Jan. 17, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A brewery with plans to open a brick-and-mortar locations in Ridgewood this spring will be holding a series of pop-up taproom events at a nearby bar leading up to its official opening. Evil Twin, which has been readying to open its 1616 George St. location for several months, will… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2019 By Christian Murray Gymboree Group, a retailer of children’s clothes, announced today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be shutting down all its stores. Gymboree, which has about 900 stores in North America under the names Gymboree and Crazy 8, has two Queens locations. The corporation’s two Queens… Read more »
Jan. 16, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Ongoing work at a Cooper Avenue warehouse that has long been rumored to become a homeless shelter has residents concerned after construction workers were suspected of illegally removing asbestos-laden tiles after hours earlier this week. Two area residents confronted a worker on site at the 78-16 Cooper Ave. warehouse,… Read more »
Jan. 14, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez The owners of Rentar Plaza in Middle Village are eyeing modifications to their large Metropolitan Avenue shopping center, recently left with a gaping hole after two big-box retailers went out of business, in an effort to attract tenants and keep the center alive. Vertical Industrial Park Associates, which owns… Read more »
Jan. 10, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police have arrested two teens–a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old–in the assault and robbery of a 37-year-old man that took place in Ridgewood last week. Around 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 3, the victim was walking along Woodbine Street near 60 Place when he was allegedly approached by a group of… Read more »
Jan. 8, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Locals will be able to safety discard their tangled piles of unused cables, out-of-date electronics and more at an e-waste recycling event in Ridgewood later this month. Starting at 10 a.m. on Jan. 26, residents can bring their unwanted electronics to Rosemary’s Playground on Fairview Avenue between Woodbine Street… Read more »
Jan. 7, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan The historic Ridgewood Reservoir has at last been designated by the state as a wetland in a move that permanently protects the reservoir as a natural area after years of advocacy. The state Department of Environmental Conservation designated the 50-acre reservoir on the border of Brooklyn and Queens as… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2019 By Christian Murray The half-priced MetroCard program for low-income New Yorkers kicked off today with a joint press conference held by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson to mark the occasion. The program will provide discounted MetroCards to working New Yorkers who live at or below the federal poverty… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan A freight train at the Ridgewood/Glendale border was hit with a peculiar crime last month when a group of men stole 3,500 cases of beer from one of its cars. The train, located at the New York & Atlantic Railway transit facility near Cody Avenue and Cypress Avenue, was… Read more »
Jan. 2, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A multi-franchisee operator and active community member who introduced Arby’s to the Middle Village area and beyond has died. Tom Clarke, who owned several fast-casual franchises in the borough and brought Arby’s to Metropolitan Avenue after purchasing the property in the early 2000s, died unexpectedly on Dec. 28 at… Read more »