All day long, trick-or-treaters have been hitting us up for candy (our one pouch of Big League Chew went fast), but one thing’s for sure:…
Here’s Why This Guy Was Giving Free Haircuts On Bedford Avenue the Other Day
On a recent Thursday, Steven Chu and Parker McComb were posted on Bedford Avenue with a white folding chair, scissors, buzzers, and a sign offering…
There Was a Shooting On Avenue D Last Night
A gunman shot someone in the shoulder at 118 Avenue D, at the Jacob Riis Houses, last night around 8 p.m., the police say. The victim,…
Here’s What the Corner Of Bedford and North 7th Will Look Like a Year From Now
The corner of North 7th Street and Bedford Avenue has been an anti-establishment battleground lately. (Stop trying to hide behind your tasteful mahogany exterior, DD, we see you.)
Banksy Piece Gets Defaced, Restored, and Then… Framed?
Banksy took to the Williamsburg-Bed Stuy border today for the 17th installment of . Hours after his piece went up on Cook Street, off of…
And Now, a B+B Q+A With CDZA
Yesterday the viral music-video maestros from cdza (pronounced Cadenza) stopped into the Bedford + Bowery Newsroom to shoot footage for the backdrop of a their…
A Custom Bike Cafe Revs Up in Brooklyn
Williamsburg motorcycle aficionados need no longer stand around cracking their bullwhips in the street. Jane, a cafe selling custom riding gear, is due to open…
B+B Would Like to Welcome BB to the Neighborhood
Many a Manhattan business has opened a Williamsburg outpost, but this time it’s a Chelsea barbershop, and not another downtown bar, that’s crossing the river.…
America May Run on Dunkin’, But Williamsburg Clearly Does Not
Signage recently went up informing the ‘Burg that a Dunkin’ Donuts is coming to the corner of North 7th Street and Bedford Avenue, replacing the…
Tour the LES Circa 1946, Where ‘Panties and Pickles Live Side By Side’
The Lower East Side has long been a place “where panties and pickles live side by side.” Or so says the narrator of ”Around the World in…