At an apartment near Meserole Street and Bushwick Avenue, a 26-year-old woman was pinned to the ground by one man while his partner in crime…
Lauryn Hill Killing Us Softly With Her Ticket Prices; Can’t Fight Veruca Salt
Time again for Good Shows, our weekly roundup of what’s good in live music. Take a trip back to the ’90s with grunge-rock babes Veruca…
Save the Troll Museum; Subway Rage on the L Train
A man was arrested for allegedly breaking the jaw and ribs of a fellow L-train passenger at the Metropolitan Avenue station. [The Brooklyn Paper] New…
This Brooklyn Director Has a Cannes-Do Attitude
Brooklyn-based director Michael Hobbs only ever imagined he’d have the opportunity to work with a dream team on his latest short film, Short Lived. But…
Car Break-Ins in Williamsburg; East New York the Next Bushwick?
Kim’s Video & Music in the East Village could shutter before the month’s end. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY] Robert Durst, the real estate developer who sold…
Veselka Celebrates 60 Years; McKibbin Lofts Hit With Partial Vacate Order
Sadie Silver—a public school principal living in Bushwick—was arrested and fired after police allegedly caught she and her partner, Michael Acosta, bringing heroin and prescription…
Champs Is Frying Up Vegan Corn Dogs in Rockaway
Champs, the vegan diner with locations in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick, is doing what everyone else in North Brooklyn is doing these days and weekending…
Here’s How Locals Are Feeling About Williamsburg’s First Starbucks
In case you hadn’t heard, Williamsburg finally got itself a Starbucks location this morning—on Union Ave near the Lorimer/Metropolitan L and G station. The neighborhood…
Crocodiles at Death by Audio
Crocodiles, indie rockers from San Diego, are sometimes laid-back California lo-fi, sometimes nervous noise pop. The lead singer is married to Dee Dee from Dum Dum…
Dumpling Man Gets Sued; World’s Most Hipster Neighborhoods
Lower East Side gallery 47 Canal will close on August 2 and relocate to 291 Grand Street, where it will reopen in September under its…