After an earlier committee vote, the entirety of Community Board 1 has now approved the Domino Sugar development with some conditions. [The Real Deal]
The rezoning of the former Rheingold Brewery site to make room for 70- and 80-foot towers has been approved by the City Council. [DNA Info]
The beating of a gay black student earlier this month in the Hasidic part of Williamsburg may have come at the hands of a neighborhood watch force, police say. [NYDN]
Rents are up 13.5 percent in Bushwick — Brooklyn’s biggest year-over-year hike after Bed-Stuy. [Curbed]
We shared some SantaCon horror stories yesterday, and now Grub Street rounds up some more. [GS]
Cooper Union students are concerned about changes to the code of conduct that seem to constitute a crackdown on student protests. [NY Times]
The Hells Angels are suing their late president’s family over rights to their East Village building. [NY Post]
Macaulay Culkin’s pizza-themed Velvets cover band, The Pizza Underground, is playing a free show at Baby’s All Right. [Brooklyn Vegan]
Speaking of Lou Reed, here’s the headphones ad he filmed shortly before his death. [Stereogum]
Oddfellows Ice Cream Co. is now delivering to Williamsburg via Seamless. And if you spend over $30 you’ll get a couple of Nitehawk tickets thrown in. [Eater]
Here’s what a new condo at 421 Kent Ave. will look like. [Curbed]
A gender-bending parody of The Monkees, featuring an America’s Next Top Model finalist, is coming to the COW Theater. [Theater Mania]
Serious Eats drops its 24-hour guide to food and drink in Bushwick. [SE]
The Silent Barn is trying to raise $20,000 for infrastructure and programming by Jan. 1. [Brooklyn Vegan]