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Watch: The Costumed Canines of The Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade

Saturday at Tompkins Square Park, the dog days of summer officially ended as canines of all sizes paraded around in the Halloween spirit. With hundreds of pups and twice as many people crowding into the park, no costume went unrepresented.

This year, the contest’s top contenders included a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt in Night at the Museum, and the obligatory “Barking Bad” duo. Watch our video to see a couple of honorable mentions — the Shake Shack and “The Greatest City in the World” — and many more doggies in disguise.

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Affordable Housing Rush in Greenpoint; Skinny Dennis Opens a New Bar

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Julian Acevedo, the now 45-year-old driver allegedly involved in a Williamsburg hit-and-run accident that killed an expectant Hasidic couple in March 2013, has been given an October 14 trial date. [NY Post]

Yesterday afternoon, 60 firefighters were dispatched to a Clymer Street in Williamsburg after a maintenance worker at a synagogue received an electric shock while changing lightbulbs. The man was hospitalized with burns on his hand, said the FDNY. [DNA Info]

Shake Shack will reportedly make an IPO as soon as this year with help from JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. [Business Insider]
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20 Reactions to ‘Brooklyn Girls’ That May Make Catey Shaw Want to Burrow Herself

In “NYC Bitche$”, Awkwafina rapped, “Bitches be in Bushwick, they all live in Bushwick, they all love Bushwick, but I say fuck that shit.” In the newly released “Brooklyn Girls,” ukulele-strumming songstress Catey Shaw has a substantially less jaded take on her home neighborhood: “There’s a palace of bricks in 11206 where all the fly Brooklyn chicks reside,” she marvels without a trace of irony.
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Art Jail Opens in Bushwick; Williamsburg’s Oldest Restaurants

Gilf! in DUMBO: Trust Your Vision

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Today is the BP station on 2nd Avenue’s last day in business. [EV Grieve]

East Village cocktail lounge Elsa—the sister bar of Greenpoint’s Ramona—will soon shutter on East 3rd Street. [Eater NY]

Bushwick artist Miao Jiaxin has installed a 6-by-8-by-6-foot jail cell in his Van Buren Street studio, where guests who pay $1 can get the prison treatment for three hours. [NY Daily News]
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Autopsy Shows Jay Ott Drowned; Street Vendor Stabbed with Scissors

Levan Mindiashvili: Ghost, on Ideal Glass

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Because of a rent increase, Union Square Cafe—the original Danny Meyer restaurant (Gramercy Tavern, Shake Shack)—will leave its current home in late 2015. The change of address (TDB) will coincided with the restaurant’s 30-year anniversary on East 16th Street. [NY Times]

Late yesterday morning in Soho, a homeless man stabbed a street vendor in the chest with scissors outside of Ricky’s NYC at 590 Broadway. Richard Pearson, 49, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault; the 60-year-old victim is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. [DNA Info]

Williamsburg’s first Starbucks will indeed open at the corner of Union Avenue and Ainslie Street later this summer. [DNA Info]
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Miniature Replica of Graham Ave; Sinkhole in Williamsburg

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St. Mark’s Bookshop will close its current location Monday after business hours and re-open Wednesday on East 3rd Street. [St. Mark’s Bookshop]

Not to be outdone by the Lower East Side, Williamsburg got its very own sinkhole this week: a six-foot-deep doozy on Driggs Avenue, near Metropolitan Avenue. There were no injuries; the cause was a broken sewer line. [Daily Intelligencer]

Silvershore Properties has been sued by the city after the ground-floor tenant at one of the sites the firm oversees on the Lower East Side—Lamar’s Bagel & Grocery—was allegedly caught selling untaxed cigarettes out of their Madison Street retail space. [] More →

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The Great Brisket Race: Can You Beat the Mighty Quinn’s Line By Crossing the River?

The weekend is almost upon us, which means it’ll soon be time to hit Smorgasburg for some Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque. Except for one thing: the line, always the line! It’s safe to say Mighty Quinn’s is the Shake Shack of Williamsburg. In fact, we’ve often found ourselves queuing for ‘que at East River Park and wondering if it’d be quicker to just hop on the L and get a brisket sandwich from the East Village location.

One day, we actually decided to find out, by donning some power-walking gear and challenging a hapless soul at the end of the line to a race. A race for brisket. Watch our video to see who got fed first.

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Nick Suarez, Conqueror of Bobby Flay, Has Quietly Fired Up a Grill in Iona’s Backyard

Nick Suarez and his backyard stand at Iona

Nick Suarez and his Backyard stand at Iona (Photo: Natalie Rinn)

All Nick Suarez, founder of the wildly popular Food Experiments, ever wanted to do was hang out in a backyard, wear shorts and grill stuff. And now he’s living that dream every Thursday through Sunday night behind a Williamsburg pub.

Suarez has quietly launched “Backyard at Iona,” a charm-filled shanty with a tin ceiling, running water, walls that double as chalkboards and a utensil rack attached to a tree. The grill menu may change weekly depending on the chef’s mood, but he’ll always offer the basics: burgers, brats, sausages, and side salads, like potato and cucumber.
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Annie Hart Enjoys Making Her Listeners Burst into Tears (in a Good Way)

Annie Hart (Photo: Flora Hanitijo)

Annie Hart’s SoundCloud page says, “Putting all the synthesizers in my basement to good use,” which is a wonderful description of what she’s quite obviously doing—with emphasis on “good use.” Her low-fi, gossamer sound is like starched sheets stretched tight over brittle rock candy drum—resonant, tender, and not too sweet. The tendency towards fuzzy, underwater tones is cut by her clear voice that breaks through and pulls in the daylight.

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