Brooklyn council member Alexa Avilés may have intended to decrease truck traffic, but her 2023 bill—ironically—triggered a 43-mile expansion of New York City’s truck routes, as the Mamdani administration forges ahead undeterred. Despite fresh calls …
Responding after a nudge from wary neighbours, New York City began asbestos removal at the planned Bensonhurst shelter, councillor Wai Yee Zhuang reports. Had residents not flagged the hazard, she suggests, demolition might already be dusting Brooklyn with less-than-desirable airborne particles. We note that in public works, a little neighbourly vigilance can sometimes clear the air faster than City Hall’s best intentions.
James G. Wilson, once the NYPD’s second-in-command in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint, has been quietly demoted after calling Mayor Zohran Mamdani “a disgrace” and expressing choice views on Democrats during a Bushwick protest. His candid commentary, captured on video near the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, handily violated department policy on political speech—a classic career-limiting move in a city that never had much patience for off-script policing.
We watched Bushwick Inlet Park’s new Motiva section finally open along Greenpoint’s northern edge, even as McCarren Park’s upgrades and Williamsburg’s latest four-alarm fire kept community spirits on their toes. The Bar Americano crew are swapping Negronis for pints at a soon-to-be Irish pub, while local intrigue peaked upon rumors of Zendaya sock shopping. Some things change, others smolder or simply shutter—never a dull moment above the G train tracks.
Trash baskets have reappeared along Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, following a brief disappearance sparked by changes from New York City’s Department of Sanitation that left residents fuming over mounting litter. The local Business Improvement District—never known to let rubbish pile up—celebrates a return to cleaner sidewalks, proving that, in some corners, garbage diplomacy may trump official minimalism, at least until the wind changes.
An 87-year-old, Harvey Marcelin, was convicted by a Brooklyn jury of murdering and dismembering 68-year-old Susan Leyden, having been on parole for two prior killings—a slender case for recidivism reform. Prosecutors detailed grim surveillance and evidence, with Marcelin now facing life without parole. Sentencing awaits next month, though any thought of release seems as remote as a cheerful true crime podcast episode.
A Brooklyn jury has handed Harvey Marcelin, now elderly, his third murder conviction—this time for the 2022 killing and dismemberment of Susan Leyden. Marcelin’s previous convictions for murdering women, stretching back to 1963, raise persistent questions about parole and public safety in New York. The law may have long arms, but clearly some stories insist on giving it repeat performances.
New Yorkers trawling this week’s apartment listings may notice a surfeit of appealing prewar finds in Bay Ridge, a Brooklyn enclave once best known for Norwegian bakeries and steady subway service. In a city where charm and square footage rarely coexist, these listings remind us that “worth it” remains a fiercely relative term—especially if your idea of value includes both crown moulding and affordable rent in the same ZIP code.
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” continues its improbable run, with a Brooklyn production trading brooding for banter thanks to a comic lead, while theatres from New York to London court new audiences in the TikTok era. Evidently, the Prince of Denmark has survived four centuries, several platforms, and now even the attention span of Generation Z—no small feat for a chap with daddy issues.
