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Juan Scott, 26 and apparently a cousin of actress Rosario Dawson, was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to rape a 20-year-old woman last week in her Stuyvesant Town apartment. [The Villager]
Dennis Nemirovskiy, a 27-year-old Brooklynite, was arrested Friday morning at Bellevue Hospital (where he stopped to his clothes, stained by packs of exploding red dye) for allegedly committing five local bank robberies in early October, netting nearly $8500. [NY Post]
In Greenpoint, paperwork was submitted to convert 214 Franklin Street into a 30-room hotel with a coffee shop and gym. [NY Shitty]
Preview Alex Stupak’s new East Village restaurant Empellon Al Pastor, already a hit after less than 72 hours in business. [Grub Street]
Check out a guide to CMJ Music Festival 2014‘s best North Brooklyn shows, happening today through Saturday. [Bushwick Daily]
Details of a late August real estate transaction were published, in which an equities firm with retail aspirations picked up three N.6th Street properties in Williamsburg for just under $18 million. [Commercial Observer]
Fornino pizzeria in Williamsburg and Greenpoint is celebrating its 10th anniversary with $10 large margherita pies through Thursday. [Eater NY]
Rayuela—the two-story, tree-centric Allen Street eatery—is closed for renovations. [Eater]
Newly expanded Kent Avenue housewares haven Beam will reopen tonight with a party at  7 p.m., featuring noshes from Finell pop-up shop. [Racked NY]
Winos in Williamsburg: drink to artist Mary Mason Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the opening of her new exhibition at The Primary Essentails, and quaff cocktails while browsing jeweler Sabrina SL‘s wares at Antoinette Thursday night from 7 to 10 p.m. And for 10 days starting October 22, Lower East Side boutique Pixie Market hosts a moving sale. [Refinery 29]
Since it’s October, here’s a round-up of Bushwick’s most occult haunts, from Catland to Good Chinese Takeout. [Bushwick Daily]