(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Five more cases of measles have been diagnosed and attributed to that outbreak that started in February, bringing the total number of patients to 25. Three of the newest people to be diagnosed are Lower East Siders. [NBC NY]
Local firefighter-turned-film star Steve Buscemi will have an AOL web series beginning in May called “Park Bench,” where he interviews New Yorkers while sitting streetside. [NY Daily News]
Next time you start complaining about how easy kids have it these days, remember that your parents never put you on a juice cleanse, an icky pint-sized trend. [NY Post]
A broker trying to lease retail property on Thames Street in Bushwick passed out “Join the gentrification” flyers. [Oh, great.]
Tickets to tonight’s Meatball Slapdown at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Brewery start at $60. [WG News+Art]
A Goodbye, Blue Monday vet opened Bootleg Bar in Bushwick. They’ve got a pinball machine! [Bushwick Daily]
New owners have resurrected El Sombrero on the Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie]
Progress is coming along at Peels replacement Bar Primi, Andrew Carmellini‘s new East Village venture. [Eater NY]
Williamsburg coiffeur Self Salon now has a Bushwick location. [Bushwick Daily]
The building at 220 Avenue AÂ is on the market for just under $8 million. [The Massey Knakel Reel]