After three decades in Manhattan, the Chelsea Garden Center is now a Brooklyn-based operation. The flower and landscaping shop opened in Williamsburg last Monday, at…
Oil-Spill Money Goes to Eco-Schools; French Bakery Opening On E 13th
A Williamsburg pedestrian was seriously injured last night after he was hit by a cab. [JP Updates] Yesterday employees from around Brooklyn gathered in Williamsburg…
Check Into Llama Inn, a Groovy Peruvian Spot Under the BQE
Chef Erik Ramirez has moved from fancy town to… well, another fancy town. But at his new Williamsburg restaurant, the former Eleven Madison Park sous chef isn’t invoking…
N 4th Gets Levi’s, G-Star, and Scotch & Soda; Whole Foods Set For Spring
First it was J.Crew, then Ralph Lauren, and now a Levi’s Store has come to the Bedford stop. It quietly opened at 120 North 4th Street…
Talks + Readings: A Cocaine-Sprinkled Outbreak and Post-Poetry Grinding
Argos Books Five Year Anniversary Celebration Friday Nov. 20th, 7 pm at Wendy’s Subway, 722 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg Yassss to readings with a cause…
Did This Parody of ‘The Bedford Stop’ Even Have to Happen?
Even before we met the creators of “The Bedford Stop,” it was pretty clear that the online reality show about a group of millennials YOLO-ing…
Cut Class and Catch This Documentary About Chinatown Fair Arcade
This morning we got our hands on a screener of The Lost Arcade, showing today at 12:45 p.m. as part of the Doc NYC Festival.…
‘Do Your Thing’ Despite Paris Terror Attacks, Says East Village’s Top Cop
The NYPD’s Ninth Precinct, along with the rest of the city, is on “high alert” after the Paris terror attacks on Friday, but that shouldn’t stop…
Bowery Gets Another Surf Shop; Laundromat Theft in Greenpoint
Three laptops and two cell phones were looted from a McKibbin Street apartment in Williamsburg early yesterday morning. [Brooklyn Paper] Two thieves in Greenpoint crawled…
Protesters Sent a Message to the BK Real Estate Summit: ‘Brooklyn’s Not For Sale!’
Swiping in at the Nassau stop yesterday, I happened to look down to the ground, and instead of spent MetroCards, I found a smattering of small flyers printed…