For several months now, bidders have been seeking to acquire the ailing “Peace Pentagon,” a longtime haven for the War Resisters League and other leftist non-profits…
A Hard-Hat Tour of the William Vale Hotel, Williamsburg’s New ‘PanAm Building’
Last night at Luna’s first New York City gig in 10 years — an outdoor show at Northside Festival, off of McCarren Park — one of the…
Sasheer Zamata and Ben Warheit Channel Reality and Surreality For Their Web Shows
Instead of espresso, how about a shot of comedy? If you have to go to a panel discussion around 10 a.m., let it be one…
Comedian Mehran Khaghani Extracts the Venom From Hate Mail in a New Monthly Show
Over the millennia much attention has been paid to the concept of love (a second hand emotion? a stink?), while hate tends to sit, brooding…
Arrest in Williamsburg Murder Case; Cause of Pier Collapse Found
Four teenagers were arrested in connection with the Williamsburg murder of 33-year-old Tyrone Woods on April 27. [Brooklyn Paper] Around 12:30 p.m. yesterday, a 48-year-old man was…
Affordable Housing Group Is ‘Strategically Hitting’ Seven Landlords
Stabilizing NYC, a citywide coalition aimed at combatting tenant harassment and preserving affordable housing, met earlier today on the steps of City Hall to announce…
CB1 ‘Vehemently Opposes’ Recycling Plan to Truck Food Waste Through North BK
Surprise, surprise–North Brooklynites aren’t exactly thrilled about a potential parade of up to 30 tankers hauling organic waste through their neighborhood every day, even if…
Open Wide! Here’s What You’ll Be Eating at Taste of Bushwick
If you can eat and drink your way through $40 like it’s nothing (guilty!) and you like surrounding yourself with lushes of a similar persuasion…
Jessamyn Hope Kibitzes About Her Kibbutz Novel, Safekeeping
“I’m so happy with the cover. I really didn’t want it to be some woman’s sandals in the sand,” says Jessamyn Hope of her new novel…
Checking Out the Coney Art Walls As They Near Completion
While Bushwick Collective has been hogging all the attention lately (even from local cops), a series of equally impressive murals have been going up these…