For me, Peak Basel came sometime around midnight Saturday, when a young man toting a volume of F. Scott Fitzgerald strolled into Nobu flanked by…
Conviction in Williamsburg Stabbing; Lox Factory Up For Sale
While protests against police brutality turned violent in Berkeley, Calif. over the weekend, New York demonstrations continued on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with marchers taking over locations…
Getting High at the New Home of The Muse, Bushwick’s Future ‘Circus Heaven’
In the farthest reaches of Bushwick, right on the border of Knollwood Cemetery, Moffat Street drops off into oblivion. The sidewalks are cracked and few…
Cat Cafe Now Taking Reservations; Top 10 East Village Eateries
On Clinton Street, the six-story tenement building that houses recently revamped bar Barramundi is on the market for $7 million. [Bowery Boogie] Chef Marco Canora and…
Cat Cafe Now Hiring; 911 Landlord Going to Jail
Police are conducting a missing person search for Brandyn Simmons, this 28-year-old Williamsburg resident last seen Sunday night on 12th Street and 3rd Avenue in…
Eclair Bakery Opens; Simone Martini Bar Shutters
Orchard Street eclair bakery Les Jardins de la Duchesse debuted in Contra’s former digs. [Bowery Boogie] Devotion Botica del Cafe, a Colombian coffee company/roasting plant,…
Where to Find the LES and Brooklyn at Art Basel and Miami Art Week
It’s time once again to blast Modest Mouse’s “Florida,” pack your whites and jet south for Miami Art Week. This year, the ever-growing phalanx of…
Turnstyle Jumper Clubbed By Police; Goodbye Blue Monday Closes
Friday morning around 5 a.m., a 32-year-old Williamsburg man involved in an argument was shot in the face inside his Hewes Street apartment building lobby.…
We’re Thankful For Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern — Now More Cavernous!
If reading about Body Actualized’s closing bummed you out, take heart: at the same time the Center was having its last blast on Saturday, Kenny…
Out of Body: a Devotee Says Goodbye to Body Actualized Center
With Bushwick’s great DIY venue and wellness center, Body Actualized, closing this month and having a today, a member of the community tells us what…