The Rent Guidelines Board met last Thursday ahead of voting to determine the maximum allowable rent increase for rent regulated apartments throughout New York City.…
Pound a Pint, Help Print This Informative Guide to the Bushwick Housing Crisis
You’d have to be living under a rock to be surprised to hear Bushwick is undergoing some explosive changes. It feels like streetscapes here are…
This Dutch-Designed Condo Is Now Courting Buyers in South Williamsburg
“When you look at Williamsburg, you hear about The Edge, right?” says Ryan Black. “You hear about Northside Piers—these projects on the waterfront that were…
It’s Official: Vice Is Taking Over the Beacon’s Closet Space
There’ll soon be twice the Vice on North 11th Street. A source at Vice Media now confirms that it will expand its Williamsburg headquarters into the adjacent space…
Third Rail Coffee Very Quietly Opens On a Very Quiet Block
When he moved to New York City 21 years ago, Third Rail Coffee owner Humberto Ricardo would take the scenic route to the subway from…
Spend Your Life Savings to Grill on the Roof!
While house hunting today, we were delighted to discover that a $49,000 property had made its way onto luxury realtor Douglas Elliman’s website. $49,000? What…
Bushwick Artists: Maybe We Should All Just Buy a Building Together?
Artists: Should we all buy a building?
The Village Voice Is Leaving the Village… and Occupying Wall Street
In a move fittingly symbolic for a paper whose corporate overlords flew in to lay off some of its most venerated, tenured writers, the Village…