A 23-year-old man died from a stab wound sustained at a Bushwick party this weekend. [News 12 Brooklyn] No one suffered injuries Saturday night when…
10 Wonders of the Coney Sand Sculpting Contest, Returning This Saturday
In honor of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest celebrating its 25th anniversary, here’s a slideshow of some of the most impressive creations to grace…
Week in Film: Mom Without a Face and Revenge of the Teenage Girl
Sit back and enjoy some mind-rattling films screening this weekend and beyond. A new documentary brings us deep into the complex, overlapping layers of South…
Race Meets Reality in a Powerful New Art Show, ‘Raciality’
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will scar me for life,” reads a framed art installation, the white cursive letters bleached onto…
Toast Bondfire Radio’s Move to Bushwick at This Rooftop Throwdown
To celebrate more than two years on the air and the recent move to their new Bushwick studio, Bondfire Radio is hosting a festival/live broadcast…
Best Behavior’s Debut Album Came Out of a ‘Montel Williams-Style Breakup’
Bushwick band Best Behavior is already catching attention and touring nationally — even though it only formed in January. A self-described “60s garage rock, surf punk” band, the…
The Cock Is Moving into Lit’s Old Space, ‘Will Prevail’ Against Naysayers
Yesterday, while sharing our oral history of Lit Lounge, we reported that Allan Mannarelli, owner of The Cock, was taking over the space. Today he…
Challah-lujah! B&H Finally Reopens, Four and a Half Months After Gas Explosion
East Village residents were relieved to see that B&H Dairy, a fixture of the neighborhood, reopened this morning after being closed for several months because…
Please Don’t Tell Us There’s Another Speakeasy With a Telephone-Booth Entrance
That was our first thought upon hearing of Hell Phone. But before we sharpened our pitchforks, it seemed worth paying a benefit-of-the-doubt-visit to the recently opened extension…
Good Morning, Enjoy This Potato Salad Doughnut
It’s officially been a year since Dunkin’ did its plunkin’ on Cooper Square, but its venerable neighbor to the left, Cafe Zaya, soldiers on, doling…