(Photo: Scott Lynch)
A construction worker employed by a contractor who did work for Menachem Stark has been charged in the Williamsburg landlord’s murder. [NY Daily News]
This week a 33-year-old man was arrested at the Union Square subway station for holding his iPhone underneath a woman’s skirt and filming her as she walked up steps. [CBS NY]
The Technology, Arts and Sciences Studio middle school was evacuated yesterday because of a bathroom fire. There were no injuries. [DNA Info]
Police are looking for kids captured in surveillance footage who were involved in a pair of anti-Semitic bullying incidents that occurred last week in Williamsburg. On Wednesday a 16-year-old Jewish boy was hit it the knee with a stick; on Friday a 9-year-old Jewish boy was hit in the forehead with a rock. [NY Daily News]
Here’s a Q&A with OG Lower East Side dynamo Penny Arcade. [Off the Grid]
And one with La Newyorkina founder Fany Gerson. [Paper]
This weekend’s events in Greenpoint include Kickstarter’s block party, a Kentucky Derby party at Pete’s Candy Store, a fashion/beauty expo presented by BUST Magazine, and a Cinco de Mayo Community Potluck [Greenpointers]
And here’s one more: Nitehawk Cinema will have two showings of Three Amigos featuring a live all-female mariachi band. [Greenpointers]
Click through pics of the Noho apartment belonging to Laser Rosenberg, interior designer to Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow. [Refinery 29]
Calliope restaurant in the East Village has closed; this weekend a new eatery called Contrada will open in its place. [Grub Street]
At Extra Fancy on Sunday afternoon, get all-you-can-eat crawfish for $25 at the Brooklyn Crawfish Boil. [Free Williamsburg]
Last week, a pretzel vendor’s cart was stolen from Norman Avenue in Greenpoint. [The Brooklyn Paper]