ComfortOpening Thursday, January 89 at Friedman Benda, 6 pm to 8 pm. On view through January 15. Everyone has a different definition of comfort. Your…
The Village East Cinema: From Yiddish Theater to Arthouse Cinema
On Nov. 16, the Village East Cinema held a special screening of The Room, a maybe-the-worst-film-ever classic that has become a cult phenomenon. The screening…
Our 36-Hour New Year’s Party Crawl
From the far reaches of Red Hook to downtown Manhattan and back again to Bushwick’s warehouses, our New Year’s was a 36-hour race against time…
A Tale of Two Evas: Marriage, Deceit and the Underground Baby Trade
Robert Ray Hamilton was 37 years old when he met his daughter for the first time. A year and a half later, he would die…
How Mariners’ Temple Survived Fire and Flux in Chinatown
On September 21, 1845, Rev. William R., Williams preached a sermon entitled “God’s presence in his sanctuary,” welcoming congregants back to their new edifice at…
After Peter Luger, a Chophouse With Stakes in the New Williamsburg
At the end of October, Pete Wells didn’t use his knife to cut through Peter Luger’s vaunted porterhouse— instead he drove it directly into the…
From Governor’s Mansion to Russian Anarchist Hotbed
On Nov. 7, 1919, the second anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, US federal agents and New York City policemen, armed with clubs and blackjacks, raided…
A Firehouse Where Pioneering Feminists Have Carried the Torch
Eleanor Cooper was determined to keep 243 West 20th Street from turning into an icebox. This almost seemed like a joke, if she thought about…
The Dance Hall That Charmed Dickens in America’s First Slum
Charles Dickens toured Five Points for a day and found only two things he liked about it. One was the pigs. Dickens described the city…
In Brooklyn, Luxury Apartments Where Walt Whitman Once Worked With a Bright Heart
Leaning against the rattling doors of a Brooklyn-bound train, their noses to the ground even as they cross the East River, commuters easily miss the…