On the heels of Death By Audio’s closing announcement, yet another Williamsburg waterfront institution is shutting its doors. Brooklyn Rod & Gun, a private social club and…
Will ‘Missing BK’ Be the Bushwick Anthem That ‘Brooklyn Girls’ Wasn’t?
Today’s entry into the “Brooklyn anthem” category (in fact, it’s tagged that way on YouTube) comes from Farohawk, a Bushwick-based MC, producer and songwriter who,…
Discover ‘Iranicana’ at This Variety Show of the Persian Persuasion
Don’t call it a Persian show—rather, think of it as looking at human culture through a Persian lens. That’s the aim of Bayan, tonight at…
50 Fairly Amazing Things About the ’64 World’s Fair
With the 50th anniversary of the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair upon us, the Queens Museum has unveiled a new exhibit featuring everything from one of the animatronic brontosauruses from…
Big-Box Retailers Heart Williamsburg; Citi Bike Gets Audited
A Brooklyn investment firm with apartment-building ambitions purchased 510 Driggs Avenue for $35 million. [] In Bushwick, the Washington Irving Branch of the Brooklyn Public…
Like Santa, Seth Rogen Is Everywhere
The “Untitled X-Mas Project” starring Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie was due to shoot in Greenpoint today and tomorrow, and now signage on…
Yup, You’ll Still Have to Wait ‘8 to 10 Hours’ For an iPhone 6
Three days after the iPhone 6 went on sale, there were still about 100 people lined up outside of the Apple Store in Soho when…
This Roving Vintage Shop Is Back In NoHo For The Fall
Hoping to catch some NYU students on their way to and from class, the Nomad Truck has spent at least one day a week parked…
$3.5 Million Will Create Jobs, Curb Garbage Juice
Today in South Williamsburg, Council Member Stephen Levin announced the allocation of new city funding for cleanup efforts across the city. The program– the City’s…
A Five-Month-Old East Village Restaurant Scored a Book Deal, Sort Of
East Village pintxos bar Huertas isn’t even half a year old, but like relatively recent startups Brooklyn Grange and Kings County Distillery it’ll be the…