Five tenement buildings on E. 11th Street were leveled to make room for the forthcoming Moxy Hotel, set to rise across from Webster Hall. [EV…
Two Controversial Second Avenue Lots Sold; Lenin Statue Resurfaces on LES
Two empty Second Avenue lots where the buildings were razed by the Spring 2015 gas line explosion were sold by their owner (who faces manslaughter…
Indigo Hotel Might Be on the Market; Naked Reality TV Star
An recently unsealed indictment revealed that 12 members of the Bushwick’s True Bosses Only Crew face a combined 59 charges for shootings that have occurred…
Dead Man Found in W-Burg; Scary LES Rape Statistics
Police say a 36-year-old man was discovered dead (with neck and torso injuries) Tuesday afternoon at the base of a Union Avenue staircase. [DNA Info]…
Steve Croman is Rikers-Bound; Gin Ice Cream Flights
Yesterday landlord Steve Croman—whose 140 New York City buildings include several in the East Village and on the Lower East Side—plead guilty yesterday to mortgage…
Police Search for Bushwick Killer; Custom Boob Portraits
Following the murder of Terrell Ortiz—a 26-year-old Bushwick resident—early Friday evening near the intersection of Broadway and Lawton Street, police are circulating security footage of…
Macing on W-Burg Subway; Molly’s Milk Truck in Bushwick
In late May while an L train was stopped at Bedford Avenue, police allege this woman instigated an argument with a man over his coughing,…
Bushwick Teen’s Murder Spurs Lawsuit; Brooklyn Film Festival Begins Tonight
The death of Sergio Reyes—the 18-year-old Bushwick student who was killed by police in February after holding up a local bodega with a fake gun—has…
Deluge of Domino Sugar Applicants; Grateful Dead Anniversary Concert
Eighty-seven thousand hopefuls applied for 104 affordable-housing apartments at 325 Kent Avenue, the first of the repurposed former Domino Sugar Factory buildings. [The Real Deal]…