New mural by Stephen Powers at The Strand. (Photo: Scott Lynch)
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at Cooper Square and East Fifth last night. [NY Post]
In case you haven’t seen the flyers around the East Village and elsewhere, a Bushwick man has gone missing. [Greenpointers]
Sweet Chick has been granted a liquor license for the old Max Fish space. [The Lo-Down]
When’s Ivan Orkin opening his hotly anticipated ramen shop? “It could be next week, or next month. We’re just waiting on ConEd to turn on the gas and for a few other details to come together.” [Grub Street]
Greenpoint is getting a new grocery store: Greenpoint Cheese + Meat is due to open on Driggs. [Greenpointers]
Why is this hot top being lifted onto a Williamsburg rooftop? [Queens Crap]
Bushwick has a “sexy new lounge” named Lot 45. [Bushwick Daily]
Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain are bringing their “Sex Doll” act to Grand Victory. [Brooklyn Based]
The community board isn’t down with an annual Wiccan street fair on Astor Place. [NY Observer]
Paul Salmon’s new project in the 7A space will “pay homage to the cafe history of 7A” and will also have “elements of Melvin’s Juice Box and Miss Lily’s.” [Eater]
Clubland fixture Steve Lewis weighs in on recent kerfuffles involving The World Famous *BOB* and Lit’s Erik Foss. [Blackbook]
Lydia Hearst is starring in an “upcoming horror film about an abandoned building in New York City’s Lower East Side that houses squatters infected with a mystery disease that turns them into crazed killers.” [E]