While it seems like every business on the planet is trying to lock up a lease in Williamsburg, Nightwood is walking away from theirs. At…
One Word For the Observer Editor Who Thinks Brooklyn Is ‘Over’: Junglepussy
After deriding “Brooklyn’s Overhyped, Undercooked Restaurant Scene,” the New York Observer has now gone ahead and declared that “Brooklyn is over. Done. Finished. Brooklyn as…
Do Your Apartment Ace Hotel-Style at Rough Luxe, a New Home Design Shop
Feltraiger isn’t the only retro-minded store that’s recently relocated to Williamsburg. After a little over a year in Dumbo, Thomas Buczkowski, a veteran of Brooklyn Flea, closed…
Lawrence Levine On Making Wild Canaries With His Wife, Sophia Takal
Lawrence Levine and Sophia Takal have gotten a lot of great attention for previous works like Green, directed by Takal, and Gabi On The Roof In July,…
Domino Development Gets CPC Approval; the Girls Bus Tour You Knew Was Coming
As expected, the new plan for the Domino Sugar factory site won the approval of the City Planning Commission and will now be voted on…
Ian Vanek of Japanther: ‘If You Want to Say Fuck Williamsburg, You Better Not Be Talkin Bout the Southside’
Japanther, an art and rock n’ roll project established in 2001 by Pratt students Ian Vanek and Matt Reilly, might just be obsessed with phone booths.…
Boys and Girls, Here’s the New Video From The Men, Playing Bowery Tonight
If that new movie about Fort Tilden didn’t have you longing for summer, this new video from The Men surely will: it involves a trip…
Bowery Getting an Ace Hotel; Oral History of Pyramid Club
223-225 Bowery has sold for $30 million and will become a 180-room Ace Hotel with a small number of residential condominiums. [Curbed] Unions want all…
Williamsburg Gets a New Shop For Natty Menswear and Beard Pomade
After closing its Lower East Side store in December, Feltraiger soft-opened in Williamsburg this past weekend, quietly joining the neighborhood’s Grand Street strip. The new…
Just How Sweet Is the Domino Deal?
The DOMINO DEAL | Create Infographics Yesterday we reported that the city had struck a deal with the developer of the Domino Sugar factory site…