Yesterday former state assembly speaker Sheldon Silver submitted paperwork asking a judge to acquit him of corruption charges. [NY Daily News] A developer who paid…
Major Tom Is ‘Maybe’ in David Bowie’s New Video, Says Director Johan Renck
The video for David Bowie’s new single, “★” (pronounced “Blackstar”), is now up on YouTube, but those who made it to Nitehawk this afternoon to…
Richard Kern Revisits New York Girls, Feels ‘a Little Pervy Now’
To honor the 20th anniversary of New York Girls and the re-release of Richard Kern‘s first book, the East Village photographer and Cinema of Transgression filmmaker is running two…
Gaby Hoffmann, Jennifer Tilly And More Perform 100 Monologues To Benefit PS122
Not all fancy benefit performances open with a casually-dressed Eric Bogosian nursing a Brooklyn Lager and proclaiming in a deep drawl to the cocktail-clutching audience,…
La Esquina Is Cornered By La Esquina, Changes Its Name
We definitely did a double take earlier this year when Cafe Figaro became La Esquina Burrito & Bar. The logo of the new Mexican joint…
4 St. Marks, Home of Alexander Hamilton Jr. and Now Trash & Vaudeville, Is For Sale
The former home of Alexander Hamilton’s son, which (for now) houses punk couture shop Trash & Vaudeville, can be yours for a mere $11.9 million.…
Chelsea Garden Center Gets Uprooted, Sprouts Up in Williamsburg
After three decades in Manhattan, the Chelsea Garden Center is now a Brooklyn-based operation. The flower and landscaping shop opened in Williamsburg last Monday, at…
Oil-Spill Money Goes to Eco-Schools; French Bakery Opening On E 13th
A Williamsburg pedestrian was seriously injured last night after he was hit by a cab. [JP Updates] Yesterday employees from around Brooklyn gathered in Williamsburg…
Check Into Llama Inn, a Groovy Peruvian Spot Under the BQE
Chef Erik Ramirez has moved from fancy town to… well, another fancy town. But at his new Williamsburg restaurant, the former Eleven Madison Park sous chef isn’t invoking…
N 4th Gets Levi’s, G-Star, and Scotch & Soda; Whole Foods Set For Spring
First it was J.Crew, then Ralph Lauren, and now a Levi’s Store has come to the Bedford stop. It quietly opened at 120 North 4th Street…