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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