Bar Omar, a new addition to Williamsburg’s bubbling culinary landscape, is a French-Algerian restaurant that forgoes the stereotypical Moroccan-style lamps and ornamental plates in favor…
NYU Will Create More Affordable Housing, Maybe Cut Down on Arrangement Seeking
Fear not, NYU students! No longer will you have to log on to Seeking Arrangement in order to pay your student debt. In a memorandum sent…
Food For Thought (and For Tummy) at This Ice Creamy Art Show
Who knew ice cream could be so socially charged? In an exhibit entitled “Who Owns the Cone?”, UK-based curatorial collective VERBureau is determined to dig…
Stories of Domino Refinery Add Bittersweetness to Photos of Its Last Days
The iconic Domino Sugar refinery graced the Williamsburg waterfront for decades, and when much of it was demolished in 2014, many felt that a quintessential part…
The Shirt Everyone Will Be Wearing at El Chapo’s Brooklyn Trial
As we’re sure you’ve heard, it looks like notorious escaped-then-captured-then-escaped drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán may be prosecuted in Brooklyn if extradited to the…
Chill With Disaffected Youth at This Pop-Up Art Show
If you dare brave the cold this weekend and find yourself on Allen Street, you may come across Haruma Yanagisawa’s cultural exhibit/pop-up shop/crash pad. Photos…
Huitzilli Packs Up Its Guayaberas After Some ‘Not So Great’ Changes in Williamsburg
Huitzilli, a colorful boutique specializing in Mexican clothing and jewelry, is vacating its home of seven years after its building was sold. Emily Cantrell, the shop’s…
9 Ways to Do Valentine’s Day That Are More Oddball Than Cheeseball
As inevitable as your student loan bills, Valentine’s Day is once again around the corner. If you’re inclined to celebrate it ironically rather than romantically, fret not:…
Learning How to Game Tinder at the Museum of Mathematics
New York City is known for its assortment of quirky and oddly specific museums, whether it’s gems like the Morbid Anatomy Museum, the cabinet of curiosities…
Snag This ’70s Stereo When Brooklyn Hidden Treasures Opens in Bushwick
Forget the Super Bowl and go on the hunt for a super bowl. Brooklyn Hidden Treasures, a one-stop shop for all of your vintage furniture…