Landlord sabotage is on the rise in gentrifying North Brooklyn. One woman who didn’t take a buyout had to deal with a sagging bathroom. [Gothamist]…
Another Manhattanite, The Bean, Hits Bedford Avenue
Because Bedford Avenue isn’t caffeinated enough, The Bean, a chain of East Village coffee shops popular with NYU students, is planning to open a location…
Sochi Is Over and All We Got Was These Not-So-Lousy T-Shirts
If the Sochi Olympics have taught us anything, it’s that Russia is a strange, strange place. On the flipside, putting the spotlight on Russia and…
A Cab Burst Into Flames On Its Way to Brooklyn
A cab caught fire on the Williamsburg Bridge today. The fire department told us they got the call around 2 p.m. and there were no…
One of the City’s Best Video Stores Is Closing After 12 Years in Greenpoint
Photoplay, one of the city’s last great video stores in this age of Netflix, will close on Wednesday night at 11 p.m. after 12 years…
This Film Has It All: Rooftop Teepees, Reclaimed Water-Tower-Wood Surfboards
Just, wow. Any given frame of this short film created by Patagonia Surf Bowery along with Indoek (makers of everything from custom teepees to a Bro in the City app) is a diorama-like snapshot…
Sam Grittner and Abbi Crutchfield On Girls: ‘Relapsing Looks Like Fun!’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls. The…
Artists Want to Stay Put By Buying a Building Together. This Is Their Blueprint
William Powhida, a New York-based artist best known for his 2011 stunt of putting on a “VIP Douchebag”-inspired performance art show at the gallery Marlborough…
Jimmy McMillan Wants to Eat Your Cookie
Mayoral also-ran Jimmy McMillan has always been concerned about world hunger (“not only is the rent too damn high, the food is too damn high,” he recently…
Bushwick Is Becoming A Foodie Haven; Inside a Dilapidated Synagogue
A woman was shot in the chest in a Bushwick building Sunday. [NY Daily News] Police have released video of a man who allegedly assaulted…