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A police source tells the Daily News that a contractor who was owed $20,000 is being eyed as a suspect in the murder of Menachem Stark. [NY Daily News]
The Department of Buildings has given Extell permission to demolish a stretch of 14th Street so it can build a 7-story development with 39,310 square feet of commercial space. [The Real Deal]
Rosario Dawson says that growing up in a Lower East Side squat informed her role in the forthcoming Gimme Shelter. [NYT/Columbus Dispatch, NY Daily News]
Aerial shots show how the LES has “drastically changed” in 80 years. [LES NYC]
One of the city’s “finest examples of Bloomblight” can be found on Hooper Street and Borinquen Place. [New York Shitty]
The family of the East Village deli worker who was struck by a car said he was “getting better and better, and then he went to zero” before he died in a hospital. [DNA Info]
A 2,600-square-foot East Village loft that “appears to be two half-heartedly combined apartments” is going for $1.9 million. [Curbed]
Stanley’s, a “luxury pharmacy” on the Lower East Side, serves custom wellness drinks. []
A mini record fair will take place at Brooklyn Flea next month. [Brooklyn Vegan]
Greenpoint’s “leading punk,” Jeff Rosenstock of Bomb the Music Industry, is looking to settle down. [NY Observer]
John Fraser’s new restaurant in the Standard East Village should open by the end of the month. [Eater]
East Village cocktail bar Golden Cadillac is now offering brunch. [Eater]
BrisketTown is offering brunch again, including the brisket taco. [Eater]