What do you get when you combine an “old man bar” aesthetic, a big backyard and a free jukebox filled with “awesome shit”? That would…
Williamsburg Lot For Sale For $18M, Brooklyn Rentals Hit 5-Year High
A raft of semi-violent crooks have descended on Greenpoint. [Brooklyn Paper] A stuffed tiger is threatening to drive off in an East Village Cadillac. [EV…
Tonight: Enjoy a Casual Encounter With a Founder of OkCupid
Remember the Love Calculator? Though still a reliable standby, we’ve come a long way since the days when we depended on Dr. Love to diagnose…
Here’s the Scoop: Davey’s Ice Cream Opens Tomorrow
David Yoo has been having a “hell week” but he’s confident all the bad luck will freeze over by tomorrow, when he opens Davey’s Ice Cream on…
Nightclubbing | Buzz and the Flyers, 1980
Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong are sifting through their voluminous archive of punk-era concert footage as it’s digitized for the Downtown Collection at NYU’s Fales…
Williamsburg Is Getting Yet Another Gene Kaufman Building
There’s yet more change coming to Kent Avenue, just a few blocks from where a chunk of the Domino site is headed for demolition. A…
Hasidic Williamsburg Is Full of Thompson Twins, But Not Quite Completely
Check out the New York Times map depicting the outcome of Tuesday’s mayoral Democratic primaries and you can pretty much guess what Williamsburg looks like. A…
City Mulls Rheingold Project; Karp’s ‘Mildly Steampunk’ Williamsburg Pad
David Karp, founder of Tumblr, has moved from the West Village to Williamsburg, and now lives in a “mildly steampunk” loft. [T] A condo owner…
Firefighters Gathered at McSorley’s to Remember 9/11
Members from fire rescue units across New York City congregated at McSorley’s Old Ale House today in commemoration of September 11. Paul Sainsbury of FDNY…
We All Scream For Ice Cream, Except These Folks Who Filed Noise Complaints
With summer on the way out, we’re already missing the tinny jingle of Mr. Softee, but apparently not everyone is a softy for it. Citizens…