A 19-year-old was shot and killed at 10 Catherine Slip on the Lower East Side early Saturday morning. [ABC 7 NY] Landlord Ariel Soudry purchased…
This Salacious Slice Art Picks Up Where the Pizza Rat Left Off
If there’s one thing we learned last week, it’s that pizza has a dark side. Sometimes a slice just wants to be dragged down a…
Is There Really a Janice Gunter, Ghost Hunter?
Who is Janice Gunter? With handmade postings anywhere from Williamsburg to NYU advertising her strange services and conveniently-rhyming name, it would appear that this bespectacled…
Endless Summer! Beach Bazaar Opening Off-Season Bar-Restaurant at Riis
This past weekend in Rockaway, Rippers closed down with a set from Wild Yaks, the Riis Park Beach Bazaar got a send-off from the So…
Brooklyn Barge Bar is Finally Open For Sea-Boozing
Summer just wasn’t the same without the barge bar we were promised. Everything else seemed so dull in comparison to a life of boozing at…
Know Wolf Eyes From Lazyeyes Lest You Get Stink Eye
Bands Apart is a new weekly column wherein we outline the sometimes vast differences between bands with not-so-different names. Soak up this super important knowledge…
Fire at Silent Barn; Crochet-Slinging Buswick Flea Owner Protested
No one was injured but significant property damage was incurred during a Friday night fire at Silent Barn. [Gothamist] Yesterday Bushwick Flea founder Rob Abner,…
Chinatown and LES Residents Rally Against ‘Building From Hell’
Around 250 local residents, business owners and members of the Coalition to Protect Chinatown & The Lower East Side met at the future site of…
Queer and Trans Punk Fest Aims to ‘Break Down All Those Boxes’
Freak Out! Fest, a queer and trans punk music festival, is making its debut in Bushwick and the Lower East Side this weekend with over…
Genuine Liquorette Has a Can-Do Attitude About Airplane Bottles
Okay, yes, we’ve poked fun at Saxon + Parole for its $8 egg cream but the fact remains that we’ve been huge fans of AvroKO’s in-house…