Given that New York City is a place where making “just” $70 to 92k a year can qualify you for affordable housing—thanks, Upper West Side…
East Village Landlord’s Ice Cream Social Gets a Chilly Reception
It’s hard to imagine how anyone could get pissed off about ice cream. It’s pretty delicious stuff on its own, but when ice cream comes free,…
Sparkly New Condo Smells Funny? Find Out If It’s Industrial Poison With This Map
Depending on where you look, North Brooklyn is still replete with rusty reminders of its fairly recent manufacturing past, but as that history recedes farther off…
Three East Village Buildings Sold, Including Home of Neptune Diner
A major Manhattan real estate player has sold off three of its East Village buildings in deals totaling $32 million.
#HackHousing Proves That Not All Tech Bros Suck
After making my way through a gilded, marble-floor lobby worthy of Home Alone 2, I found myself at Civic Hall. The techy meetup spot and educational center…
Notorious East Village Landlord Uses Street Art to Paint a Prettier Picture
Earlier this year, when the East Village’s beloved Stage Restaurant closed in the wake of a dispute with its landlord Icon Realty Management, Brooklyn-based artist…
Another One Could Bite The Dust: IDIO Gallery Turns To Crowdfunding To Survive
There’s been many a Bushwick disappearance lately. Punk venue The Acheron recently said their goodbyes, acclaimed restaurant Northeast Kingdom put away their plates for good,…
Citistorage Site Owner Sets Offer Deadline as Park Pushers Plan Sleep-In
Last month, the city made a $100 million offer on the final parcel of land needed to complete the long-promised Bushwick Inlet Park along the…
New Law Aims to Help Mom-n-Pops, But Embattled Tenants Say It's Not Enough
A group of a dozen small business owners and community advocates from Bushwick gathered at Esmeralda Valencia’s restaurant on Myrtle Avenue this morning with an…
Anarchists Aiming to Stop ‘Bushwick II’ Development in Its Tracks
It was difficult to ignore the fluttering signs at last week’s Bushwick Community Plan meeting. Sure, they were black-and-white, only about as big as two…