Kingston Pizza Shuttered by the Health Department

Crown Heights’s oldest pizza joint, Kingston Pizza, which recently changed hands, was shut down this afternoon by the New York City Health Department, after inspectors deemed it unfit to serve food in a routine inspection. Customers were ordered to leave the store, and a notice was posted on the door.

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Beis Din Under One Roof

As of Friday, Rabbi Yaacov Schwei moved back into the offices of the Crown Heights Bais Din at 390 Kingston Avenue after years of divide. “One Crown Heights, one Badatz” is the new reality since last Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Mishpotim, perhaps signaling a new era in the Brooklyn neighborhood’s Jewish leadership.

AccuWeather: A Wintry Mess!

NEW YORK [WABC] — Precipitation early Tuesday morning has been fairly light across the mid-Atlantic states and in the Northeast. A shortwave, or ripple of upper-level energy, will be pressing eastward across the Great Lakes and into upstate New York and western New England today. This will tend to enhance snowfall rates after 5 a.m. in areas such as in the Poconos and the Catskills, as well as in northwestern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and southern New England.

PSA: Shovel That Roof, Before It’s Gone

The National Weather Service and the city are urging property owners and builders to clear rooftops, awnings and overhangs of snow ASAP, to avoid potential collapses when an ice storm is expected to hit New York Tuesday.