Just six months after becoming the first sex shop to unionize, Babeland has been accused of unlawfully firing an employee and engaging in practices that violate…
Artist Doug Young Attempts to Elevate ‘Low’ Art to Uplifting
It was an oddly apropos time to be thinking about “high” art and “low” art, which is what artist Doug Young and I discussed at…
Transgender Awareness Week: What To Do + Where to Donate
Life seems pretty bleak post-November 9, and even moreso when you consider that 2016 has been declared the “deadliest year on record” for transgender individuals…
McSorley’s Bounces Back From Health Dept Closure; Rezoning Nixed on Williamsburg Waterfront
The School’s Special Commission of Investigation found no one to blame for the October 2015 choking death of a 7-year-old girl at P.S. 250 in…
How a Bunch of Brave New Futurists Zapped the Old Pearl River Mart Back to Life
“Preservationist” has become something of a slur, used to denigrate the old-timers and neo-hippies who’d rather save ratty old tenant buildings and dusty mom-and-pop stores…
‘Style Wars’ Producer Henry Chalfant Offers Panoramic Views of Graffiti’s ‘Golden Age’
Since Thursday, the white walls at Eric Firestone Gallery have been wholly devoted to just a small portion of Henry Chalfant’s archive of “subway photographs.”…
First He Took Manhattan: Leonard Cohen’s Breakthrough Years in NYC
We remember him well in the Chelsea Hotel, but Leonard Cohen’s New York City existence spanned beyond just the hotel where a makeshift memorial sprung up…
Weekend Warriors: Thousands of New Yorkers Keep Up Protests Against Trump
Anti-Trump protesters once again poured into the city streets over the weekend. On Saturday, thousands of people shut down Fifth Avenue for more than two miles…
Three Shot Outside of Williamsburg Bar; Bushwick Gets More Coffee
Three people were shot just before 2 a.m. yesterday when a pair of armed men began arguing outside of Don Pedro, a Williamsburg bar. None…
Edgar Oliver Recounts Love and Loss, Beggars and Bakeries in Attorney Street
Edgar Oliver is a memorable man. I feel as though I could listen to him recite a portion of the phone book and throughout it…