Members of Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 are expressing “outrage” that the Department of Buildings is allowing the developer of the Domino Sugar site to build on weekends, potentially disrupting Williamsburgers…
New Bill Aims to Curb the Amount of Trash Being Trucked Through North BK
North Brooklyn handles almost 40 percent of the city’s trash, and a couple of City Council members think that just plain stinks. They’re introducing a bill that…
Richard Kern’s New Book, Exhibit Is a ’90s Grunge Version of a Barbershop Lookbook
You know those cheeseball lookbooks you see at places like Supercuts, that show you how you’d look with a bowl cut? Well, none other other…
Usher Sits In With Afghan Whigs; J.Crew Williamsburg’s Piñata Making Classes
A 27-year-old chef who used to work in Williamsburg, Diego Ramos, was convicted of assault yesterday for using a broken wine glass to retaliate against…
Nerds, Rejoice! Rivals Board Game Cafe Is Open For Play
On first hearing the words “Brooklyn board game community” strung together, I had to do a double take. Excuse me, what? “There actually is one,” said…
Movie Set Robbed in Greenpoint; Judah Friedlander Dislikes EV’s ‘Dumb Party Vibe’
In Greenpoint, 17 iPads and two laptops were included in a loot of $17,800 in goods taken from from the set of the CBS series Madam Secretary…
Petition Asks Domino Developers to Chill With the Weekend Construction
A meeting on Tuesday regarding the impending Domino development on Williamsburg’s waterfront was a reminder to residents just how close construction looms. There was the…
Bushwick Coffee Shop Owner Denies Anti-Semitism; Inside a $6.5M Firehouse
Michael Avila—owner of The Coffee Shop in Bushwick—is being accused of anti-Semitism because of a rant against Jewish landlords who “function via greed and dominance.”…
Lena Dunham Thinks Catcalls Are a Reason to Love New York
Lena Dunham’s new memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, is written with just the sort of unabashed honesty and self-depricating wit you’d expect from the…
Lee Ranaldo Has an Art Show; Kim and Thurston Have Some Show Shows
If you were looking for an excuse to sport your $100 designer Sonic Youth t-shirt, here are a few of them. You may have missed Lee Ranaldo’s show…