Yesterday, hundreds flocked to City Hall to discuss the future of nightlife in New York City at a consumer affairs oversight hearing. It was the…
Demolition Sought for LES Synagogue; New Oddfellows and Littleneck Locations
A retired police officer who allegedly shot and killed his Greenpoint Avenue neighbor in March, Gene Barrett, will plead guilty, according to his attorney. [DNA…
San Loco Is Leaving the East Village After 30 Years
After closing its 15-year-old location on Avenue A back in 2014, San Loco is shuttering its remaining East Village taco joint. The original location on…
Here’s What a Silent Disco Aboard the Staten Ferry Looks Like
What the Float achieved true buoyancy late Saturday night as it took its street-roaming silent disco onto the Staten Island Ferry.
Your Chance to Ask Ana Lily Amirpour What She Was On When She Made The Bad Batch
A while back we gave you the heads up that The Bad Batch, Ana Lily Amirpour’s followup to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,…
A Jazzy Little Joint Pops Up in the Old Fitzcarraldo Space
Jazz music emanated on a quiet stretch of Morgan Avenue last Thursday as Periodical, a pop-up lounge by local party organizer Lindsay Arden, held its premiere night.…
Construction to Resume at Rivington House; Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY Scribe Comes Forward
Parts of the stop-work order issued 14 months ago against the controversial Rivington House Nursing Home have been lifted, a fact that will surely be…
A Visit to DeKalb Market Hall, the Heathen Food Orgy and New Home of Katz’s
I like food; I dislike crowds. So it was with mixed feelings that I descended the escalator into DeKalb Market Hall, the Albee Square food-court-on-steroids…
This Writer Is On a Cross-Country Road Trip With Social Media at the Wheel
Michael J. Seidlinger and I met a couple of years ago at a bookstore event in Greenpoint. As the publisher of DIY press Civil Coping…
Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg Are Coming to West Soho
Hot on the heels of a new Chelsea restaurant, Smorgasburg and its sister Brooklyn Flea are continuing their quest for citywide domination with two new markets…