The State Court of Appeals unanimously approved NYU’s $6 billion expansion plan yesterday. [NY Daily News] Sunday morning around 4 a.m., three men punched a…
’90s Skateboards On Gallery Walls? ‘It’s Hard to Compete With That Level of Freshness’
One of skateboarding’s biggest commercial booms was in the 1980s. With their robust royalty checks and penchant for partying, many of the big name vert…
Watch Ziggy Stardust Make a Cameo at North Brooklyn’s First Pride Festival
While the Stonewall Inn celebrates its building’s new landmark status, North Brooklyn’s LGBTQ community has also achieved a milestone: the area’s first Pride festival occurred…
Head Trauma at Charleston; Winning Wiener at Smallest Penis Pageant
Around 1:30 a.m. yesterday, a 32-year-old man was taken to Bellevue Hospital after suffering a severe head trauma inside The Charleston in Williamsburg. [Gothamist] Police…
The Story of EV Grieve, a ‘Greta Garbo For the East Village’
The man behind EV Grieve is finally out and about in the East Village. “Hello, my name is John Elsasser,” he posted last night, “and I…
Feeling Down? Pop Into This Williamsburg Therapy Bubble
The doctor is in (a plastic igloo opposite McCarren Park). As if feeding, entertaining and educating weren’t enough, earlier today Northside Festival added “solving existential…
Will This Bushwicker’s Sharing App, Kite, Become ‘Instagram For News’?
Sure, Facebook is launching Instant Articles, and Apple News is also on the way — but a Bushwick resident is hoping the app he just launched at Northside Festival will be…
Hit This Gallery Show to Find Out What Muralist Owen Dippie Has Up His Sleeve
You saw Owen Dippie’s Jay-Z x Basquiat mural during Bushwick Open Studios, now see what he’ll be throwing up next by hitting the opening of…
Williamsburg Gets The Vale, a Cafe-Boutique-Gallery With Back Garden
If you’re looking to round out a lazy Saturday at the Brooklyn Flea, grab a morning coffee on the way to the L Train, or…
Inside Michael Psilakis’s Sparkly New Williamsburg Music Venue, The Hall at MP
Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. Having just opened MP Taverna on Driggs and North 10th Streets (pretty much ground zero for Williamsburg’s shiny new condos) chef…