(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
The owner of the East Village’s New York Central Art Supply, Steven Steinberg, died from pneumonia Sunday at the age of 79. [EV Grieve]
Last night a man shot another man in the torso at a Bushwick clothing store. The victim is in stable condition and police are searching for the perpetrator. [Brooklyn Paper] Security footage from the incident was just released. [News 12 Brooklyn]
At 147 E. Houston Street (home to Rumpus Room and Lucky’s Famous Burgers), the retail condos changed hands for $5.75 million. [Wall Street Journal]
Williamsburg Pizza on Broome Street got support for beer and wine privileges at last night’s Community Board 3 meeting. [Bowery Boogie]
Tonight at St. Brigid’s Church in Alphabet City, a meeting will take place concerning upgrades to the Tompkins Square Park Playground. [EV Grieve]
On Saturday, Greenpointers will meet to discuss the fate of the three-decades-dormant Greenpoint Hospital complex. [News 12 Brooklyn]
Soon a 12-foot-tall, glow in the dark sculpture will be installed in First Park near Forsyth Street and Houston. [DNA Info]
A Craigslist ad for a $1,200/month “apartment” in a Williamsburg dumpster was in fact fake. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]