Saturday morning in Greenpoint, a 51-year-old man was found dead in an empty lot on Manhattan Avenue near India Street. Police said his body indicated…
Death By Art: A Band Of Artists Takes Over DBA
It pains us each time we have to bring up the closing of Death By Audio, but we can at least be comforted by the…
Tech-tonic Shifts in the North Brooklyn Blogosphere
Tis the season for changes in the Brooklyn blogosphere. While one blog looks for new leadership, another is ready to expand upward and outward into…
Watch: Lasers Shows and Human Disco Balls at the New York Festival of Light
This’ll light up your life: the city’s first ever Festival of Life has come to Dumbo, and we dropped by last night for the opening. Play our video for an…
Electronic Music Takes Over The Burg, Chimes Will ‘Throw Up In Your Mouth’
Hey we’re back! And unless our senses betray us it seems we’ve survived Halloween. Time to scrub off all that costume blood and make way…
CBGB’s Walls, Cash Register, and Phone Booth Revived For New YouTube Space
When YouTube opened one of its public production facilities in Los Angeles, the head of the project cited CBGBs as the sort of community hub they…
BrooklynXchange Ain’t Happening, But BK Vendors Galore in Union Square
Despite going to the trouble of making a super Brooklyn-y promo video, the market that had hoped to bring Brooklyn makers to Soho during the holiday…
Now Showing: Squatters, Urban Farmers, and Kids With Machine Guns
Halloween hangover? We’ve got a cure for you– one horror film serves as your hair of the dog, and one kidsploitation flick will loosen you…
‘John’s of 12th Street’ Portrays Restaurant Life Sans Gordon Ramsay Hissy Fits
Last month during a taping of Knight Fight at The Gorbals, chef Ilan Hall faced off against Northern Spy Food Co.’s Pete Lipson. In the dining…
Japanese Music Fest Comes to Town; Comic Arts Brooklyn Returns
Police seek leads in their search for Williamsburg Charter High School student Asia Reese, 13, who was last seen leaving her Bushwick Houses apartment early…