It’s hard to get accepted by the South by Southwest film festival — especially if you’re not from New York. This year’s festival features eight…
Art Thief Swipes Snoop Lion Portrait; Mini Mini Market Closing After 14 Years
Pols have redoubled their calls for traffic safety in the wake of a Williamsburg traffic death. [Brooklyn Paper] A variety of projects are vying for…
Domino Developer Agrees to Some 700 Units of Permanently Affordable Housing
Mayor De Blasio has struck a deal with the developer of the Domino Sugar factory site, averting a potential impasse over affordable housing.
Down-to-the-Wire Drama as Domino Developers Are Asked to Refine Their Plan
Opponents of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery are speaking out again as Mayor de Blasio asks for additional affordable housing just days…
Hyper-Gentrification vs. Super Gentrification; How to Squat in NYC
Congrats to Lower East Sider Spike Jonze, who took home the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last night. [B+B Twitter] On hyper-gentrification, super gentrification and…
Watch the Oscars at One of These 13 Spots and You’ll Be Golden
At last year’s Oscars, Seth MacFarlane hosted, Jennifer Lawrence tripped, and Ben Affleck called his marriage to Jennifer Garner “work.” Movie musicals and James Bond…
Anna Bloda Gets ‘Casual Freaky’ at Beacon’s Closet As It Leaves Williamsburg
Anna Bloda first ventured into Beacon’s Closet around 12 years ago, when she was living in her native Krakow, Poland and visiting the States. With its…
Stop And Frisk Complaints Are Declining — But They Haven’t Disappeared Yet
As New York City looks set to settle with civil liberties groups over the Police Department’s long-standing and contentious policy of stopping, questioning and frisking…
Human Hamster Wheel in Williamsburg; Boozy Laundromat in East Village
The Times discovers Bushwick. It’s “a haven for artists, newly minted college graduates, working-class families and freelancers of all stripes, and this shows in its…
A Tree Falls In Brooklyn
The apocalypse may just be upon us: first a cab bursts into flames on its way to Brooklyn and today a tree went and fell…