If Popcorn for the People had a kernel, it was 24-year-old Samuel Bier. Bier, who is autistic, wanted to work, travel, and live like everyone else.…
‘Democracy Dies in Dampness’: Massive Lines, Broken Scanners, Epic Waits to Vote in Soggy NYC
If you thought the line for a last-minute Halloween costume was as bad as it got, you may have learned otherwise when you headed to…
NYC's Empty Newspaper Boxes Are Being Turned Into Woke Lending Libraries
On your way to the polls, grab a leftist polemic or a dystopic novel from the guerrilla mini-libraries that started popping up in old newspaper…
NYC’s Empty Newspaper Boxes Are Being Turned Into Woke Lending Libraries
On your way to the polls, grab a leftist polemic or a dystopic novel from the guerrilla mini-libraries that started popping up in old newspaper…
Toms Brings a Shoe Store, Cafe, and Outdoor Hang Spot to Williamsburg
I never thought I’d say this, but: I’m writing this post from a shoe store. No, not a Foot Locker. I’m talking about the new…
Pour One Out: Greenpoint Loses Both of Its Slush Puppie Machines
“I don’t wanna be buried, in a pet cemetery,” sang the Ramones. But that’s exactly what will happen to the blue-hatted hound atop the Slush…
Julie Gaines Dishes On Fishs Eddy in a New Book About NYC's Quirkiest Dinnerware Shop
Julie Gaines loves doing dishes— which is good, because she owns a dishware store. In 1986, the 55-year-old and her husband Dave Lenovitz opened Fishs…
Neighborhood Longtimers Anella and Nai Reopen in Greenpoint and EV
Two neighborhood standbys have reopened their doors–one in Brooklyn, the other in Manhattan. Nai, the Galician tapas bar that closed in July after eight years in…
New Bar Brings Sliders Back to the Corner Where Williamsburg's White Castle Once Stood
When the White Castle on Metropolitan Avenue closed in order to make way for a luxury apartment complex, it attracted graffiti that read “RIP LATE NIGHT…
Smorgasburg Is Launching a Williamsburg Night Market With Vice
You couldn’t help but guffaw when it was announced that uber-hip media empire Vice was planning to launch a food court in New Jersey, but this one’s for…