Last week following a traffic incident in Williamsburg, the two cyclists in this video allegedly choked a bread truck driver and whipped him with a bike chain during a middle-of-the-night fight that partly occurred inside Union Deli & Grocery. [DNA Info]
Kanye West tweeted various Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan intersections on Monday night, where crowds gathered in vain to see the rapper and/or watch his new music video, “Famous.” [Bushwick Daily]
The Sock Man, who closed his St. Marks Place shop in January following a rent increase, will reopen a couple blocks from his original spot later this summer. [EV Grieve]
Williamsburg-based eatery/butcher shop The Meat Hook will soon helm the kitchen at Threes Brewing in Gowanus. [Eater NY]
Havemeyer Street boutique East of the Mississippi will shutter on July 10 after 15 months in business. [Racked NY]
Swedish chef Fredrik Berselius will open his new restaurant, Aska, on Tuesday in Williamsburg. [NY Times]
On Central Avenue, Archie’s Bar & Pizza now boasts a daily pizza brunch. [Bushwick Daily]
In late August, Nitehawk Cinema will host a $75/person screening of The French Connection (1971), where guests will feast on steak and oysters. [Gothamist]
