Stephen Witt
The Archive
Peace march for new mosque gets ugly
June 11, 2010 | 8:38pmA peace march in support of a controversial proposed mosque in Sheepshead Bay turned ugly last Thursday after residents jeered marchers, most of whom were from outside the area.“This is...
Walmart protest fizzles — is opposition to retail behemoth slowing?
May 25, 2010 | 1:32amA smaller-than-expected crowd showed up last week at Starrett City to protest Walmart’s proposed first New York City superstore. Organizers of the rally last Thursday at the nation’s largest low-...
Cops swarm Brighton Beach
May 25, 2010 | 1:21amThe city will be flooding Brighton Beach with cops to help stop a wave of burglaries and robberies in the neighborhood.“We received an extra 25 officers for the area following...
Hearts and craft — new murals come from artist's Puerto Rican soul
May 24, 2010 | 6:51pmMexico City may have Diego Rivera, but Wallabout has Puerto Rican folk muralist Evelyn Talarico.The 64-year-old artist’s works are transforming walls in the neighborhood into a panorama of tropical waterfalls,...
canarsie Cemetery out or purgatory
May 18, 2010 | 12:48pmcanarsie Cemetery’s fate is sealed.The city revealed on Monday its last remaining burial ground that is not a potter’s field, bounded by Remsen Avenue, Avenue K, Church Lane and East...
Towns pushes out new potty bill
May 18, 2010 | 12:27pmToilets are the new face of discrimination, and one Brooklyn lawmaker is doing something about it.A bill introduced by Rep. Ed Towns (D-Canarsie) would require that all new federal buidings...
They got it maize!
May 18, 2010 | 5:08amand Gary Buiso Things are getting corny in canarsie.Students and teachers at Public School 115 last week helped a Carroll Gardens artist plant old-school corn on a patch of land...
In Downtown, blight gets a window dressing
May 17, 2010 | 2:20amDowntown developer Al Laboz is once again papering over his problem on Willoughby Street.The developer, who cleared out his tenants in 2007 in anticipating of tearing down a one-story building...
Walmart: Our wages are just as good as Target's
May 4, 2010 | 3:04amElizabeth Danaswitt@cnglocal.com
Dear Lord! Brown Memorial is praying for renovation funds
May 4, 2010 | 2:02amOne of Fort Greene’s oldest and most prominent churches is falling apart and parishioners are putting out an SOS for renovation funds.Built in 1860, the beautiful Romanesque style Brown Memorial...
City set to close Midwood after-school programs
April 27, 2010 | 4:44amThe city is shuttering an after-school and summer program in two Midwood schools because the neighborhood isn’t poor enough to justify its existence.As a result, more than 100 students who...
Cop of month saved baby's life
April 27, 2010 | 4:02amA quick-acting cop with a heart of gold saved the life of a month-old baby named Blessing on the streets of East Flatbush.The incident unfolded a little after 5 am,...
Brooklynites gear up for 'Warmart'
April 26, 2010 | 9:27pmResidents are hailing reports that Walmart is looking for its first Brooklyn location — even as critics of the big-box store are preparing to fight back the retail Golaith famous...
How 'sweep' it could be
April 22, 2010 | 6:11pmGet with the Project!That’s what several civic leaders are saying to deadbeat store owners who don’t contribute to Project Sweep, a program that hires developmentally disabled individuals to clean up...
Top cop: Auto thefts on the rise, and we're fighting back
April 22, 2010 | 6:10pmPolice are battling a rash of car thefts on the streets of East flatbush.And Deputy. Inspector Corey Pegues says he’s doing everything he can to stop thieves in their tracks...
Stop light being considered for Gerritsen Avenue
April 22, 2010 | 6:10pmResidents living off of southern Gerritsen Avenue are gunning for more traffic calming measures along the strip — but they keep hitting a dead end.That’s because the city’s Department of...
The ultimate buffet smackdown
April 19, 2010 | 7:41pmAs the Buffet Brothers reveal, there are plenty of options for smorgasbord fans in Downtown. But which by-the-pound grub shack is the best? Our handy chart can help.Name of buffetPrice...
Is someone going to fix this sidewalk already?
March 31, 2010 | 4:10amA road reconstruction project is causing treacherous conditions for pedestrians strolling on the Fort Greene Park side of Dekalb Avenue.The shredded walkway between S. Oxford Street and S. Elliot Place...
flatbush Gardens: Living a good life in East flatbush
March 30, 2010 | 4:22amAll evidence points to the 2,496-unit, 59-building complex in East flatbush coming back in a big way since its name has changed from the notorious Vanderveer Houses three years ago.“Back...
Boxing club hopes to KO crime
March 30, 2010 | 3:21amA new boxing club in the heart of a once-notorious housing complex could change the lives of neighborhood kids — for the better.Built by a legendary fight trainer — and...