Lepoldo Hernandez, 57, was struck and killed by two vans at the intersection of Borinquen and Keap yesterday morning. This is a particularly pedestrian-unfriendly intersection, in the pre-dawn hours, with a (allegedly) speeding van. DNA Info (which is new to the neighborhood beat) includes a set of heart-wrenching on-the-scene photos.
Leopoldo Hernandez
Three Williamsburg Charters to Close
Three charter high schools run by the Believe Network, which has had numerous problems over the years. As one state official put it:
Over the last few months, both the State Education Department and the Department of Education have laid out a very troubling pattern of what is, at best, financial irregularities by the school’s management and perhaps much worse
This “troubling pattern” will likely leave as many as 1,500 local high school students without a school come June.
“Rape”
Interesting use of quotation marks by the Post.
Former HPD Commissioner to Head CPC, Domino Developer
Rafael Cestero, who headed HPD for two years, will take over the helm at Community Preservation Corporation/CPC Resources (the latter is the developer of the Domino project). Michael Lappin, who was CEO of CPC/CPCR for 30 years, announced his retirement in November.
The Hot Seat: Laura Treciokas
Brownstoner interviews Laura Treciokas, co-chair of Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and a Where’s Our Park? organizer.
Scottish Scientists Re-create 100-Year-Old Whisky
I had no idea you could carbon date whisky.
Skee-Ball Manufacturer Sues Williamsburg Skee-Ball Bar Full Circle
Regardless of the merits of the suit, this seems to be an incredibly stupid move on the part of Skee-Ball, Inc.
Fatty ‘Cue Williamsburg Closed (But Not for Good)
Grub Street has the details.
Inside the City’s Ghost Subway System
Moses Gates took WNYC on a tour of some “ghost” subways sites in the city’s transit system.
The piece includes this cool interactive map of the system’s once-planned routes and abandoned stations. Most of the abandoned stations were taken out of service over time – the exception is the South 4th Street station, which was never completed. A few clicks around the interactive map show how different the Southside might have been if the Depression hadn’t stopped this major expansion (the 6th Avenue (F) and 8th Avenue (C?) lines both would have come out to Williamsburg, where they would have hooked up with Crosstown (G) service).
The Old Fashioned
Slate:
[There are] two main approaches to this uniquely venerable beverage. The austere former — its liquor merely sweetened and seasoned, not even tarted up with a citrus twist — is hard-core originalist. The fancy latter points to the opposite extreme, where the bartender muddles a whole Carmen Miranda headdress and the squirt of carbonated water becomes a long spritz of Sprite.
Personally, I prefer the version served at Rye (which is definitely in the originalist camp).
[via DF]