Over the weekend, a reader sent us a photo of the John Varvatos store, with the subject line “RIP JV?” “WTF?” he wrote. “Just took…
Six Subway Slashings in One Month; Cafecito Closes After 14 Years
One month into 2016, there have already been six subway slashings in NYC. [Daily Intelligencer] Cuban eatery Cafecito shuttered its Avenue C spot yesterday after…
Last Dance at Alt Space Before Crew Takes Off On This Baby Bus
Tonight’s your very last chance to say goodbye to the Montrose Avenue location of Alt Space– the netty, uber-hip physical incarnation of Alt Citizen. We told…
Hot Yoga Comes to Williamsburg, With the Help of Arcade Fire’s Violinist
Modo Yoga NYC’s new Williamsburg location is a carefully curated space crowned with living greenery and sleek white air purifiers silently expelling their vapors. There…
Year After CitiStorage Fire, Park Conversion Is Still a Hot Topic
Nearly a year after a seven-alarm fire ravaged the CitiStorage building in Williamsburg, the fate of the hotly contested land remains in limbo. On Sunday, the…
Deals Deals Deals! Help Broad City Paint and Get Free Drinks, Swag
As if the return of Broad City on Feb. 17, complete with Adam Levine and Hillary Clinton, weren’t enough to make you FEEL SO ALIVE RIGHT NOW, Comedy…
Coconut Beer and Sunshine Will be Plentiful at This New Bushwick Brewery
If Bushwick is the first neighborhood that comes to mind when you think “party,” it might have something to do with the lingering beer ghosts of a brewery-boom past. In…
Dr. Martens Is Bouncing Onto Bedford Ave.
The dream of the ’90s is alive on Bedford Avenue. Williamsburg recently got Soho-esque retailers like Levi’s, G-Star, Scotch & Soda, and Ralph Lauren, but they’ve all…
Is the International Center of Photography Coming to Essex Crossing?
Nearly a year after the Andy Warhol Museum announced that it would not be part of Essex Crossing as planned, we’ve been wondering what other…
Bike Lanes Cleared of Snow; Nitehawk’s Groundhog Day
St. Marks Place fixture James “Cowboy Jim” Hayes died on January 2nd from emphysema. He was 74 years old. [EV Grieve] Damon Knowles, 21, the…