Smorgasburg has never really had the party vibe of, say, the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, but that’ll change when several of its vendors head upstate Memorial…
St. Mark’s Bookshop Locks Down New Location; Polyamory House in Bushwick
The mother of Jamie Pugh, the 20-year-old Alphabet City suspect charged with beating a man to death on Friday night, said her son was under…
Van Leeuwen Opens a Pop-Up Scoop Shop in Williamsburg
Van Leeuwen has long been parking one of its six trucks on Bedford Avenue, but now South Williamsburgers won’t have to cross the Mason-Dixon line…
East Village Radio Goes Dead; Spotted Pig Team Bounced By CB3
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…
‘It’s Out of This World’: 18 Reactions to Kara Walker’s Domino Installation
For 22 years, Kara Walker’s work has probed the ugly issues of race, colonialism and power. But she’s never done something quite like A Subtlety, or the Marvelous…
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.…
Watch This Trippy Reimagination of the Domino Site Before You See Kara Walker’s
Tomorrow, Kara Walker’s monumental installation in the Domino Sugar Factory, “A Subtlety” (or “The Marvelous Sugar Baby”) will be unveiled to the general public at…
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…