News, Events & Local Businesses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
A 22-year-old Bronx man was fatally shot inside a Bushwick industrial building yesterday morning, according to the NYPD.
Police say Jefferson Exantus from 1466 Grand Concourse was shot inside 1269 Flushing Avenue, pictured above, at about 5:20 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Cops found Exantus with a gunshot wound to his face. EMS took him to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
There are no arrests at this time. The investigation is ongoing, authorities say.
Community Board 1 will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 21 at 6 p.m.
The original meeting on March 14 was rescheduled due to the snowstorm.
The meeting will be held at Swinging 60s Senior Center at 211 Ainslie Street.
If you can’t make the meeting, you can live stream it by clicking here.
The Grand Street BIG is hosting its 6th annual St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl on Friday, March 17 from 5 to 9 p.m.
The pub crawl features drink specials at bars down Grand Street, from Bar Mcondo to Lady Jay’s and Huckleberry Bar.
You can enjoy a $5 Green Match Soju Shot and Hite Korean beer from Mahji, an $8 Rockaway Gold Black Stout and a shot of Tullamore Dew Whiskey from Noorman’s Kill, and even a free hot dog from Bushwick Country Club.
Spend your St. Patrick’s Day evening on Grand Street, and enjoy!
Councilman Stephen Levin is hosting a meeting on Thursday about the development in north Greenpoint.
Attendees will get updates from local developers and discuss how new construction will impact Greenpointers.
The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Polish and Slavic Center at 176 Java Street.
To RSVP, email bsolotaire@council.nyc.gov.
Police are investigating the death of 71-year-old Joseph Ranieri from Long Island City.
Ranieri was discovered lying on the road near 958 Meeker Avenue unconscious and unresponsive by police officers early Tuesday morning.
He was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
A preliminary investigation founds that he was trying to cross Meeker Avenue (from south to north) when a 30-year-old driver of a 2012 Jeep struck him.
The operator remained on the scene.
There are no arrests at this time, police say. The investigation is ongoing.
A verbal dispute in the early morning hours in front of an East Williamsburg bar led to some violence and lost money.
Police say that on February 8, at approximately 4:07 a.m., a 33-year-old man was among many patrons standing in front of Duck Duck, a bar on 161 Montrose Avenue.
The 33-year-old victim struck up a conversation with one of the two suspects. As the dialogue got heated, one of the two suspects approached the victim from behind, grabbed him by the neck and dragged him to the ground.
The first suspect then hit the suspect as he was on the ground. The suspects removed $1,350 from the victim’s pants pocket.
After the suspects fled the scene, the victim refused medical attention.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
Police are looking for a man who robbed an East Williamsburg market last month.
Authorities say that on Wednesday, February 1, at approximately 8:20 a.m., an unidentified man walked into L-Mo’s Market on 51 Morgan Avenue.
Once he was inside, he snuck into the store’s private office, where he took $800 from a desk.
The man left the office, exited the store and walked west on Grattan Street.
See if you can help identify the suspect in the video above.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
The MTA and Department of Transportation (DOT) are hosting another public workshop tonight to brainstorm alternative transit options when the L train shuts down in 2019.
The MTA is currently mulling over and developing plans for additional subway, ferry and bus service in advance of the closure.
Residents are invited to share their thoughts on the alternative options.
According to the MTA website, the analysis will be completed in spring 2017. Results and proposed alternatives will be reviewed with elected officials, community boards, local stakeholders and the larger community for feedback, the MTA website says.
During the shutdown, which is for the Canarsie Tube to be reconstructed after Sandy damaged much of the tunnel, this is how the L train line will change:
The workshop will be hosted tonight at 6 p.m. at Progress High School for Professional Careers (850 Grand Street) in East Williamsburg.
A Bensonhurst man was found dead after what appears to be a freak accident over the weekend.
Police say that on Saturday, at around 5 a.m., officers found 68-year-old Franklin Goodman, the motorcyclist, lying on the road at Bushwick Avenue and Montrose Avenue with “trauma about the body.”
He was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A preliminary investigation found that Goodman was traveling northbound on Bushwick Avenue when he lost control of his 2004 Suzuki motorcycle.
He dropped his motorcycle when he reached Montrose Avenue, but came “to rest” under a box truck parked near 235 Bushwick Avenue.
There are no arrests at this time, according to authorities. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad.
Authorities are investigating the death of a man at a Greenpoint subway stop.
On Friday morning, police found a man in his 40s unconscious and unresponsive on the G train at Nassau Avenue.
EMS immediately took him to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to authorities, there were no obvious signs of trauma. The investigation is now ongoing.