Jennifer May Tommy Keegan behind the bar at Keegan Ales in Kingston in 2009.
Tommy Keegan opened up his brewery, Keegan Ales, in 2003, long before Kingston had nice things like boutique hotels and murals all over town. At the time it opened, it was the only craft brewery between Brooklyn and Albany. (There are nearly 500 craft breweries in New York, and we are the sixth largest beer-producing state in the country.) Keegan, a Long Island native, had cut his teeth at Blue Point Brewing Company and decided to set out on his own. He moved to Kingston and bought a defunct brewery in gritty Midtown neighborhood and became a craft brewing pioneer at a time when most beer drinkers were still swilling corporate brands.
Hotel zoning changes on agenda as Staten Island Community Boards meet this week
Today 12:00 PM
The Citywide Text Amendment will be discussed at the 7 p.m. meeting of the Land Use Committee. It aims to create a consistent approach to hotel development citywide, requiring City Planning Commission approval for all enlargements in mixed-use and paired M1/R districts. It will be discussed Wednesday during a Community Board 3 virtual meeting.Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Community Board 3 will host a virtual Department of City Planning presentation Wednesday on a proposed zoning amendment requiring additional approval to enlarge hotels and motels in some Staten Island districts.
Inside S.I.’s latest crime trend: Thefts of pricey car part already outpace total for ALL of 2020 | What you need to know
Updated 8:45 AM;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. They came in the middle of the night. A loud grinding sound was followed by a hunk of metal being tossed in the back of a trunk.
The two men disappeared down Victory Boulevard as quickly as they did their work.
Hours later, on the morning of March 1, an 86-year-old man turned on his Honda Odyssey outside his home on the 600 block of Victory Boulevard in Silver Lake and was met with a tell-tale hallmark a loud noise emanating from his car.
Crimes of the week: Drug possession, doctor sentenced, caught with a gun
Today 8:00 AM
Raid nets arrest of man, 63, for alleged possession of crack cocaine, heroin and meth
Police raided an apartment on Park Avenue in Port Richmond.
Police raided an apartment in Port Richmond where they allegedly confiscated illegal drugs including crack cocaine, heroin and meth.
William Dale, 63, was arrested when officers armed with a search warrant raided his apartment on Park Avenue at 6 a.m. on April 22, according to the criminal complaint based on an investigation by Narcotics Borough Staten Island.
On a table, officers allegedly found several loose rocks of crack cocaine and a plastic zipper bag containing that stimulant, four glass pipes with crack-cocaine residue, three glassine envelopes of heroin and a straw with residue of that opioid, plus empty plastic zipper bags of the type typically used to package drugs, according to the criminal complaint and police.
Then and Now: Staten Island’s Post Offices reflect a transformed borough
Posted May 07, 7:30 AM
Left the Tottenville Post Office opened in 1851 with John Totten as the postmaster. Right is the current post office on Main Street just down the street from the Masonic Temple where the old post office was housed. (Google Maps)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Staten Island is currently home to 15 post offices: Eltingville, Manor Road, Great Kills, Mariners Harbor, New Dorp, New Springville, Port Richmond, Prince’s Bay, Rosebank, St. George, St. George Ferry Terminal, Stapleton, South Shore Annex, Tottenville and West New Brighton.