A candlelight vigil was held today for the 29-year-old Bushwick resident who was shot and killed last night off of Maria Hernandez Park.
A Legendary Guerilla Exhibit, ‘The Real Estate Show,’ Is Revived in a Proper Gallery
One of the Lower East Side’s most storied and significant art exhibits has been resurrected at James Fuentes Gallery, just a few blocks from where…
St. Marks Gains an Outdoor Sipping Spot, Loses a Free Sample Haven
St. Marks Place lost a prime peoplewatching spot when Japadog closed recently, but now it’s gained another place for freakspotting: Kung Fu Tea, the Taiwanese…
Have a Look at Swallow Cafe’s New Williamsburg Spot
The Bean isn’t the only cafe expanding into a recently constructed Williamsburg building: Morgan-stop favorite Swallow Cafe opened an outpost at 493 Driggs Avenue last…
A Bushwick Man Was Shot Dead Near Maria Hernandez Park
A Bushwick man was shot and killed Sunday night outside an apartment building just off of Maria Hernandez Park, a public park named for a…
There Was Cosplay, Cat Comics, and a Gigantic Charlie Brown at MoCCA Fest
This past weekend, MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) teamed up with the Society of Illustrators at the 69th Regiment Armory for the 12th…
Clayton Patterson Leaves the LES; Gagosian Crosses Delancey
After 35 years, iconic LES documentarian Clayton Patterson is leaving the Lower East Side for Austria. He echos what he told us at the B+B…
Dumont’s Landlord Has Given It 5 Days to Leave Its Home of 12 Years
When Dumont closed in January following the suicide of owner Colin Devlin, his widow Kristina Greene said she was merely completing some upgrades and would…
Ilan Hall On Gorbals BK, Season 2 of Knife Fight, and Wrangling Action Bronson
Today we spoke by phone with Ilan Hall, who will soon open an East Coast outpost of his LA restaurant, The Gorbals inside the new…
Handsome Dan’s Has Quietly, Colorfully Opened an East Village Candy Shop
Imagine our surprise today when we saw a gleaming new outpost of Williamsburg candy shop Handsome Dan’s occupying the storefront that 30-year-old A-1 Music vacated…