The 51st New York Film Festival is going on right now, but why go above 14th Streetwhen we have four film festivals right here in…
Stuyvesant Stationary, Rite Aid Are Latest to Suffer Death by Developer on East 14th
Just a few months after the Blarney Cove shuttered on East 14th Street, yet another business is suffering death by developer: Stuyvesant Stationery is closing after 23…
Adios to Dijital Fix and Painting Lounge; Greenpoint’s $20 Million Question
Cycle 10 of the Centre-Fuge Public Art Project is up on East First Street. Check out Scott Lynch’s photos above and in the Bedford +…
Hester Street Fair Is Opening a Cafe in the New Museum
The corner of Bowery and Houston is about to become the cornucopia of Bowery and Houston. Just steps from the Whole Foods that hosts Brooklyn Flea’s Smorgasburg,…
A Greek Tragedy Unfolded in My Bushwick Backyard
Last Friday, after a long day’s work, I stumbled into my apartment building at 190 Jefferson Street only to find the Greek tragedy “Electra” being…
Fans of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Are, Um, Gathering at This Newly Expanded Store
Magic: The Gathering’s many devotees are indeed gathering today at the Twenty Sided Store to celebrate the latest release in a 20-year addiction. The card…
Now Boarding: Domino Sugar Factory Demolition Begins
A massive wooden construction barrier has gone up along the Kent Avenue side of the Domino Sugar factory; workers were seen nearing completion of the…
B+B Would Like to Welcome BB to the Neighborhood
Many a Manhattan business has opened a Williamsburg outpost, but this time it’s a Chelsea barbershop, and not another downtown bar, that’s crossing the river.…
50-Cent Records, Anyone? Academy Annex Is Having a Moving Sale
As if those upcoming record fairs weren’t enough, Academy Annex is having a blowout sale before it moves from Williamsburg to Greenpoint at the end…
Art Is in the Air: FAB! Festival Tomorrow, Art in Odd Places Next Month
The installation of Chris Burden’s on the facade of the New Museum isn’t the only bit of public art livening up in the neighborhood. Two…