Jehova's Witness' Towers Hotel For Sale in BK; Underground Passage From WTC Oculus to Fulton Center Opens Tue; New Shake Shack in Forest Hills

Brooklyn | From the East River, in the centre is the Jehovah's Witnesses Residence Hall, originally the Leverich Towers Hotel, designed by Starrett & Van Vleck and completed in 1928.
Brooklyn | From the East River, in the centre is the Jehovah's Witnesses Residence Hall, originally the Leverich Towers Hotel, designed by Starrett & Van Vleck and completed in 1928.
Photo: Reading Tom

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

  • 6sqft Design Firm Reimagines Neglected Space Under the BQE as a Food Court and Sports Center
  • Brooklyn Heights Blog Watchtower Puts Towers Hotel on Market
  • Brooklyn Paper Local Color: Park Slope Artist Hosts Adult Coloring Club
  • Bushwick Daily Check Out the Freshly Painted Bike Lane on Bushwick’s Irving Ave!
  • DNAinfo New York Passage Linking Fulton Center to WTC Transit Hub Opening Thursday
  • Ephemeral New York The Remains of a Luxury Ship at a Brooklyn Church
  • Racked NY Where 'Modern Family' and Broadway Star Jesse Tyler Ferguson Shops in NYC
  • Thrillist 11 of the Best Hidden Tiny Treasures of NYC
  • Times News Weekly Forest Hills' Shake Shack Is Opening This Thursday
  • Town & Village Blog Beth Israel Will Move to 14th St. In Smaller Space
Matt Coneybeare

Matt Coneybeare

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Matt enjoys exploring the City's with his partner and son. He is an avid marathon runner, and spends most of his time eating, running, and working on cool stuff.

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