An East Village fixture, the Mosaic Man’s dog Jesse Jane, has died at 17. [The Villager]
If you saw a disco ball chained to a park bench in Williamsburg, it was all a Katy Perry promo stunt. [Jezebel]
Greenpoint’s tallest building, a 40-story development called The Greenpoint, has topped out at 400 feet. [Curbed]
The developers of three Lower East Side towers are rejecting calls for more community engagement before they start building. [DNAinfo]
A Greenpoint laundromat charges double for Trump-branded items. [Brokelyn]
Two Lower East Side galleries have merged during a period of flux in the neighborhood. [Artsy]
A man was beaten for his cell phone in Bushwick. [Gothamist]
Here’s video of a guy in night-vision goggles raiding the coin machine of a Williamsburg apartment building’s laundry room. [Brooklyn Paper]
You can now sign up for desks at Market Hotel’s daytime coworking space. [Brokelyn]
The sale price of an East Village synagogue conversion has been slashed. [Cityrealty]
A visit to the soon-to-be-demolished building on East 1st Street which once housed a venue where Nick Zedd and Karen Finley were regulars. [Bowery Boogie]
Check out some of the East Village shooting locations for Taxi Driver, released 41 years ago. [Off the Grid]
Taxi Driver, great film, tremendous, great trivia.