A 23-year-old man stole $1,000 worth of “Easy Jeans” and “Disco Pants” from American Apparel in Williamsburg last week, according to police. No arrest has…
Tonight: Drink Up As Columbia and NYU Profs Drop Some Knowledge
If you’ve ever snuck a flask into a college lecture, this may be the event for you. For tonight’s first annual Raising The Bar, Columbia…
New Gallery On the LES; Pop-Ups in McCarren Park
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Per the terms of a plea bargain, the man who allegedly threw bleach in a rabbi’s face on a Williamsburg sidewalk in…
Woman Killed by Train at Astor Place; Kim’s Tries to Relocate
As you can see from Scott Lynch’s photo above, the latest installment of the Centre-Fuge project — part of Lower East Side History Month —…
City Goes After Aggressive Landlord; Schumer Pushes Brooklyn ‘Nerd Bus’
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development are trying to remove landlord Joel Israel from a Bushwick building where he’s accused of destroying…
At This Not-So-Typical Irish Bar, Florence + The Machine’s Guitarist Will Pick the Tunes
The bar that’s replacing singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw’s National Underground won’t have live music, but it’ll have some pop-star cred of its own: Rob Ackroyd, the…
And Now, Watch Nick Zedd and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Do Burroughs
The William S. Burroughs centenary continued last night with what might’ve been its marquee event — a marathon reading at St. Mark’s Poetry Project. And…
Pot Semi-Decriminalized in BK; Toddler Survives Three-Story Fall
According to a memo written by DA Ken Thompson, Brooklynites found in possession of a small amount of pot will only be prosecuted if they…
Yopparai’s Owners Are Opening an Izakaya Just A Block From Ivan Ramen
Ivan Ramen isn’t the only thing coming to Clinton Street that lovers of Japanese food have reason to be excited about. On May 4, less…
Cat Cafe Coming to LES; Taiwanese Night Market Headed For Williamsburg
Our cat cafe dreams have been realized: the Bowery will be home to Purina ONE Cat Cafe, a pop-up coffee shop with free food and drinks,…