I thought Swagg Man, the guy with the Louis Vuitton head tattoos, was flamboyant – until I met Sir Ivan. Actually, it was his tye-dye limo…
Greenpoint Hospital Goes Residential; Deep House Yoga in Williamsburg
Yesterday Bushwick handyman Luis Perez, 50, received a life sentence for killing and dismembering his boss in 2006. [Metro US] Plans are back underway to…
Performance: Bushwick Vaudeville, Secret Apartment Show, Trans One-Woman Musical
This week, catch some clowning, site-specific apartment theater, and more vaudeville than you probably knew existed. THURSDAY The Folk Circus Presents: A Valley Son at…
Bushwick Task Force Aims to ‘Clean Up’ (Literally) Area Plagued By K2
“I have a really high tolerance for people doing stuff on the street,” said G Lucas Crane, a member of the Silent Barn collective. “I’m from…
In Williamsburg, Tenants Told to Clear Out For Demolition Dig In and Demand Repairs
The two-bedroom apartment that Jesenia Ventura shares with her three young children, her sister, and her mother Amalia Martinez is so run-down that some windows…
This Halloween, Why Not Go as a Papier-Mâché Penis?
Some say the height of fancy dress was when the most famous architects of the New York City skyline came to the annual Beaux-Arts ball dressed up…
This Bill Murray Portrait Is Just So Grate
He may not be galavanting around Williamsburg anymore, but we’ve seen a lot of Bill Murray lately — in the trailers for his Netflix Christmas…
Shiver Me Timbers! Popeye’s Pappy Gets a Gallery Show
If you’ve opened up the Sunday comics section within the last 20 years then you’ve seen Hy Eisman’s slightly gentler, more reflective Popeye comic, staying…
Bedford Ave Has Highest Rents in BK; Stanton Street Shul Vandalized
Late Tuesday afternoon in Bushwick, cops arrested a 21-year-old smoking synthetic marijuana after they searched him and found real weed and a handgun. [NY Daily…
Ralph Lauren Opens in Williamsburg Friday, Like It Or Not
Just in time for Halloween, it’s Williamsburg’s worst nightmare. We’re told Ralph Lauren’s Double RL & Co will open Friday morning at 85 North 3rd…