Next month, according to the Newtown Creek Alliance, the Kosciuszko Bridge will merely be disassembled and “will not be exploded.” [Gothamist]
Today swim season officially returns to Williamsburg’s McCarren Park Pool. [Free Williamsburg]
Free four-legged friends will be available for adoption this Sunday afternoon at Petland Discounts on Manhattan Avenue. [Greenpointers]
Narcissa chef John Fraser will open Narc Bar—a fellow venture inside the East Village’s Standard Hotel—one week from today. [DNA Info]
To build hype for next week’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, this web-slinging ad was filmed at a Williamsburg Starbucks. [Eater NY]
For 11 days beginning Wednesday, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel descends onto N. 8th Street in Williamsburg. [Eating in Translation]
Economy Candy celebrated its 80th birthday with a new marquee that harkens back to 1937-era Lower East Side. [Bowery Boogie]
Canal Street’s Cup and Saucer and Avenue A’s Odessa were respectively ranked third and fourth on this round-up of Gotham’s best diners. [Grub Street]