Beer distributor Beverage World signed a decade-long lease at 40-48 Lombardy Street in Williamsburg. [NY Times] Aussie skincare brand , which has six Manhattan stores, claimed…
Björk Dropped Into Good Room, Tiki Disco Up Next
Warning: Björk is going to be everywhere in March. Not only is she playing dates at Carnegie Hall and New York City Center, but a…
Black Seed Takes Over De Robertis Space; Fake UPS Man Commits Gunpoint Robbery
At 3:30 a.m. on January 27, three individuals followed a man home to his S. 6th Street apartment, where they assaulted him into unconsciousness and…
Activists and Assemblyman Demand Air Testing in Wake of Williamsburg Fire
State Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol is the latest to express concern about the possible health impact of the massive blaze that erupted on the Williamsburg…
As Church Offers Rest For the Weary, Greenpointers Are Wary
At the start of last week, as the streets of Greenpoint became eerily empty, ten homeless men crawled into roll-out cots found in the basement of the Lutheran…
Beloved Deliveryman Dies; Tenants Return to Building After Alleged Slumlord Banned
Beloved delivery man Bill Meier of Williamsburg’s Best Pizza died yesterday. He was in his 50s. [Eater NY] During day one of his manslaughter trial…
Man Shot While Parked in Williamsburg; Woman Who Paved the Way at McSorley’s Dies
A car passenger was shot in the ribs while parked on S. 3rd Street in Williamsburg on January 12; police say he was taken to…
Condo Dwellers Flock to ‘Rat Castle’; Moscot Turns 100
At 179 Ludlow Street—the building known as “Rat Castle” during years of stalled construction—all the condos have been claimed two months after leasing began. [The…
Affordable Housing Threatens Community Gardens; SNL’s Bushwick Sketch
A man in Bushwick was arrested when police found a single-use grenade launcher during a drug raid in his Knickerbocker Avenue apartment. [Gothamist] Bushwick’s Evergreen…
Diarrhea Outbreak in Williamsburg; Stare at Reggie Watts
In the past two months, 80 cases of a diarrhea-inducing infection caused by Shingella bacterium have been reported in Williamsburg and Borough Park, mostly among…