Three men were sentenced for kidnapping and robbing two victims in Greenpoint in December 2013. The assailants tortured one victim with a blowtorch and lit cigarettes until he revealed where he stored his cash. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
At 110 Green Street, a developed ponied up $103 million dollars for Greenpoint’s priciest residential sale, which covered 130-unit, six-story property. [Real Estate Weekly]
Plans to convert the former Greenpoint Hospital into affordable housing have been put on hold again because the site is currently being used as the laundry facility for shelters city-wide. [DNA Info]
Sixteen different subway lines will alter their service this weekend. [Gothamist]
Beginning today, the Market NYC sets up shop at 290 Mulberry Street in Noho. [Bowery Boogie]
Meskel Ethiopian Restaurant on Avenue B will might soon be replaced by a Japanese tempura eatery. [EV Grieve]
Read a short history of Ariel’s Latin Bistro on Houston Street. [The Lo-Down]
Help celebrate local artist Zebadiah Keneally (aka Hamburger Vampire)’s month-long solo exhibition, The Kidnapping!, which kicks off with a reception tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Bushwick gallery [Outlet]