Iconic Williamsburg: Gottlieb’s Restaurant
YS Gold With the passing today of Reb Shulem Yosef Gottlieb, proprietor of Gottlieb’s Restaurant on Roebling Street,.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The 90th precinct
YS Gold The New York Police Department’s 90th precinct, which serves the northwestern portion of Brooklyn that mainly consists.... read more
In Tribute: Reb Leibish Rubenstein, Z”l
YS Gold We regret to inform you of the passing of R’ Aryeh Leibish Rubenstein, z”l, a.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Aharon Dovid Burack
One of the most important Rabbonim in America of his time, a truly brilliant Rav and marzbitz Torah, Rav Aharon Dovid Burack bears an indelible.... read more
Vacation Mode: Off - How To Get Back On Track After The Summer
It’s officially Labor Day, which marks the end of Summer 2024. Although you wouldn’t be able to tell by the weather, summer has come and gone.... read more
Today in History: Infamous Air France Flight 343 Crash
Today, August 29, is the day of the tragic Air France Flight 343 crash that occurred in 1960. Flight 343 departed from Paris and was making its.... read more
Today in History: Hurricane Irene Hits Brooklyn
Today marks 13 years since Tropical Storm Irene hit Brooklyn on August 27, 2011. The storm.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: The Big Satmar Shul on Rodney Street
The address of 152 Rodney Street in Williamsburg strikes a chord for tens of thousands of Satmar chassidim as the spiritual home of the Divrei.... read more
One Year Later: Remembering the Lee Avenue Fire
Today, August 20th, marks one year since the infamous 5 alarm inferno on Lee Avenue and Williamsburg East Street that destroyed several.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Simcha Abeles
As we continue our sojourn through the history of the Jewish community in Williamsburg of yore, we come upon the area a wee bit south of the Moore.... read more
Today in History: The Northeast Blackout That Stranded Half A Million Subway Passengers
In these mid-August days back in 2003, the historic Northeast Blackout left over 400,000 MTA passengers stranded as the entire system shut.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz
He was a legendary figure in old Williamsburg—a builder of Torah in America like few others. Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the menahel of.... read more
Iconic Williamsburg: Reb Yosef Rosenberger and His Shatnez Laboratory
Very little has changed at 203 Lee Avenue in Williamsburg in the eighty years or so since Reb Yosef Rosenberger, the hero of this forgotten.... read more
How Safe is the Williamsburg Bridge? Inside NYC's $167 Million Renovation Project
The last few months have seen several scary incidents involving bridges, including the Baltimore Bridge collapse,.... read more
NEW COLUMN! Iconic Williamsburg
"Iconic Williamsburg" is a new weekly feature on W365 which takes us to the personalities, the shul's, the landmarks, the rabbonim, and.... read more