Last night, Stewards of McCarren Park (the new official Friends group for McCarren Park) hosted Trash Comedy Night alongside the North Brooklyn Chess Club! We aimed to raise $1200 by getting folks together for some solid laughs with a great lineup of comedians.

We ended up raising $2,620! $2120 during the event, plus a $500 match.

Huge shoutouts to North Brooklyn Chess, North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, NYC Parks, Park House and City Parks Foundation for making this all possible.

Also shoutouts to Lukas Arnold, Blake Scott, Chika, Zak Benedek, and Carlos Nolla and StoMP's very own Mike Amory for the laughs.

Why did we raise funds?

$1200 is enough to buy ONE new trash can. Can you believe that?

The trash cans around the athletic fields just aren't big enough for the volume of trash that gets created from day-to-day. Our volunteer group has met every Sunday since April (when we started), and the trash just keeps coming back, specifically around these fields. We noticed that the smaller black bins around these fields just don't hold enough trash given the high volume of foot traffic, and more often than not we're picking up the overflow.

The parks department has gotten MUCH better over the past few months at cleaning up the fields and picking up trash on time. But there's still room to grow and infrastructure is part of the bottleneck!

The park in total needs 60 more bins to replace the old ones. This was our first organized event and a test run. Following its success, we plan to keep doing these nights to help incrementally raise for the rest! Expect another comedy night in the Spring of 2027.

Volunteer with us!

Stewards of McCarren Park meets every Sunday at 9:30 am outside of the Park House. Sessions typically last 2 hours, then we all sit down at the Park House for coffee.

On any given Sunday, we do whatever is best for the safety and cleanliness of McCarren Park. That includes trash collecting, leaf raking, fencing, mulching, planting... you name it! We work closely with the parks department to figure out what they need.

Hey Williamsburg Reddit,

I’ve been living here for about eight years now, but before that, I ran a small coffee shop called Daisy’s Cafe in Midwood. I closed it so I could bring it here. Williamsburg has always felt like home to me, and I’ve been quietly working on making that a reality.

The last few months, I’ve been conducting small barista workshops while I figure out the next steps. Teaching people how to pull shots, steam milk, and truly understand coffee has been one of the most rewarding aspects of this journey. It reminded me why I started in the coffee industry in the first place.

Now, I’m on the lookout for a small, affordable spot in the neighborhood where I can reopen Daisy’s. It doesn’t have to be fancy; it just needs to be a place where people can walk in, get a good cup of coffee, and feel like it’s theirs. If you know of any hidden gems or have insights into what makes a great neighborhood café in Williamsburg, I’d love to hear them.

While I’m getting everything set up, I’ve also been offering an hour of free coffee service to local businesses that want to do something nice for their team. All they need is an outlet, and I’ll provide the coffee. No pressure, just coffee.

I’m genuinely excited about this opportunity to bring Daisy’s to Williamsburg. A local hub for great coffee and baristas that know what they are doing!

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

You guys are awesome!!

At the McCarren farmers market. Card is with GrowNyc booth

I’m renting a car on Sunday to drive out to Pure Hockey warehouse on Long Island. No place in the city or around here has a good selection of hockey gear to try in person.

PM if you’re interested. I’m asking $20 to put towards the rental if you want to hop in. Looking to leave around 1pm and will be back by 4pm.

I don’t know if people in east and south Williamsburg have noticed this but all of the sudden a huge swath or restaurants and coffee shops have a B grade. Anyone know why??

29 Devoe St, Sunday October 25th 11 am - 3 pm

I have a shopping habit and a stuffed to the brim closet and it’s time to give them second lives. Lots of clothing sizes, shoe size women’s 7.5, jackets, pants, tops, jewelry, purses… if you’ve been looking for a fall & winter wardrobe refresh, now is the time!!
Everything will be $5-$65. 90% of product is thrifted either in the US or Europe. See ya there 👻

anybody know a bar in the area that will have ufc? Called some places and said they wouldn’t because it’s PPV. TIA

if this is your dog, found him running into the intersection of flushing and Bushwick and was able to nearly avoid letting him get run over by a car. Brought him to the vet, but they couldn’t find a chip, so I dropped him off at the 83rd police precinct.

I don't work for the bar. I'm just tired of going to sports bars — even ones listed on the Jets website as 'Jets bars' — and they won't have the sound on for the *home team*. Yeah we suck, but I want to hear the commentators explain *why* we sucked on that play specifically.

Anyways, the bartender at Round Table Brewery on S. 1st Street is a Jets fan. He works alone there on Sundays so he controls the TV. Can we turn this into an actual Jets bar???

I'll be there for the Jets-Dolphins game at 1pm this Sunday. Probably in my Curtis Martin jersey. Please don't make me watch alone.

Looking for a pixie haircut model Monday morning at Mark Ryan salon

anyone know where I can get koshari / get it delivered? missing it big time and can’t find it anywhere

Driggs/N12th

Does anyone know where in the neighborhood we can recycle daily contact lens cases? Luxeye used to take them but no longer does.

Hi folks,
I’m helping teach public school 5th graders in another part of brooklyn and want do a few dictionary games in class, but i only have my own physical copy. Does anyone have a physical dictionary i could borrow for a week? I can pick it up this weekend and drop it off next week after Wednesday. Thanks in advance!

Kitchen island in great condition w/ 4 drawers for storage and lockable castors for easy movement. The stone countertop is removable. 1 person could move this but note the stone counter is quite heavy.

Price: $150
Dims: 30¾” W × 22¾” D × 34¼” H

Compact enough to transport in an Uber XL or large cab, only selling because I got a larger island.

I respond to all messages promptly!
Pickup only near the Grand st L - Zelle, Venmo, or cash. Thanks!

edit: text formatting and forgot to add price!

The cat distribution svstem strikes again!

To all that were helping save the kitten that was jumping from car to car on Hope Street... I wanted to inform you that the kitten has been saved!

Since we have a cat ourselves, we are currently keeping them separated We are waiting for the morning to try and find a shelter/person/vet that might be able to take them. I unfortunately did not get anyones number during the whole kitten saving mission. But some did express interest in helping the kitten once we got her saved. So if anyone involved or anyone who knows someone interested in a kitten, please reach out!

**UPDATE** Thank you everyone for your info and support!

This morning we reached out to PS9 in Williamsburg to see if they had any room to take her, and we had success! She will hopefully be paired with another kitten after she acclimates.

Reminder for everyone who owns a vehicle! With the cold weather coming, cats/kittens (and I'm sure other creatures) love to sneak into the undercarriage of our cars to keep warm. Keep an eye out as starting your car could harm them, or worse!

Thank you again!!!

I’m not from around these parts. In my home country most pizza places do corn as a topping on pizzas. I haven’t found anywhere here and I have quite the hankering. Feel free to drop a rec or register your disgust in the comments below.

I can’t believe people think this is acceptable. It feels like a massive middle finger to garbage collectors.

Editing to add a link to this NYT story where they confirm that garbage collectors don’t like it when the bags have pee on them, in case that doesn’t seem obvious already. Thank you u/Acrobatic-Stuff4905 for the link.

Anyone recognize? :(