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  1. October 4, 2026 Knicks guard Jose "GTA" Alvarado got a street co-naming at Knickerbocker Plaza, Knickerbocker and Myrtle avenues, a short walk from the Williamsburg blocks he grew up on.
  2. October 4, 2026 In a state appeal over 219 Troutman Street, a landlord is fighting DHCR's order returning his gut-renovated walk-up to rent stabilization; the ruling will test the substantial-rehab rules.
  3. September 22, 2026 A 26-year-old was stabbed in the face on the southbound C platform at Rockaway Avenue in an unprovoked attack.
  4. September 21, 2026 The Market Hotel was tagged "racist" after a promoter said it canceled his show over race; the venue says his event sold 40 tickets for a 500-person room.
  5. September 8, 2026 A large tree snapped at its base and fell across 1122 Decatur St. onto several cars; nobody was hurt.
  6. August 12, 2026 A 4.9-megawatt battery storage facility breaking ground near Bushwick Houses will store enough power for 5,000 homes and help prevent the blackouts that have knocked out elevators there.
  7. August 8, 2026 Federal prosecutors sought pretrial detention for the man charged with burning down the 1853 South Bushwick Reformed Church, citing a notebook with violent writings found on him.
  8. August 6, 2026 Federal prosecutors charged Brooklyn's John Jones, 24, with arson for the June 19 fire that gutted the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church and toppled its steeple.
  9. July 19, 2026 The Department of Buildings reversed itself and paused demolition of the fire-gutted South Bushwick Reformed Church through the weekend as FDNY marshals investigate the blaze as arson.
  10. July 13, 2026 Investigators haven't ruled out arson in the fire that gutted the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church last month and are eyeing a person seen fleeing the scene on video.
  11. July 4, 2026 Saint Vitus Bar is reopening at 428 Troutman Street this fall, moving the metal and punk venue out of its longtime Greenpoint home.
  12. June 28, 2026 Fire destroyed the steeple and most of the roof of the Reformed Church of South Bushwick at 855 Bushwick Avenue, a historic 19th-century structure; the top half of the building is gone.
  13. June 26, 2026 The historic South Bushwick Reformed Church, which has stood at 855 Bushwick Avenue since 1853, will be mostly demolished after Friday's fire; the church plans to save Fellowship Hall and part of the north wall but raze the sanctuary, pending emergency plans the city is demanding be filed immediately. (Brownstoner)

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