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Police are searching for a 21-year-old man who was swept away by an East River current after jumping from a Williamsburg pier early yesterday, following a night of drinking. [DNA Info]

The city instructed Olympic Restaurant, Jade Fountain Liquors, Express Shoe Repairs, and The Jewish Conservancy to vacate Delancey and Grand Streets by next week so that demolition can commence, making room for the future Essex Crossing development. [The Lo-Down]

Today the Upright Citizens Brigade kicks off its 16th annual Del Close Marathon—56 straight hours of improv at seven venues around the city, including UCBeast and Theatre 80 at St. Mark’s.
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Because of a rent increase, Union Square Cafe—the original Danny Meyer restaurant (Gramercy Tavern, Shake Shack)—will leave its current home in late 2015. The change of address (TDB) will coincided with the restaurant’s 30-year anniversary on East 16th Street. [NY Times]

Late yesterday morning in Soho, a homeless man stabbed a street vendor in the chest with scissors outside of Ricky’s NYC at 590 Broadway. Richard Pearson, 49, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault; the 60-year-old victim is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital. [DNA Info]

Williamsburg’s first Starbucks will indeed open at the corner of Union Avenue and Ainslie Street later this summer. [DNA Info]
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Video footage was released of the Bushwick facade collapse that injured a woman last week. [Animal]

The body of a 50-year-old homeless man was found in the East River near East 14th Street. [Town & Village Blog]

A 14-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy in Williamsburg was hit in the face by a bicyclist in a suspected hate crime. [JP Updates]
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