Police say the box truck driver they arrested Thursday for critically injuring an 11-year-old girl on Wythe Avenue was drug-impaired at the time of the accident. [DNA Info]
Late Tuesday afternoon on Madison Street, a man was robbed at gunpoint while attempting to complete the Internet-facilitated sale of two iPhones. [DNA Info]
“East Village crime wave has residents living in fear,” claimed an alarmist headline yesterday. [NY Post]
Following an 11-month closure, 13th Street’s Quad Cinema will be back in business this Friday. [Variety]
Norman, the breakfast/lunch restaurant at Greenpoint’s BMW-owned co-working space A/D/O, is officially serving customers. [NY Times]
Bushwick Avenue bar Rebecca’s wrapped up their six-month closure with a reopening party on Friday. [Bushwick Daily]
Tour a two-bedroom, Lorimer Avenue apartment currently on the market for $875K. [Curbed NY]
On this weekend’s Louis C.K.-hosted Saturday Night Live, one sketch was set inside the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.[GQ]