(Photo: Scott Lynch)
More than 100 firefighters fought a blaze at a Williamsburg apartment building. Two police officers were hospitalized with smoke inhalation before being released. [The Brooklyn Paper]
Here’s video of the speeding hit-and-run driver who killed a Bushwick bicyclist Wednesday crashing into a parked car. [ABC 7 NY]
For $108, you can attend tonight’s “gong bath sleepover party” at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. [Racked NY]
Brooklyn Bridge Park will hold dance parties on three consecutive Thursdays in May. [Brokelyn]
Atlantic Avenue will become the first of 25 local thoroughfares to have its speed limit decreased, making the area safer for pedestrians. Just yesterday, Mayor de Blasio spoke about the reduced number of NYC pedestrian deaths already being observed this year. [The Brooklyn Paper]
Tonight there’s an event at the Williamsburg adult toy store Shag called “Unicorns, Mermaids & Porn Stars Oh MY! Film Screening, Book Signing, and Q&A.” [WG News+Art]
A writer went and got leech therapy in Greenpoint and videotaped it. [Gothamist]
A Mexican restaurant called Horchata will replace the Greenwich Village’s BLT Burger. [Eater NY]
Williamsburg’s Passenger Bar will have a vinyl fair on Sunday afternoon. [Brokelyn]
The city’s largest indie wedding expo, Toasted Brooklyn, happens Sunday in Greenpoint at Brooklyn Night Bazaar’s warehouse. [WG News + Art]
See renderings of Adam America’s new Williamsburg apartment complex. [Buzz Buzz Home]
Tonight Bat Haus in Bushwick hosts thriftdisco, a vintage pop-up shop and dance party with free drinks. [Racked NY]
Northern Spy Food Co. in the East Village is down both an executive chef and a pastry chef. [Grub Street] 