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A Giant Sinkhole Opened at Driggs and Metropolitan

June 19, 2014 By Taylor Wofford

On Wednesday, New York Magazine reported a sinkhole “6 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet deep” opened up on Driggs between Metropolitan Ave. and North 4th St. Luckily, no cars, cyclists, pedestrians, or intergalactic bounty hunters were sucked into the gaping pit. Officials from the Department of Environmental Protection said a ruptured sewer […]

Filed Under: News, Uncategorized, Williamsburg Tagged With: construction, driggs, hole, inconvenience, Metropolitan

Here's Some Actual Local Hurricane Sandy Damage

October 29, 2012 By Max Kutner

You’re probably looking out your window right now and thinking, well it sure is windy, but were all these precautions necessary? Time will tell, but it looks like the storm has already taken a casualty in Williamsburg. Here is a construction site on Union and Frost that didn’t survive the high winds, via Thought Catalog’s […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: construction, Hurricane Sandy, News, weather

Nassau Avenue Has A Major Rat Problem

May 30, 2012 By Max Kutner

Stores and homes near Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint have a rat problem and locals are blaming the major construction project that started last month, NY Daily News reports. One shopkeeper said he caught four rats, while a homeowner said he found eighteen. One landlord on Nassau Ave. described rats being “as big as cats.” The […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: construction, Nassau Ave

Inside The Band Rooms and Lofts Of The Wythe Hotel

April 25, 2012 By Max Kutner

The long-anticipated Wythe Hotel finally opens on Tuesday and according to its website, it “has rooms for artists, friends, brewmasters, musicians, concertgoers, mothers, brothers, grandmothers, bowlers, interns, twins, engineers, vignerons, and chefs.” That just about covers the major demographics of gentrified Brooklyn (aside from dog walkers, bathtub whiskey distillers, and locavores). The hotel offers eight […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: construction, Wythe Hotel

Work Begins At Waterfront Concerts Site

April 14, 2012 By Max Kutner

It looks like construction has started at Williamsburg Park, the site of this summer’s waterfront concert series. Here’s a view of the lot from earlier today, with several Parks department vehicles and what appears to be an enormous drill. The organizers’ call for proposals states that “construction may not penetrate the existing asphalt,” so we’re guessing […]

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