Two teaching assistants in their fifties were arrested and charged with assault last week for “pushing and kneeing” a 14-year-old female student at E. 4th Street’s…
Fatal Stabbing in Bushwick; Mission Chinese Food Back in Business
Ruth Maceria, 48, was found stabbed to death in her Bushwick apartment on Grove Street Saturday morning. Yesterday police took a person of interest into…
Spitzer’s Williamsburg Plans; Year’s Best New Restaurants
Seeking $300 million: the MTA, whose plans to improve the L train may include a subway entrance on Avenue A. [MTA] Cherry Street’s former Pathmark…
‘Starrs’ of Bushwick Collide For Some Literary-Musical Performance
For those of us who use “right off of the Jefferson L” to describe where we live, and Roarke Menzies are familiar faces at the…
Office Building Rises on Kent, Uruguayan Food Comes to LES
Thanks to a $70 million construction loan, an eight-story luxe office building will rise in Williamsburg at 25 Kent Avenue. [] Box Kite’s former chefs…
Shop For Chicken-Foot Charms and Magical Remedies at This Witchy Holiday Market
Leave it to Catland, our favorite Bushwick-based esoteric and occult bookstore to host a local vendor’s holiday market with a witchy twist. Feast of Fools,…
Spawn of Parquet Courts & PC Worship Made A Book, Want You To Party With Them
Local garage punks Parquet Courts, AKA Parkay Quarts, did a really confusing thing recently and teamed up with another band of similar musical tastes, PC…
Public Advocate Blames AirBNB For Brooklyn’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Public Advocate Letitia James is calling on AirBNB to boot its “illegal hotel kingpins” and blaming the apartment-sharing service for an affordable housing crisis in…
Amy Sedaris Pops Up On LES; ‘Bushwick-Inspired Hotel’ Opens
During her walk to her Greenpoint school Monday morning, 15-year-old Amanda Alvarado went missing, according to police. [Brooklyn Paper] Police officers also believe that the man…
14-Screen Movie Theater Coming to LES; Croman Loses Lawsuit
LES development Essex Crossing will include a new 14-screen Regal Cinemas upon completion, making it the largest Lower Manhattan multiplex below Union Square. [DNA Info]…