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Time Out
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Jonas Brothers are hosting two album release parties in NYC next week
S.O.S. The Jonas Brothers are celebrating 20 years of hits this year with not only a new album, not only a new tour, but two album release parties in New York City this August to celebrate! Greetings from Your Hometown officially drops August 8, which is when Jonas Brothers fans can officially enjoy the album at two separate events that promise giveaways and limited edition prizes. The Manhattan event will be held at 5pm at Generation Records at 210 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. This one will boast free tote bags and a raffle to win an autographed Jonas Brothers poster. At 6:30pm, the Greetings from Your Hometown release party begins at Greenpoint's For the Record at 1107 Manhattan Avenue, where fans can enjoy free giveaways and extras with any album purchase. The event is free, no RSVPs required. Those release parties are just two of many held at record stores across the country held August 8, as the Jonas Brothers posted on Instagram. As if that wasn't enough, the Greetings from Your Hometown tour officially launches August 10 in Rutherford, New Jersey. The beloved pop-rock trio first won our hearts in 2005 before briefly breaking up in 2013 and then reuniting in 2019. With the album and the anniversary, this tour will undoubtedly be unlike any that came before, promising fans not just new music but the chance to hear career highlights like stone-cold pop classic "Sucker" all over again. Joining them on select dates are Marshmello, The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls. The Greetings from Your Hometown tour runs across America and Canada through November 14, with stops in Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Nashville and more. It's been a good year to be a Jonas fan. This past spring, the brothers held "the ultimate Jonas Brothers fan experience": a free fan convention, JonasCon, at the American Dream mall in New Jersey. The event featured live performances, DJ sets, Q&As and the announcement of both the Greetings from Your Hometown album and tour. But if you missed it, don't worry. JonasCon will be held at the stadium dates of the tour in place of pre-show activities, offering fans nationwide the chance to bond over their shared fandom.
Time Out
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
A huge free Japanese food fest from Smorgasburg is happening this weekend
The Williamsburg coastline will look a little different on Saturday, August 2, when local food festival Smorgasburg partners with Suntory, Japan's premium malt beer, to present " Japan Meets Brooklyn – Matsuri," a one-day celebration of Japanese food, drinks and culture. The free event will take over the outdoor food market's 90 Kent Avenue space from 11am to 6pm this Saturday. The matsuri (Japanese for 'festival') will build on Smorgasburg's intense fanbase—it is the country's largest weekly open-air food market, after all—to present six special guest vendors and a handful of activities designed to bring Brooklyn a dash of the Rising Sun. Suntory is going out for the event, with a garden section doling out their signature Kami-Awa 'Creamy Foam' pour and an exclusive curated omakase set, pairing a tasting of three beers with snacks from three vendors. Need some carbs beyond that beer-filled bless? The fair will have plenty of freshly baked buns, with stands from Greenpoint's Taku Sando, matcha and onigirazu (sushi sandwiches) from Tokuyamatcha, and temaki sets and assorted sandos from a partnership between Nami Nori and Postcard Bakery. Habble will provide karaage chicken and Wagyu beef "sushi," and the sweet-toothed can take refuge with kakigori (shaved ice) from Tonchin US, or head to Let's Bounce, purveyors of New York's bounciest cheesecakes and cream puffs. But it is all fun and games, with Candy5NYC making their popular live candy on-site, local artist Hiroshi Masuda drawing portraits, and leading calligraphy workshops. Those looking to take in a show can find the New York Sumo Club, which will demo some of their impressive moves to the sound of OMNY Taiko 's live Taiko drum performances, or Seoul 69 mixing an all-vinyl Japanese City Pop set.
CBS News
19-07-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Williamsburg-Greenpoint Rezoning has complicated legacy 20 years later
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the historic Williamsburg and Greenpoint rezoning that changed the northern Brooklyn waterfront forever. The area's industrial waterfront gave way to a vision of parks and high-rise developments after the historic vote in 2005. Twenty years later, after a first-of-its-kind rezoning, the landscape has drastically transformed and carries a complicated legacy. "You look at a place like North Brooklyn, which has had a lot of increased green space since the rezoning, but the amount of residents has also increased dramatically," said Katie Denny Horowitz, executive director of the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance. The North Brooklyn Parks Alliance was founded in 2003 to advocate for access to green space. The community was promised more than 50 new acres of parks as part of the rezoning of 175 blocks along the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfront. While parts of Bushwick Inlet Park now provide much-enjoyed recreation, the promised 27-acre promenade remains unfinished. "As of right now about a third of the total acreage has been completed. We're super excited that a third parcel at the northernmost tip around the Bushwick Inlet itself, that should be open quite soon, as early as this September. And that's going to be the third parcel to be completed in over 20 years," Horowitz said. Former New York City Councilmember Diana Reyna, who represented parts of Williamsburg from 2002-2013 and grew up in the neighborhood, recalled the stark conditions before the rezoning. "None of this existed. This was desolate, prostitution, crime, gangs, drugs," she said. She also remembers a tight-knit and resilient community, including many, like her own family, who were displaced as rents began to soar. "I would have fought to get the affordable homeownership. There's nothing like owning your home. The reason why my family left Williamsburg, we were living in a three family home, privately owned. The landlords sold, went to Puerto Rico to retire, and the new landlord left us to dry for seven years in and out of court without heat and hot water," Reyna recalled. The 2020 census showed a 41% population increase in Williamsburg over the past decade. Rent increases and displacement came with it. David Yassky, the former Councilmember for Williamsburg and Greenpoint, said housing instability predated the rezoning. "People who had lived there 20, 30 years were already getting priced out. And it was obvious that was going to continue. So to me, the rezoning was an opportunity to open up that waterfront and provide some affordable housing that would allow people in the neighborhood, some, to stay," Yassky said. Asked whether the rezoning was ultimately a net benefit, their responses were mixed. "There's no question in my mind the rezoning was a net benefit for the area. For the people who were living there in 2005, it was still a net benefit, but it was more mixed because, you know, the rise in prices had an impact," said Yassky. "I would say it was a net zero," countered Reyna. "Unfortunately, I would say it's too early to say even though we're 20 years in. A lot of the plans have yet to be realized," said Horowitz. Data shows Kings County had the most land rezoned in the city over the last 25 years, with more than 550 blocks affected. Local leaders say lessons from North Brooklyn, like the importance of advocating for affordable housing and public green space, have informed more recent rezonings in neighborhoods like Gowanus and East New York. Have a story idea or tip in Brooklyn? Email Hannah by CLICKING HERE.
New York Times
17-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer Agreed.
On Sunday, Young Kim was working in the grocery aisles of Jubilee Marketplace in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, when he overheard some shoppers complaining about the prices. This refrain has been sung around the country since the pandemic, and it wasn't the first time Mr. Kim, the store's chief executive, had listened to it. But that night when he got home, he did something about it. In a 'Dear Greenpoint' letter he posted on Instagram, Mr. Kim wrote, 'I just want to say I'm sorry for the high prices and you were right,' modifying 'high' with another, more pungent adjective. After looking around northern Brooklyn to see what other stores charged, he'd decided to match or beat them. He has already dropped prices on thousands of items, he wrote, about 15 percent of what Jubilee sells. Re-pricing the whole store has become his mission, and he has been out on the floor making the changes for 14 hours every day this week. 'I'm trying to work as fast as I can,' he said. 'If you bought a product yesterday and I changed it today, you overspent yesterday.' As in much of the city, the high cost of living is an obsession in Greenpoint. In the Democratic mayoral primary last month, Zohran Mamdani, who has made affordability the main theme of his campaign, won 75 percent of the vote in the neighborhood. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Time Out
30-06-2025
- Time Out
Yet again, G train shutdowns are coming this summer—here's what to know
Brace yourselves, Greenpoint faithful: The 'Summer of G' is back—and not in a fun, alphabet-themed beach towel kind of way. Starting July 14 through Aug. 18, the G train will once again ghost riders between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand Avenues on select weeknights and weekends. It's all part of the MTA's ongoing effort to drag the line's Depression-era signals into the 21st century (1930s tech may be vintage-cool in fashion, but less so when you're stuck waiting in a dark tunnel). There will be no G service between Court Square and Bedford-Nostrand from 9:45 p.m. to 5 a.m. on the following weeknights: July 14–18, July 24–25, Aug. 4–8 and Aug. 11–15. Weekend closures run from 9:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday on July 25–28, August 1–4, Aug. 8–11 and Aug. 15–18. If your summer social calendar includes Williamsburg dive bars or a late-night taqueria run in Fort Greene, plan to pivot. The MTA is deploying fare-free shuttle buses that will stop at every affected station, running every 3–4 minutes overnight and every 5–10 minutes on weekends. G service will still operate south of Bedford-Nostrand down to Church Avenue. It's all part of a $368 million signal modernization project that's installing CBTC (communications-based train control), which promises faster, more reliable trains once complete in 2027. This is the fourth phase of outages following last summer's sweeping shutdowns, which came with a few silver linings: 10 stations got deep-cleaned, lighting and tile upgrades were installed and yes, 5G is on the way (expected this fall). Even some of the new open-gangway R211T trains have begun rolling out on the G and when the CBTC is live, they'll be fully compatible, so while the summer detours are annoying, they're also paving the way for a smoother ride.
