Just weeks after San Loco closed its Avenue A store of 15 years, there’s been another shakeup in the empire: the Williamsburg store will close…
Have a Look at Swallow Cafe’s New Williamsburg Spot
The Bean isn’t the only cafe expanding into a recently constructed Williamsburg building: Morgan-stop favorite Swallow Cafe opened an outpost at 493 Driggs Avenue last…
Clayton Patterson Leaves the LES; Gagosian Crosses Delancey
After 35 years, iconic LES documentarian Clayton Patterson is leaving the Lower East Side for Austria. He echos what he told us at the B+B…
Dumont’s Landlord Has Given It 5 Days to Leave Its Home of 12 Years
When Dumont closed in January following the suicide of owner Colin Devlin, his widow Kristina Greene said she was merely completing some upgrades and would…
Handsome Dan’s Has Quietly, Colorfully Opened an East Village Candy Shop
Imagine our surprise today when we saw a gleaming new outpost of Williamsburg candy shop Handsome Dan’s occupying the storefront that 30-year-old A-1 Music vacated…
Tour the Urban Outfitters Store, Space Ninety 8, Now Open in Williamsburg
A thousand people lined up to get carded last night outside of Space Ninety 8, the five-story Urban Outfitters concept store officially opening today in…
Jim Jarmusch Isn’t Nostalgic; Ridgewood Is the ‘Next Big Thing’
Sitting at B Bar, Jim Jarmusch tells The Times, “I’m not nostalgic, because New York’s only about change and conning everybody out of whatever they…
El Sombrero Lives Again; Bootleg Bar Opens in Bushwick
Five more cases of measles have been diagnosed and attributed to that outbreak that started in February, bringing the total number of patients to 25.…
Domino Debate Rages On; More Weekend Train Shutdowns A Comin’
At a contentious City Council hearing, there was some lively debate about the number of market-rate apartments that the Domino development could bring to Williamsburg.…
It’s Settled: ‘Marge vs. the Monorail’ Is the Best Simpsons Episode of All-Time
Last month, while Simpsons Club counted down the show’s top 17 episodes at Nitehawk, we asked a Simpsons superfan to pick his own favorites, so we could…