The Hyattsville Wire

01/19/2025

On Friday, Jan. 17, a Metrobus driver died after a medical emergency that caused a crash at the historic blues barbershop in Riverdale Park. The F4 bus hit the brick building at 4701 Queensbury Rd., formerly the home of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, going all the way to its back wheels. It also damaged the 6108 Rhode Island Ave. building, formerly home to Rivieras Tapas Bar and the old S&J Restaurant. https://bit.ly/42fwk8U -

A Metrobus driver died after a medical emergency that caused a crash at the historic blues barbershop in Riverdale Park.

01/13/2025

This photograph of the Lustine car dealership collision center was taken in February 2006 as part of a historical survey. The building was torn down in 2009 to make way for the Arts District Hyattsville shops, including Busboys and Poets and Yes! Organic Market. The building dates back to when this part of Route 1 was known as the “Motor Mile” due to all of the car dealerships. https://bit.ly/4hdW5La - (credit: The Library of Congress)

01/13/2025

Gingerbread houses. Town of North Brentwood, Maryland https://bit.ly/40x5TKw -

01/13/2025

A new pizza place recently opened in Brentwood and it’s especially known for its dough. Located 3809 Rhode Island Ave. inside the miXt Food Hall, Flames & Cones uses a 72-hour natural bulk fermentation process with whole wheat flour, which makes the dough more digestible. Options include standards like a Margherita pizza, meat lover’s and veggie lover’s as well as specials like the Air Force One. https://bit.ly/4gOvcNZ -

01/13/2025

Before the new year starts in earnest, we wanted to look back at the most-read stories of 2024 on the Hyattsville Wire. Among the top stories from last year were new restaurants and apartment buildings and how one resident rebuilt his home in a more modern way. Here’s a list of the top three stories of 2024, starting with the most-read story of the year. https://bit.ly/4adMbGQ -

Readers of the Hyattsville Wire continued to be interested with local restaurants and development on the Route 1 corridor.

01/13/2025

After years of construction, the Purple Line is starting to take shape as transit shelters have been installed around College Park. Light-rail stops in the Discovery District business park, at the College Park Metro station, and on the University of Maryland campus now have glass-roofed shelters where future riders will wait. https://bit.ly/3C8apFU -

After years of construction, the Purple Line is starting to take shape as transit shelters have been installed around College Park.

12/21/2024

A former Sunoco station near the Hyattsville Crossing Metro station will soon become a 7-Eleven. Located at 3599 East-West Highway, across from the Mall at Prince Georges, the former gas station was completely demolished. A new 7-Eleven will open in its place as the Texas-based chain undergoes another expansion, building 500 new stores over the next two years. https://bit.ly/3P5hYAj -

Located at 3599 East-West Highway, the gas station with a small interior convenience store is being completely redone.

12/21/2024

A new apartment building in Hyattsville features one of the corridor’s latest pieces of public art, a giant mural by Washington, DC-based artist Joel Berger, who is also CEO and co-founder of Artolution. Bergner told the Wire that he landed the project through the online platform Wxllspace, which connects real estate developers with muralists. This is his first mural on the Route 1 corridor. https://bit.ly/3ZKDU8F -

A new apartment building in Hyattsville features a giant mural from a Washington, D.C.-based artist.

12/19/2024

Construction work will finish next year on Hyattsville’s new police station. Located at 3505 Hamilton St., the new public safety building will include a large public meeting room, space for the department’s K9 dogs, a computer lab for training and a dispatch center. The project has been in the works since the city bought the former BB&T bank regional headquarters in 2010, though construction didn’t begin in earnest until 2022. https://bit.ly/4fpx6Dk -

The new public safety building will include a large public meeting room, space for the department's K9 dogs and a dispatch center.

12/12/2024

Hang all the mistletoe. City of Mount Rainier bit.ly/4gbwlyJ -

12/11/2024

Developers plan to update and refurbish a 135-unit aging apartment building in College Park, located at 4800 Berwyn House Rd., in the latest sign of the city’s rapid change. New York-based Cape Advisors, Inc. announced that it has gotten a loan to purchase the University Club apartment building. https://bit.ly/3ZLi85K -

Developers plan to update and refurbish an aging apartment building in College Park, in the latest sign of the city's rapid change.

12/10/2024

Shake Shack officially opens its doors in College Park on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The popular New York-based burger chain will open its newest location in the greater D.C. area at 4350 Knox Rd. The location is on the first floor of the new Union on Knox student apartment complex, a $140 million building on the old site of the 7-Eleven that will house 800 students. https://bit.ly/41mb1lE -

The popular New York-based burger chain will open its newest location in the new Union on Knox student apartment building in College Park.

12/07/2024

The “Shop Small, Taste Big” event is underway until to 5 p.m. today, where a number of small and local businesses on the Route 1 corridor are holding special events for the holiday shopping season, including holding pop-up markets with artists and crafters, play music, and offer cookies and cocoa with Santa Claus. And if you miss today's event, these local businesses will reamin open throughout the holiday season for all your gift-shopping needs. https://bit.ly/4isvj2K -

A number of small and local businesses on the Route 1 corridor are holding special events on Saturday for the holiday shopping season.

12/04/2024

Hyattsville’s Streetcar 82 Brewing Co. recently collaborated with an Irish distillery to create a new whiskey that will soon be available in the U.S. The popular brewery shipped several of its barrels used for aging an Imperial Irish red ale to Clonakilty Distillery in Ireland for use in making the whiskey, which adds complex new flavors to it. https://bit.ly/4gj4rjV -

11/25/2024

Alan Binstock, a well-known Mount Rainier architect and sculptor who was once named Hyattsville Wire, readers’ favorite local artist, died on Oct. 29 of complications from surgery. He was 77. A native of the Bronx, many of Binstock’s public art can be seen around the Route 1 corridor, including the colorful “Ribbon of Life” at University Town Center in Hyattsville, which is evocative of strands of DNA. https://bit.ly/3CBpSy7 -

11/18/2024

Miss Chelove, who grew up on the Route 1 corridor, recently painted a massive new mural on a West Hyattsville parking garage at 202 feet wide by 62 feet high. The noted D.C. artist painted the mural of a young woman surrounded by flowers at the Riverfront at West Hyattsville development on the side of the new apartment building. https://bit.ly/3UVWJUW - rt1corridor

An artist who grew up on the Route 1 corridor recently painted a massive new mural on a West Hyattsville parking garage.

11/12/2024

Hyattsville has begun an upgrade of The Spot park near the Arts District located at 4505 Hamilton St., just south of the Yes! Organic Market parking lot along the Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail. The Spot started in 2021 as an informal pop-up park where community events and concerts could be held. It was the brainchild of SoHy Co-op, a nonprofit group that helps support local businesses, with a grant made possible by Maryland Milestones (Anacostia Trails Heritage Area). https://bit.ly/4hMRgJy -

The south side of the park will get a picnic pavilion, game tables, misters, kids’ play equipment and movable lawn seating.

11/12/2024

Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks, who got her start in politics in Prince George’s County, defeated former Gov. Larry Hogan last week. She currently serves as county executive and previously served as the local state’s attorney, the county’s top law enforcement official. Alsobrooks is the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate and will be the first to serve at the same time as another Black woman, Delaware Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester. https://bit.ly/3ABkY3I -

Angela Alsobrooks, who won the U.S. Senate race, currently serves as Prince George's county executive and previously served as the local state's attorney.