In Bushwick, Express Yourself Barista Bar, Stateside Cafe and Collections Vintage Clothing are all helping the victims of this week’s five-building fire on Dekalb Avenue. [Bushwick…
A ‘Shitty’ Alternative to the Armory Show, Complete With Pizza Rats
As the bejeweled gather at Manhattan’s Hudson Piers for the Armory Show this week, the avant-garde regroups, reinvents and relocates. Today, its heart is in…
As Luxury Tower Rises, Cracks in Adjacent Building Strengthen Gentrification Fears
A simple red brick building established by a non-profit affordable housing developer two decades ago, 82 Rutgers Slip houses low and moderate-income residents, some who were…
Metrograph Opens, Offering ‘Prestigious Moviegoing’ on the LES
Metrograph officially joined the ranks of New York’s great independent cinemas when it opened its doors to a line of eager filmgoers today. With a…
How to See Art During Armory Weekend and Still Afford to Eat
Armory weekend is upon us y’all, and you know what that means– if you’re gonna hoof it to the West side to get cultured and not…
Oh, Sheet: The 5 Coolest Things You'll See at Art on Paper
If you’ve ever folded away at little paper origami cranes and thought, “Hey, this is pretty good,” just go ahead and throw that right in…
Four Films for the Freakin Weekend
Dog Star Man Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm at Anthology Film Archives: $9 Stan Brakhage’s series of several short films shot and released sequentially during…
Cabbie Slashed by Passenger; Greenpoint Gallery Bounces Back From Fire
Yesterday morning a cab driver in Williamsburg was slashed in the forehead by a passenger being dropped off at N. 5th Street and Wythe Avenue.…
In Williamsburg, Food Startups Seek Investors Hungry For the Next Big Thing
So you’ve created a food app that you’re convinced is the next Maple. But where are you going to find the million bucks that gets it into the sticky,…
Not Here, Kitty Kitty! Development Threatens Greenpoint Cat Colony
As a work-resident of Greenpoint, the soundtrack to my daytime life is a near constant wash of brutal jackhammer vibrato and diesel-spewing growls emitted from a…