And it don’t stop: just this morning we’ve told you about an LES bar opening a Bushwick spin-off, an East Village pizza joint opening a…
LPC Demands Changes to Domino Plan, Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’ Building Sold
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has sent the developer of the Domino Sugar factory back to the drawing board, objecting to the height and massing of…
Incomes Rising in Williamsburg; Could LES Get a Beastie Boys Square?
Is an Ace Hotel coming to the Bowery? BuzzBuzz Home reports that plans for a 178-room hotel at the former Salvation Army Chinatown shelter are…
Gretsch Building Loft Going For $6.5 Mil; Mocassin Making Classes Just $575
With the City Council’s last session of the year coming up on Thursday, Council Member Stephen Levin has to decide whether to allow the 15-story…
16 Things John Waters Wants For Christmas
SantaCon wasn’t the only depraved holiday tradition to hit Manhattan this past weekend, thank goodness: John Waters brought his Christmas tour to Stage 48 on…
See and Be Seen, and See Some Zines, at the 8-Ball Fair This Weekend
Lele Saveri is a busy, mustacheoed man: he helped open MuddGuts in November, just extended The Newsstand’s run into January and this Sunday he’ll put on…
Ferry Good News! Five More Years of East River Ferry Service
Before he sails off into the sunset, Mayor Bloomberg is extending East River Ferry service, originally schedule to end next year. According to the longest…
Gwynett St. Denies Drug Bust Report; Williamsburg Stabbing Suspect Wears a Cowboy Hat
The suspect in last weekend’s Williamsburg stabbing wears a cowboy hat and a mustache. [DNA Info] The Daily News reported that Gwynnett St. owner Carl…
Help the Philippines By Seeing Philip Glass or Karaoking With Beauty Queens
David Byrne isn’t the only downtown demigod trying to stem the effects of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda (that’s him above, at a benefit performance of “Here Lies…
The Bushwick Trailer Park Lives On! (Sort Of)
Ever wonder what happened to all those trailers from the Bushwick Trailer Park, the arts collective/trailer haven that popped up on a vacant Bushwick lot…