In Williamsburg, Harry Van Arsdale High School was put on lockdown yesterday afternoon after a 17-year-old student showed a 15-year-old his gun, then stole the younger…
Hate Crime Summit in Greenpoint; Neurologist’s Menu at Honeybrains
According to police, members of the Hells Angels are declining to assist with an investigation following a non-fatal shooting that occurred Sunday outside their East…
Westminster Cares? Tenants of Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Say Not So Much
After months of pleading with Westminster City Living to restore cooking gas and address a litany of repairs in her aging East Village tenement building,…
The CBGB Awning Sold And Surprising No One, It Was Hella Expensive
Punk’s not dead– it’s just super expensive. One of the very few CBGB awnings EVER made was sold at an auction this past weekend, and the…
Willem Dafoe Sells Pad; East 5th Apartment Asks $25M
Construction begins in 2018 on a mixed-use building at 259 Clinton Street will rise 724 feet. [Bowery Boogie] Actor Willem Dafoe recently sold the Grand…
Ho, Ho, Horrorshow: The Streets Run Red With SantaCon
The great holiday plague/party SantaCon hit town once again on Saturday, as thousands of festively-dressed bar crawlers descended on the East Village and gleefully got…
Mission Cantina Shutters On LES; 16 East Village Bars Do SantaCon
Mayor de Blasio signed 10 gas safety bills on Tuesday in response to the fatal gas explosion at 121 Second Avenue in Spring 2015. [Curbed…
Taberna 97 Brings Portuguese Comfort Food to the Yaffa Cafe Space
After nearly two years of renovations, the space formerly occupied by Yaffa Cafe has opened its doors as Taberna 97. The team behind the new…
Lit’s Follow-Up Inside of the McKibbin Lofts Finally Opens Friday
Believe it or not, it’s been nearly three years since we broke news that legendary dive Lit Lounge would make a comeback, of sorts, underneath the…
Watch Comedians and Watches, Augmented Reality, and Holiday Cheer 101
WEDNESDAY Wordspeak Wednesday, December 7 at Vox Bizarre, 8 pm: FREE Vox Bizarre is a new Ridgewood-based “store and workshop” pop-up devised by four design…