With the City Council’s final vote on the Domino development set for Tuesday, we’ve managed to glean some more details about the deal struck yesterday…
This East Village Ice Cream Shop Will Serve ‘Ice Ice Baby’ and ‘Pretty in Pink’
On the heels of Oddfellows coming to the East Village, another ice cream shop called Mikey Likes It is opening on Avenue A next month. No,…
This Graveyard Worker Plays a Mean Bass, You Dig?
Until the age of five, Brandon Lopez grew up in a house on the grounds of the Madonna Cemetery. When his family left Fort Lee,…
Get Up Close and Personal With Chuck Close
Last time we saw Chuck Close, the photorealist painter was rocking an unreal outfit at the Brooklyn Artists Ball. If you didn’t have the $1,000…
City Goes After Aggressive Landlord; Schumer Pushes Brooklyn ‘Nerd Bus’
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development are trying to remove landlord Joel Israel from a Bushwick building where he’s accused of destroying…
City Council Set to Approve Domino Sugar Factory Development
The City Council’s Land Use Committee put its seal of approval on a plan for the site of the Domino Sugar refinery today, bringing it…
The Bean Opened Its First BK Location, Bringing the Mosaic Man to Williamsburg
The Bean opened its Williamsburg store today in the swank 101 Bedford complex at the corner of Bedford and North 11th. Full disclosure: we’re tapped…
At This Not-So-Typical Irish Bar, Florence + The Machine’s Guitarist Will Pick the Tunes
The bar that’s replacing singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw’s National Underground won’t have live music, but it’ll have some pop-star cred of its own: Rob Ackroyd, the…
Watch the New Slint Documentary (and the Kentucky Derby) With the Band
Hunter S. Thompson once deemed the Kentucky Derby decadent and depraved, but this Derby party looks quite lovely: Wythe Cinema, the screening room at the…
We’re Liveblogging the Lines and the Felines at NYC’s First Cat Cafe
Back in October, we had the idea for New York City’s first cat cafe. We’re not saying Purina stole that idea (that would be catty!)…