Hale Gurland was among the aspiring artists, bohemians, and hippies who crowded Soho in the 1970s. From the small room he rented on Wooster Street, the…
What Happens When a Driver Hits Your Bike and Ghosts
It’s like I’m on the set of a police series. Is it CSI or SVU? I’ve never been good with acronyms. Two cops escort me…
Watch Some Bushwick Art Kids Crash MoMA PS1 and Mount a Rogue Show
Three years after the police shut down their Bushwick gallery and party pad, brothers Sei and Ki Smith keep finding gonzo ways to show art. Last Saturday, the founders…
For Artists, This Brownstone Doubles As a Crash Pad and Creation Station
Last December, Charles Pastore, a real estate investor who owns property in East New York, purchased a century-old Bushwick brownstone, on the corner of Cooper…
It’s Not a Bar Crawl, It’s a Bookstore Crawl — But There Are Boozy Rewards
This Saturday, get drunk on essays, novels and comics during the first-ever Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl. The event, taking place on Independent Bookstore Day, will feature no less than 26 stores,…
A Secret Dinner Proves ‘It Can Be Cool and Hipster and Greenpoint to Be Jewish’
Last Friday around dusk, a group of Russian speakers met near McGolrick Park in Greenpoint. The women were tarted up and the men dressed to…
What’s the One Question Bernie Ralliers Would Ask Hillary at the Debate?
As a YUGE crowd gathered for a Bernie Sanders rally in Washington Square Park this afternoon, we asked his supporters (some of which had been…
Bagel Belly Doesn’t Make Rainbow Bagels, But It Does Have Rainbow Cream Cheese
East Villagers have a new place to score rainbow-sprinkle cream cheese for when they just can’t with the lines at Tompkins Square Bagels. Newcomer Bagel Belly opened Saturday and serves…
Tacos Morelos Stormed By Cops in Flak Jackets, Helmets, the Whole Enchilada
Police officers in SWAT gear descended on Tacos Morelos this morning, but it’s unclear what caused the taqueria takeover. An employee at the Ninth Street Mexican…
Flakonkishochki’s Absurdist Art Show Is For the Dogs
Moscow-born artist Andrey Kasay says his first New York show is “targeting animals, and first of all dogs.” Which might explain his animation of a crazy subway-train-esque canine…