With a 24-9 vote, Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 endorsed the Monitor Point mega-development for Greenpoint’s East River waterfront, demanding extra affordable apartments, more G trains, and double funding for the elusive Bushwick Inlet Park. The Goth…
As arctic temperatures finally ease in New York City, we now face the perils of thaw: melting snow threatens pedestrians with falling ice and motorists with capricious refreezes, while salt-laced runoff may startle us with the odd manhole fire, warn local officials. With National Grid’s natural gas bills set to jump 10%, even staying warm seems set to cost more—at least until Sunday’s threatened snowstorm can chill us anew.
Antonio Delgado, New York’s lieutenant governor, has bowed out of the Democratic primary for governor, sparing Kathy Hochul from the bother of an internecine contest as she seeks another term. Those hoping for fireworks in Albany must settle for administrative backroom banter, but with New York’s giddy politics, respite from drama is usually short-lived.
Antonio Delgado, New York’s lieutenant governor, has dropped his bid to unseat Governor Kathy Hochul, citing an absence of “any viable path forward” after an energetic but thinly backed campaign from the left. With Hochul armed with twenty times Delgado’s campaign funds, heavyweight endorsements, and a yawning poll lead, we suspect his call for progressive unity will echo only faintly in Albany’s marble halls.
A new members-only “campus for creatives” has set up shop at 58 Kent Street, repurposing Kickstarter’s old Brooklyn headquarters into what its founders hope will be a cultural nerve centre. While the venue touts exclusivity and innovation, its fate depends on whether artists want to congregate in Greenpoint—or simply continue Kickstarting ideas from home, where the coffee is cheaper and the dress code less exacting.
Two erstwhile party-starters from Hot Girls 4 Zohran held court in the Brooklyn Central Library's basement, unveiling both a new name—Hot Girls Organize—and a grander mission: from melting ICE to melting hearts across climate, AI, and landlord issues, with AIPAC in their sights. The group, now seeking nonprofit status, swaps disco balls for nonprofit bylaws—a glow-up that may test if revolution truly looks better in velvet seats.
Achilles Heel, a Greenpoint bar run by Marlow Collective, shut its doors with zero warning after 13 years, citing “financial hardship”—a decision rapidly followed by staff claims they were fired days after announcing unionization plans. A now-$5,500 GoFundMe seeks to soften the blow for laid-off workers. Marlow Collective declined to comment, wisely choosing discretion over Instagram drama in this latest round of Brooklyn’s hospitality musical chairs.
The Lighthouse, a new “campus for creatives,” has opened in the former Kickstarter headquarters on Kent Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, promising well-heeled members podcast studios, a test kitchen, and legal help for $5,750 a year—though cash-strapped artists nearby may wonder what’s in it for them. As luxury replaces legacy in this slice of New York, even content creators might want to mind the glass walls.
A familiar Williamsburg address, 67 S. Sixth St., looks set to swap forkfuls for floorplans, as Yitzchok Berkowitz has filed permits to replace a former restaurant with a four-story, eight-unit apartment building. The century-owned site awaits a $3.2 million sale, with plans still short on details (and, it seems, buyers returning calls). While Manhattan repurposes offices, Brooklyn’s old stables apparently aspire to trendier lives.