The teenagers, found unconscious on the roof of a train in Brooklyn, appear to be the latest casualties of a popular and deadly game. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)”
How a Small Avant-Garde Theater Makes It Work in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2025
The Brick, an Off Off Broadway institution in Williamsburg, has kept the lights on for more than 20 years by cobbling together support from donors, grants and ticket sales. Source: New York Times
Williamsburg, Hudson Heights and Upper East Side Homes for Sale
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2022
This week’s properties are in Williamsburg, Hudson Heights and on the Upper East Side. Source: New York Times
Won Ton Soup and Other Essential New York Tastes, Updated at Bonnie’s
By Gotham Rex on February 28, 2022
Cantonese cuisine is deeply woven into the city’s identity. Its old flavors are brought into this century by Calvin Eng’s new restaurant in Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
How Marlon James, Novelist, Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
The Jamaican-born writer likes to read in bed, watch ‘tear-jerky’ YouTube videos and cook for friends. Source: New York Times
How the Owner of a 24/7 Diner Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on August 8, 2021
Irene Siderakis feeds New Yorkers all day at work, then comes home and provides dinner for her four adolescent sons. Source: New York Times
New Buildings Lure Tenants With Free Rent
By Gotham Rex on June 9, 2021
To fill empty buildings, developers have been offering generous concessions, including up to five months of free rent. Source: New York Times
An Arts Patron Widens Her Reach With a Brooklyn Museum
By Gotham Rex on May 4, 2021
Lonti Ebers is opening Amant to help artists create and display their work, not to show her own collection. Source: New York Times
$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2020
“This was amazingly irresponsible,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said of the event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Source: New York Times
Inside One Brooklyn Restaurant’s Desperate Fight to Survive the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2020
Half of New York City’s 24,000 restaurants could go out of business. Gertie is fighting to avoid becoming one of them. Source: New York Times
10,000 Guests at a Hasidic Wedding in Brooklyn? New York Says No
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
The governor warned that the gathering could be a superspreader event; a synagogue representative accused officials of “unwarranted attacks.” Source: New York Times
Downsizing From a Two-Bedroom to a Studio
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2020
A couple moved from a two-bedroom to a studio late last fall. But even after four months of quarantine, they don’t regret the decision. Source: New York Times
Coronavirus Isn't Over. New Yorkers Are Acting as if It Were.
By Gotham Rex on June 18, 2020
All over the city, bars, stores and people themselves are bending or ignoring social distancing rules, irking officials trying to keep the coronavirus curve flat. Source: New York Times