Last night, Community Board 3 naysayed Ken Friedman and April Bloomfield’s restaurant plans for San Loco’s space. Friedman says he plans to take his business elsewhere.…
Check Out the New Williamsburg-Happy Dead Stars Video
Dead Stars was tearing through SXSW last time we caught up with them. Today they released a video that — along with their forthcoming album,…
Cabbie Gets 20 Years For Rape; Blondie Plays Rough Trade
Above: a look at the new Cope2 mural on the Bowery wall. Gurmeet Singh, the cab driver convicted of raping a passenger he was transporting from Williamsburg to…
Downtown Artist Dan Colen Buried a Couple of Semis in a Greenwich, CT Lawn
Dan Colen, the downtown artist best known for his charming antics with Ryan McGinley and the late Dash Snow, opened a solo show, Help!, at…
Didn’t Make It to NADA or Cutlog? Here’s a Fairly Comprehensive Tour
There were at least a dozen art and design fairs all over the city this past weekend, anchored by the glitzy-beyond-belief Frieze NYC on Randall’s…
Jay Ott Found Dead; $2.5M Coffee Shop Coming to Williamsburg
The body of 31-year-old Bushwick designer Jay Ott, who went missing on March 22, was found Thursday night in the New York Bay near Sunset Park.…
Bar Primi Has Primed Its Primo Neon
Lookin’ good! Bar Primi, the casual pasta spot that Andrew Carmellini is bringing to the old Peels space just got some neon signage, and it…
Blind Barber Opens in Bushwick; Titus Andronicus Plays Strawberry Fest
Brooklyn federal court has ordered a former broker at the Williamsburg real estate firm Nooklyn to pay $15K in damages after she uploaded nude photos…
And Now, Some Gut-Wrenching Photos From Ludlow Street
Welcome to Mourn Porn, where we present bygone institutions in states of disheartening disarray, just to ruin your day. Above we bring you the former…
Angel’s Share Opens New Place; $3.6M Penthouse on Avenue C
A seven-story building in Williamsburg developed by murdered landlord Menachem Stark and his partner (which faced foreclosure and landed them in bankruptcy court) will be…