(Photo: Scott Lynch)
The son of Tatum O’Neal and John McEnroe was arrested in the East Village after allegedly buying cocaine and prescription pills. Police also arrested McEnroe’s alleged drug dealer, 22-year-old Niro Meneses of the Upper West Side. [NY Daily News]
The Williamsburg Starbucks opens Monday. [Gothamist]
Kings County Bar—of Smallest Penis in Brooklyn Pageant fame—left its Seigel Street space in Bushwick after a rent increase, choosing to merge with its sister bar 1 Knickerbocker to form Kings County Saloon, opening Friday. [Gothamist]
Former Lower East Side vintage shop Dear: Rivington will reopen imminently in Noho under a new name, Dear: Great Jones. [Commercial Observer]
Contrada—the restaurant that has been in pop-up mode since replacing Calliope in the East Village this spring—will celebrate its formal opening on July 29. [Fork in the Road]
Read a lengthy expose on Brooklyn’s hospital crisis. [NY Observer]
Despite the recent renovation, photos from this week’s storms show that Washington Square Park continues to be flood-prone. [Washington Square Park Blog]
Smorgasburg has two new vendors in Williamsburg (Upstate Rhubarb and The Poke Shop), and the Experimental Cocktail Club on the Lower East Side debuted a new drink menu. [Eater NY]
Per a new report, in June the cost of the average one-bedroom apartment in Bushwick was $1,964, down 7.8 percent from May. [Brownstoner]
Tonight Howl! Arts kicks off its five-week summer film series in Tompkins Square Park with a free screening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the film begins at sundown. [Free Films in Tompkins]
This slideshow takes you to Williamsburg’s first bed & breakfast, Urban Cowboy. [Vogue Paris]
A sports bar will take over the lease from the East Village’s Sutra Lounge, which at one point received more 311 complaints then any bar in the city during its run. [Bowery Boogie]
Punjabi Grocery & Deli, on the corner of 1st Street and 1st Avenue, wants the city to okay a taxi relief stand out front, so that cab drivers can break for an hour before heading back to work. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY]
Mr. Brainwash, a street artist featured in the 2010 Banksy documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, designed a mural for the Williamsburg apartment building 250N10. [Wall Street Journal]
From 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, Whole Foods Bowery will host a cooking demo and tasting called, “The Street Foods of India: A Benefit for Just Food.” Tickets are $25 plus service fee. [Eating In Translation]
In Williamsburg, Delaware & Hudson restaurant will now have dinner service on Tuesdays, plus a la carte dishes to complement its $48 prix fixe menu on Sunday nights. [Eater]
Look inside one of the apartments at the new 20-unit building 171 North 10th Street in Williamsburg. [Brownstoner]
Project No. 8 design shop on the Lower East Side will fete artist Jane D’Arensbourg‘s glass sculpture and jewelry exhibit from 6 to 8 p.m.; free snacks will be provided by local restaurant Fung Tu. And Williamsburg yoga and cycling spot SyncStudio will hosting a get-together with cocktails and dancing tonight at 8:30 p.m. at Caribbean restaurant Battery Harris. [Racked NY]
See two pictures of Noho’s Lafayette Street, circa 1901. [Off the Grid]
Here are interior shots from Bill Reed’s recently opened Williamsburg restaurant, Humboldt & Jackson. [Eater]
Today through Saturday—in Nolita and Williamsburg—everything is marked $50 or less at the Courtshop Summer Sample Sale. []