Neighbors Fume Over Wyckoff Hospital Generator

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is causing its neighbors some pain.

The hospital parked a generator and a cooling unit on Stockholm Street last month in order to power its ailing air-conditioning system.

But nearby residents complain that the generator’s constant…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: May ’11

6:39 PM: It’s far from a packed house tonight, oddly, as the school year is coming to a close. But I have to praise the spread. We’ve got Hawaiian chicken, which has a hint of coconut and a garlicky bruschetta…

Derelict Troutman Street Building Collapses

One of Bushwick’s most derelict abandoned buildings is in ruins.

A three-story brick rowhouse on Troutman Street partially collapsed Wednesday afternoon — forcing the city to vacate several neighbors across the street.

Fire department officials responded to a call at…

Banning ‘Bushburg’: Pol Aims to Regulate Neighborhood Names

Could East Williamsburg and Bushburg be banned?

Brooklyn Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries wants to forbid real estate brokers from inventing names for neighborhoods where they list apartments, or face heavy fines.

The bill, the Neighborhood Integrity Act, would force brokers to submit…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: April ’11

It’s a beautiful spring day outside —  which means there’s definitely a community board meeting happening.

It’s a packed meeting with a lot of new faces. There’s an update on the Knickerbocker pedestrian plaza, Bushwick Open Studios, and a…

Running a Year Late, Dog Park Gets Community Boost

Dog owners are chomping at the bone for a new dog run inside Maria Hernandez Park.

Though the run was supposed to begin construction last fall and be finished by this summer, the city won’t begin construction on the $425,000 park…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Mar ’11

Taxi Commissioner David Yassky talks at CB4 about legalizing street pick-ups for car services in outer boroughs. Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

6:30 PM The Hope Gardens Community Center is festively decorated with emerald-green streamers and glitter…

Boar’s Head Wants One-Way Bogart Street

Could car-truck-pedestrian friction be eased by a one-way designation for Bogart Street?
Photo by Jeremy Sapienza for BushwickBK

Busy Bogart Street could soon become a one-way thoroughfare — thanks to the country’s largest provider of smoked deli meats…

Bushwick Small Biz Worries About Wal-Mart

A meeting at Make the Road NY, one of the organizations working with local business owners to oppose Wal-Mart in Brooklyn, where members rallied for fair labor practices and living wages. Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

The…

Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Feb ’11

The “Towns table” at CB4, featuring the assemblyman’s team. Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

6:50 PM: I’m running towards Hope Gardens a little late after speaking with Assemblyman Darryl Towns, whose new job will…