(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

(Photo: Daniel Maurer)

In Alphabet City, the 79-unit rental building Eastville Gardens was purchased for $44 million. [The Real Deal]

Acclaimed Bushwick eatery Northeast Kingdom will shutter after May 28. [Gothamist]

Alan Cumming’s E. 10th Street co-op is on the market for $2.2 million. [The Real Deal]

Today through Sunday, 600 pets will be up for adoption (courtesy of Best Friends Animal Society) at Brooklyn Expo Center. [DNA Info]

Renovations to the Greenpoint Library will kick off later this year. [Greenpointers]

Williamsburg’s Freehold, Bushwick’s Forrest Point, the East Village’s d.b.a. and the Lower East Side’s Loreley all made this list of the city’s best bar backyards. [Gothamist]

Funkiberry, the former fro-yo shop on Third Avenue, will reportedly be replaced with a pizza joint. [EV Grieve]

A rat infestation is underway at the site of a former church on S. 2nd Street in Williamsburg. [DNA Info]