A group of longtime residents of the Bowery will gather on the street in front of their homes Monday to officially announce their public fight…
Here’s What The Black Rose Has Done With the Old Odessa Cafe and Bar
When it opens tonight, Black Rose will be serving up “Personal Jesuses” and “Comfortably Numbs” at what was, for over three decades, Odessa Cafe and Bar. Don’t be…
Williamsburg Hotel’s Bid For Rooftop Liquor Reaches New Low
The William Vale hotel, that futuristic looking structure (formerly known as the Level Hotel) going up at 55 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, will have 183…
Greenpoint Is Getting a Playground With Skate Park Designed By Steve Rodriguez
Hey, Greenpoint’s getting a shiny new park! Alright, technically it’s a “playground,” but with a new skate park, handball court and basketball court, hopefully it’ll…
Brooklyn Barge Bar Floats Its Hope of Opening This Month
Despite a stalemate with the local community board, it looks like Brooklyn Barge Bar isn’t dead in the water just yet. Aiming to be Brooklyn’s…
Talks + Readings: Duff McKagan, Galway Kinnell, and a Living Female Rock Critic
Monday History buffs, take note: Battle Lines is not your ordinary Civil War read. This books is a team effort by graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm…
The Raddest Stuff We Saw at BKLYN Designs, Up in Greenpoint This Weekend
BKLYN Designs 2015 kicked off today at the Brooklyn Expo in Greenpoint, where artisans from all over Brooklyn came to show off their functional art.
Pop a Cork, Pork Dorks: There’ll Be Bacon For the Takin’ at This Pancettapalooza
Is bacon played out? In our insatiable craving for more and more bacony goodness, have we finally reached the limits of human creativity, doomed forevermore…
Okinawan Hotdog Crepes FINALLY Coming to the East Village
What do you do when you get bored with your tuna salad? (Portlandia voice)- put a crepe on it! First it was the two Williamsburg…
Some Bushwick Open Studios Details Dropped
A press release from Arts in Bushwick paints the broad strokes for this year’s Bushwick Open Studios, coming June 5-7. There aren’t many details just…