Police believe the 31-year-old man found dead on the Williamsburg Bridge last Tuesday accidentally fell while under the influence of alcohol. The Australian tourist was still wearing his Clockwork Orange Halloween costume. [Free Williamsburg]
Juan Scott, an estranged cousin of actress Rosario Dawson, was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting three women in the East Village last year. [NY Daily News]
According to the founder of the real estate analytics site NeighborhoodX, the East Village has “gone from being an affordable alternative to Greenwich Village to an aspirational neighborhood.” [DNA Info]
Lauded eatery Porchetta closed its E. 7th Street location and its owner are now in search of new digs. [EV Grieve]
Meanwhile, E. 13th Street’s The Redhead, a nearly 10-year-old bar/restaurant, will shutter this January. [EV Grieve]
Bunker Vietnamese will relocate from Ridgewood to Williamsburg beginning November 29. [Bushwick Daily]
See what you missed at this weekend’s Shwick-sponsored Food Porn Fest on Johnson Avenue. [Bushwick Daily]
This round-up of Gotham restaurants serving Thanksgiving Day meals included seven Brooklyn destinations. [Grub Street]