neighborhood watch

Come and Listen to a Story ‘Bout Williamsburg

Brooklyn Heights: A Remsen Street building catches fire for the second time in six months, and word is an older third-floor tenant is responsible for both. [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Clinton Hill: A new private school, Phyl’s Academy, appears to be going up on the empty lot at Classon and Quincy. [Brooklyn Record]
Park Slope: Times-reading neighbors want to know: Does “hipster” refer to all of Brooklyn, or just Williamsburg? [Brooklynian]
Times Square: The buttons to the elevator in Renzo Piano’s new Times building are actually … in the lobby! [Curbed]
Upper West Side: Trying to avoid rabies shots, a Central Park jogger wants to know the identity of the dog that bit him. [Curbed]
Williamsburg: Is there more black gold under Williamsburg? Monitoring wells at Roebling Street will find out. [Gowanus Lounge]

Come and Listen to a Story ‘Bout Williamsburg