Sure, we've seen old photos of Williamsburg in the early to mid 1900s, but now that the NYC Municipal Archives has dusted off their nearly one million old photos and made them available online, we can get an even better look (and travel further back in time).
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28 Old Photos Of Williamsburg You've Never Seen Before
Sneak Peek At The Wythe Hotel, Williamsburg's New Hipster Tourist Hotspot
Move over Hotel Williamsburg and (forthcoming) Williamsburghotel, there's another boutique hotel opening in the neighborhood. It's called the Wythe Hotel, so named for its location on Wythe Avenue, conveniently located across the street from Brooklyn Bowl. It's axiomatic that boutique hotel + Williamsburg = automatic eye-roll, but after a preliminary inspection last night, we're giving the Wythe a premature endorsement. Located in an old cooperage built in 1901, the 72-room hotel still retains its turn-of-the-century industrial rustic charm, with lots of exposed pine beams, cast-iron columns, and furnishings made from old wood reclaimed from the building itself.
NY1's Pat Kiernan Is Moving To Sweet $2 Million Pad In Williamsburg!
We had heard mumblings that NY1 anchor and sometimes Live! With Kelly guest-host, Pat Kiernan, may be moving to Brooklyn, and now Brownstoner has uncovered some public records showing that Kiernan and his family will be making a home in Williamsburg form the UWS. And at just over $2 million, it's reportedly "the highest price ever paid for a single family home in Williamsburg,"
New Multiplex-Esque Cinema Under Construction In Williamsburg
Waaaaay back in 2010, developer Blue Zees Real Estate announced plans to build a $9.3-million movie theater at the corner of Driggs Avenue and Grand Street—and now, construction is under way! And even though it technically will be a multiplex—with seven theaters and stadium seating—you shouldn't call it that: "We won't be a true multiplex," owner-operator Harvey Elgart told Village Voice.
Brooklyn Community Board Launches Assault On Williamsburg Brunch
Even in a godless place like Williamsburg and hipster Greenpoint, certain institutions remain sacred, chief among them the tradition of eating brunch outside during balmy summer days. Five Leaves, Lokal, Enid's and more open their doors to the hungover masses each Sunday, offering relief in the form of vitamin D and goat cheese omelets. But now, the local Community Board is threatening to crack down on this inexorable weekend ritual, by enforcing an obscure rule prohibiting restaurants from serving outdoors before noon on Sundays.
Video: Hole Reunited In Brooklyn Last Night For The First Time In Over A Decade
Last night we received a late-breaking email informing us that there would be a "special live performance by Patty, Melissa, and Eric of Hole," following a screening of the documentary Hit So Hard. Even if we weren't in the 18th anniversary week of the band's seminal album Live Through This, there was no way this was going down without an appearance from Courtney Love. Sadly, we didn't head over there to see it with our own eyes, but luckily some superfans have already uploaded the big moments to YouTube.
Bellwether Takes Over Old Royal Oak Space, Serves Outstanding Brussels Sprouts And Much More
Blair Papagni and husband Josh Cohen, who operate the popular Greenpoint restaurant Anella, as well as the nearby restaurant Calyer, St. Vitus bar, and Jimmy's Diner in Williamsburg, have expanded their north Brooklyn empire even further with Bellwether, which recently opened in the space formerly occupied by troubled scenester nightclub Royal Oak. There's a lot less American Spirit smoke (none, in fact) and a lot more sunshine and cheeriness in the space now, not to mention a high-end vintage Klipsch speaker system. Take a look around.
Ramen Report: Pop-Up Yuji Brings Broth-Free Bowls To Williamsburg
Ramen is a meal particularly suited to colder months: steaming hot bowls of salty, fatty broth and toothsome noodles are a great complement to bundled sweaters and slushy streets; less fitted are the gut-busting bowls to springtime weather and wear. Fortunately, a new pop-up in Williamsburg is set to change all that, with the introduction of mazemen, a broth-free version that's lighter but no less satisfying.
Williamsburg Club Owner To Annoyed Neighbors: Just Go Out More Often!
Much to the chagrin of the luxury condo community, Alex Dimitrov, the owner of the "immigrant embassy Balkan disco dive bar extravaganza" Mehanata on the Lower East Side, has plans to open another venue in Williamsburg. Residents familiar with his other joint downtown are dreading the noise and late-night traffic likely to result from the big Northside club, creating an environment "not appropriate in a neighborhood full of children." Dimitrov's Manhattan establishment famously challenges patrons to rip as many shots as they can in two minutes in its sub-zero, vodka-filled vomit tank ice cage. Can the Williamsburg of 2012 handle that kind of wild partying?
Inside The Brooklyn Art Library And The Sketchbook Project 2012
Six years ago, Atlanta art school buddies Shane Zucker and Steven Peterman started a mail art project, sending random items to a group of volunteer artists just to see what would happen. The flood of creativity they received in response was overwhelming, and the two were particularly inspired by their ability to forge personal connections between strangers in a way that social media cannot. In the years since, they've created a massively popular phenomenon called The Sketchbook Project, in which everyone on Earth is invited to participate (for a $25 fee, while sketchbook supplies last). Here's a cute little video explaining what it's all about:
10-Yr-Old Shot In Williamsburg Now Has Best (Or Worst) NYC Story To Tell His Norwegian Classmates
The 10-year-old victim of the Monday night shooting in South Williamsburg turns out to be a tourist from Norway who had gone into a bodega with his dad. Josef Partapouli was released from the hospital yesterday (the bullet went in and out of his torso with no internal bleeding). A police source told the Post, "The victim was not the intended target. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time." BUT HOW CAN THE COPS BE SO SURE?
10-Yr-Old Shot While Walking In Williamsburg With Dad
Just before 11 p.m. last night, a 10-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in Williamsburg. The child and his father were apparently walking down from the Hewes Street J/M station's platform when a gun fight broke out.
Still Got It: Supercore, A Convivial Japanese Oasis In Williamsburg
Wannabe trendy restaurants come and go pretty quickly along Williamsburg's Bedford Avenue, but for over a decade the casual Japanese restaurant Supercore has been holding steady on the Southside. Owned by a mysterious Tokyo proprietor (there's another location in that city) Supercore serves Japanese-inspired comfort food such as Chikuzen-ni (simmered vegetables and chicken) and Miso-ni (simmered fish with miso-flavored soy sauce) and a variety of Kozara (small plates). Their kimchi is definitely good for what ails you, and the Beef Curry Stew, which is slowly cooked for four days, is probably the most popular dish.
New Williamsburg Lounge Pairs Painting With Your Pinot
Experience has taught us that everything, except the morning after, is better with a little liquid courage, so it's only natural that someone profit off this cold hard fact, before the buzz wears off. With that, the Painting Lounge in Williamsburg is now offering BYOB painting workshops, allowing everyone to know what it feels like to paint like a Master!
L Train Death: Suspect Charged With Misdemeanor, Not Murder
The man whom police say was involved in a fatal fight with a LaGuardia Community College student at the Bedford Avenue L train station on Friday night won't face murder charges. Ryan Beauchamp, 33, has been charged with attempted assault and harassment in connection with the incident, which ended with Joshua Basin, 20, struck by a Manhattan-bound L train, getting pinned between platform and the train. (Attempted assault is a misdemeanor, while harassment is a violation.) As the charges were filed, new details emerged about the tragic incident.
L-Train Murder Suspect Reportedly Arrested
The suspect in the death of Joshua Basin at the Bedford Avenue L train stop on Friday night has been arrested, sources tell the Daily News. 33-year-old Ryan Beauchamp was allegedly taken into custody on Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick at 2 p.m. today. We called DCPI to confirm the arrest but a police spokesman denied it. "We're just talking to someone," the officer said.
Videos: Zach Galifianakis Morphs Into A Williamsburg Hipster In 1993
Long before his lucrative turns as a bearded man-child and his time spent between two houseplants, Zach Galifianakis was an aspiring actor in New York City. These two silent films purport to feature Galifianakis as a boxer and an aspiring "hipster" in Williamsburg of the early 90s. His superb co-stars include old school Pepsi cans, a vintage Combos wrapper and a smoke-blowing jerk beamed in from 2012.
L Train Murder Suspect Seen On New Surveillance Video
This newly-released surveillance video shows the man whom investigators say started a fight at the Bedford Avenue L station Friday night that ended in the death of Howard Beach resident Joshua Basin. The suspect seen in this video does not exactly resemble the police sketch released over the weekend, which depicted a man with what investigators said was longish dirty blond hair, but this man does appear to have pockmarks on the right side of his face.
White Hipsters Claim They Are Being Stopped And Frisked Too
Recently, the NYCLU analyzed the locations of the 684,330 people who were stopped and frisked by the NYPD last year and determined the top 10 neighborhoods where the tactic was used the most. And number five on that list was Williamsburg—and it turns out that 10 percent of those 17,566 stops were white people, which was the biggest percent of any of the top ten. And white hipsters tell the Daily News that they get it bad: “It’s not about race. It’s about class,” said goth guitarist Nate Morgan, who told them about several of his encounters with police recently. “I have a mohawk. They stereotype me.”
New Lynchian-Inspired Swingin' '60s Club Opens In Brooklyn This Weekend
Soon after East Village mainstay Lit Lounge turned 10 years old, we found out that owner Max Brennan was just about ready to open a new bar, in a new borough. The Flat will be different from its Manhattan sister—to our knowledge there's no cavernous basement in which to make terrible, terrible decisions—and here's how Brennan described it to us:
New York's Only "Pay What You Feel" Restaurant Closes
"Pay What You Feel" as a concept is great, and it works just fine in some places, but sadly not all. For instance, Williamsburg. Last November, the Santorini Grill there started a "pay what you feel" policy for in-restaurant diners (delivery and to-go was still full-price). We certainly enjoyed it and New York named it one of their reason to love New York this year. But sadly, four months later, the restaurant has closed. And despite what the signs in the windows say, it is for good.
Teacher Saves Lady's Life With CPR, Gets The Bird In Return
Oh, New York, never change. In a very Brooklyn feel-good story a school teacher on her lunch break used her CPR skills to help save a woman suspected of overdosing on drugs—only to be thanked with the woman's middle finger.
Pies 'N' Thighs Benches: Innocent Resting Spot Or Illegal Rowdy Peace Destroyer?
Insanely popular southern comfort BBQ restaurant Pies 'N' Thighs is in trouble with the Community Board that oversees Williamsburg. The restaurant is currently up for a liquor license renewal, but the board is threatening to withhold its recommendation for the license, all because of some benches the owners installed on the front exterior of the restaurant. No food or drink is served on the benches, but the Community Board is playing hardball with the restaurant... because we certainly can't have people sitting outside and talking on the Southside of Williamsburg!
New Video Shows Brooklyn Cyclist Moments Before Death, May Prove NYPD Wrong
Yesterday would have been Mathieu Lefevre's 31st birthday, had he not been killed by a flatbed truck driver who left him for dead on a Williamsburg street one night last October. On the eve of this sad milestone, the NYPD filed court documents revealing that the case was officially closed, back on January 4th. The main investigator handling the case for the NYPD Accident Investigation Squad, Detective Gerard Sheehan, says Lefevre was at fault for attempting to pass driver Leonardo Degianni on the right. Today, an attorney for the Lefevre family released this surveillance video, which he says proves that Lefevre was "in no way at fault."
The Inevitable Whole Foods Williamsburg Approaches!
In the time it will take Whole Foods to wrap itself around that landmarked building in Gowanus, the borough of Brooklyn may well already have gotten a Whole Paycheck to call its own. That's right, the Post is reporting that the loved and loathed upscale market is close to signing a deal to anchor another new luxury building in Williamsburg.
NYPD Accident Investigation Blames Dead Cyclist For Williamsburg Crash
Court documents finally show why the NYPD's Accident Investigation Squad decided not to charge the driver of a flatbed truck who fatally ran over cyclist Mathieu Lefevre in October. The explanation doesn't seem very satisfying, to put it mildly, but for the first time we have documentation on the investigators' decision to let driver Leonardo Degianni off the hook—even though he did not signal his turn in advance, and left Lefevre to die in the street.
Photos: Williamsburg Jews Rock The Best Purim Costumes
As everyone knows, there's a lot more to Purim than just hanging anti-Semites in effigy. The holiday, which commemorates the deliverance of "the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman," is famous for its masquerading and merriment. Over in South Williamsburg, there was plenty of both on display last week. Please enjoy Gedalya Gott's priceless photos of some of the most creative Purim costumes spotted on the streets of Brooklyn. Never let it be said that hipsters have all the fun in Williamsburg.
Photos: Lit Lounge Owner Set To Open New Williamsburg Club, The Flat
You all know Lit Lounge in the East Village, which just celebrated ten years—now owner Max Brennan is bringing a new bar to Williamsburg. On March 23rd Brennan will open the doors to The Flat, located at 308 Hooper Street, between South 5th Street and Broadway.
Denied: Jewish Landlord Stops Atheist Billboard From Going Up In Williamsburg
Last week, American Atheists gave a sneak peek of their new controversy-courting billboards (see above) which were scheduled to go up this week. The billboard in the Muslim enclave of Paterson, NJ went up as expected—but a landlord stopped one from going up in the Hasidic neighborhood of Williamsburg: “The Jews have stopped the billboard,” American Atheists president David Silverman told Brooklyn Paper. “It’s really ugly bigotry. As a former Jew, it’s repugnant to see Jews act like this.”
2-Alarm Fire At Residential Building In Williamsburg
A fire in a residential building near the intersection of Bedford Avenue and North 7th Street in Williamsburg was brought under control a few minutes before noon. Despite reports of the fire starting in the basement of the structure, an FDNY spokesman said it originated on the second floor, and didn't believe that Fornino Pizza, located on the ground floor of 187 Bedford Ave, had anything to do with the blaze.
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