A bar called Rebecca’s has opened its doors on the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Jefferson Street, replacing a sign printing store that recently relocated to…
Bushwick Gets New Pizzeria and Taqueria; Bike Messengers Race in Williamsburg
While responding to an unrelated call yesterday in Alphabet City, EMT workers disarmed a man with a knife. [NY Daily News] Proprietors of an unknown…
Ramones Way Is Coming to Queens; City’s Best Hard Cider Spots
A 73-year-old woman was struck and killed by an M14 bus Tuesday morning near Houston and Avenue D. [DNA Info] Next Friday, Hanksy will revive…
Trans-Pecos Is Settling a New Frontier With an ‘Annex’ Called Juarez
It was a tough summer for Brooklyn’s DIY scene. There was the sudden shutdown of Palisades, followed by the closure of DIY-gone-legit venue the Acheron;…
Week in Shows: Ween Face Flops into Town, Sounds of the Floppy Disk Era, and More
Lazeyes, PC Worship, Gingerlys, RIPS Wednesday October 5, 8 pm at Rough Trade: $10 in advance/ $15 at the door According to our social media…
Trader Joe’s Comes to LES; New Norbert’s Spot Opens With Free Pizza
Two Williamsburg residents were tricked into giving more than $13K in cash and gift cards to phone scammers last month. [DNA Info] At 300 Nassau…
A ‘Barebones’ Bushwick Open Studios Drew a Smaller But Stronger Crowd
This past weekend, attendees of Bushwick Open Studios had their pick of more than 400 participating art spaces around the Bushwick-Ridgewood area. The weather for the new October iteration of…
Greenpoint Church Doubles as Venue; Bushwick Church Conversion Draws Ire
On Sunday, a memorial was held for 25-year-old Carolyn Bush at Wendy’s Subway, a nonprofit library and reading room she co-founded in Williamsburg. Bush was…
Chinese Food Stories, Dirty Drawings, and More Art This Week
Co//Modified: A Showcase of Design Artists Opening Monday October 3 at The Living Gallery, 7 pm to 10 pm. One night only. In this one-night-only…
Brooklyn Is America’s Most Unaffordable Place; Greenpoint Robbery and Assault Spree
Gary Bias, 23, was arrested this weekend for allegedly killing his great grandmother and attempting to kill his mother inside the Lillian Wald Houses on…