The last couple of times we saw actor and filmmaker Alex Karpovsky out and about (at the premieres for Onur Tukel’s Summer of Blood and…
Man Falls 25 Feet Into Whole Foods Trench
A construction worker fell 25 feet into a trench at the Whole Foods construction site in Williamsburg. The worker was believed to be undertaking a concrete job…
Williamsburg’s New Rooftop Bar Has a View That Can’t Be Beat
Nur Khan, the Lower East Sider and “nightlife impresario” who was creative director at the Gramercy Park Hotel’s Rose Bar and (briefly) Don Hill’s, has taken his cache to Williamsburg, presiding over…
The Author of The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Shopped On the LES Before It Was Cool
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street opens in 1913 on a spunky young girl fleeing Russia for New York with her family. Crippled and abandoned…
Body Found in East River; Wait List For a Blanket in Williamsburg
Video footage was released of the Bushwick facade collapse that injured a woman last week. [Animal] The body of a 50-year-old homeless man was found…
The Knockdown Center Is Gearing Up For Maspeth World of Wheels
The hilarious video teaser for Maspeth World of Wheels left us with more questions than answers, so we got in touch with the organizers to ask them what,…
Reel Psyched: Marquis de Sade, Dutch Horror, and a Double Dose of Franco
Stop pretending you like the World Cup, fill your flask with Jack Daniels, and get thee to your local cinema. There’s plenty going on in…
Victims of Car That Jumped Curb Are Hopping Mad at Their Sightseeing Bus
What caused a car to hop a Lower East Side curb on Tuesday and injure a 78-year-old woman and six-year-old boy? A double-decker sightseeing bus, according to a…
Apostrophe’s Kickstarter Video Features Lego Ravers
The guys from Apostrophe have posted their Kickstarter, as promised yesterday.
This Free Outdoor Music Fest Will Turn La Plaza Cultural Into a Sound Garden
Last May, Vic Murdaca moved from Melbourne to New York with nothing but a suitcase and a reference. The musician picked up some shifts at…