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Two beaten unconscious in Williamsburg after leaving gay bar in apparent hate crime

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The assault happened late on Saturday, around the corner from The Metropolitan, sending two young men to the hospital. More from Gothamist: The incident took place at 12:55 a.m., Sunday, September 23rd. According to the NYPD, the suspect approached the two men in front of 540 Metropolitan Avenue and “made anti-sexual orientation statements and assaulted […]

Braven opened a brick-and-mortar brewpub in Bushwick

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It’s called Braven Brewing Company Bar & Kitchen and they opened last weekend. The brewery and restaurant began serving beer Sunday afternoon at 52 Harrison Place, between Morgan and Knickerbocker Avenues, marking the local brewing company’s first brick-and-mortar location. The 2,500-square-foot warehouse once home to Lantern Hall has an 18-seat bar and table-seating for 40 […]

Greenpoint Beer and Ale and Northern Territory to be demolished for generic office space

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Further proof that we can no longer have nice things. Both popular watering holes will be demolished to make room for this generic shithole. No dates have been announced for the demolition. Plans have been announced for a new seven-story office building on the Greenpoint Waterfront, and today, YIMBY has the first renderings for the […]

Rents are decreasing in Williamsburg as the L shutdown looms, well at least a little bit

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Rents are finally getting a tad cheaper in Williamsburg. With the L shutdown beginning in April of 2019, renters are paying (on average) $250 less than they did in 2016. Streeteasy has more: rents in the North Brooklyn submarket have declined to 2015 levels, and there are new signals that the market in Williamsburg in […]

Updated: Fall restaurant openings in North Brooklyn: Misi, Gertie, Mission Chinese and more

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We’ve had some exciting openings in North Brooklyn lately, including Paulie Gee’s slice shop. This weekend, Missy Robbins’s new pasta joint Misi is also opening. There will be lines: If you’re the sort who sees no reason for Italian menus to extend past the primi course — and you might have a point there — […]