(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Today is the BP station on 2nd Avenue’s last day in business. [EV Grieve]
East Village cocktail lounge Elsa—the sister bar of Greenpoint’s Ramona—will soon shutter on East 3rd Street. [Eater NY]
Bushwick artist Miao Jiaxin has installed a 6-by-8-by-6-foot jail cell in his Van Buren Street studio, where guests who pay $1 can get the prison treatment for three hours. [NY Daily News]
Although the East River Ferry’s India Street pier in Greenpoint is still out of service, the city still says repairs will happen before the five-week G train shutdown starts later this month. [The Brooklyn Paper]
This summer, two Bushwick city councilmen will host meetings to inform tenants of their rights if faced with building rezoning. [DNA Info]
According to this round-up, the 10 best breakfast spots in NYC include Pies ‘n’ Thighs in Williamsburg, Bakeri in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Lafayette in Noho, and Russ & Daughters Cafe on the Lower East Side [Fork in the Road]
Thursday at 7 p.m. in Greenpoint, Achilles Heel will host a shrimp boil; Friday at noon in Williamsburg, Maison Premiere will host a 4th of July party with dinner specials and live music. [Eater NY]
Read a Q&A with Andrew Carmellini of Bar Primi in the East Village. [The New Potato]
Here are 25 warm-weather accessories and clothing items for sale at various shops in Greenpoint. [Greenpointers]
See a map of the amenities inside Brooklyn Athletic Club, opening at the end of the month in Williasmburg. [New York]
Learn the recent construction history of 119 Orchard Street, a Lower East Side lot that was in limbo for seven years and is now slated to become a 10-story structure with 16 hotel rooms and four apartments. [Buzz Buzz Home]
Take a look at Williamsburg’s three oldest restaurants: Bamontes (age 114), Teddy’s Bar & Grill (age 125), and Peter Luger Steakhouse (age 127). [Free Williamsburg]
Preserve 24, the year-old New American restaurant on Houston Street, is getting a new look and a new owner. [Bowery Boogie]
To coincide with its 10 year anniversary, the original Shake Shack location in Madison Square Park will be remodeled during an upcoming five-month closure. [DNA Info]
Check out 101 destinations for cheap eats in the five boroughs. []
From 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Oddfellows Ice Cream Co. will give out free kid-sized scoops. [Grub Street]
Click through photo galleries of two Soho residences (priced at $17.25 million and $13 million, respectively) Kimye recently toured during an apartment-hunting trip. [Curbed NY]