brooklyn

by Geoff Cobb February 5, 2019

For most of us when we think about Brooklyn’s greatest poet Walt Whitman we think about his poetry and not about his prose. However, Whitman like many creative people today […]

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