A Bushwick man was shot and killed Sunday night outside an apartment building just off of Maria Hernandez Park, a public park named for a…
There Was Cosplay, Cat Comics, and a Gigantic Charlie Brown at MoCCA Fest
This past weekend, MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) teamed up with the Society of Illustrators at the 69th Regiment Armory for the 12th…
Clayton Patterson Leaves the LES; Gagosian Crosses Delancey
After 35 years, iconic LES documentarian Clayton Patterson is leaving the Lower East Side for Austria. He echos what he told us at the B+B…
Dumont’s Landlord Has Given It 5 Days to Leave Its Home of 12 Years
When Dumont closed in January following the suicide of owner Colin Devlin, his widow Kristina Greene said she was merely completing some upgrades and would…
Ilan Hall On Gorbals BK, Season 2 of Knife Fight, and Wrangling Action Bronson
Today we spoke by phone with Ilan Hall, who will soon open an East Coast outpost of his LA restaurant, The Gorbals inside the new…
Handsome Dan’s Has Quietly, Colorfully Opened an East Village Candy Shop
Imagine our surprise today when we saw a gleaming new outpost of Williamsburg candy shop Handsome Dan’s occupying the storefront that 30-year-old A-1 Music vacated…
My Bushwick Ride-Along Ended With a Shooting
My ride-along with Bushwick’s 83rd Precinct landed on a sunny afternoon. I was told the sunny days are the busiest ones for the NYPD —…
Tour the Urban Outfitters Store, Space Ninety 8, Now Open in Williamsburg
A thousand people lined up to get carded last night outside of Space Ninety 8, the five-story Urban Outfitters concept store officially opening today in…
Some Artists Built a Bodega Inside of a Bushwick Gallery
Last night Bushwick’s Exit Room gallery hoisted the flag for “Newmerica: The Birth of a Nation,” a tightly-focused group show (and burgeoning art collective?) of…
Jim Jarmusch Isn’t Nostalgic; Ridgewood Is the ‘Next Big Thing’
Sitting at B Bar, Jim Jarmusch tells The Times, “I’m not nostalgic, because New York’s only about change and conning everybody out of whatever they…