London Rene, boyfriend of Mob Wives cast member Natalie Guercio, reportedly received 250+ stitches after being slashed with a box cutter along his face, arm, and stomach outside the Williamsburg nightclub Output on Saturday night. [NY Daily News]
Tomorrow at 8 p.m., Palisades in Greenpoint hosts a benefit concert to raise money for Eric Garner’s family. RSVP here to attend ($12/person). [Greenpointers]
Real estate price records were exceeded once again with a pair of Bedford Avenue storefronts picked up for $40 million. [Crain's NY]
Paperwork was submitted for a six-story, mixed-use building that would replace a throwback dinner currently occupied by La Esquina‘s Williamsburg outpost. [Brownstoner]
And see a sketch of a six-story apartment building set to rise at 1119 Broadway in Bushwick. [Brownstoner]
Matcha Cafe Wabi is now open for business on E. 4th Street. [EV Grieve]
French/Japanese fashion house Maison Kitsuné will supersede Cutie Room at 5 Rivington Street. [Bowery Boogie]
New street art outside Stanton Street headstone shop Silver Monuments memorializes men who died at the hands of the police. [Bowery Boogie]
Here’s a round-up of what’s going down in Bushwick on New Year’s Eve. [Bushwick Daily]
More sites for NYE soirees: East Village’s The Black Ant, Lower East Side’s The Leadbelly, and Williamsburg’s St. Mazie. [Refinery 29]
Predicted galleries that’ll break out in 2015 include Garis & Hahn in Nolita, Catinca Tabacaru on the Lower East Side, William Arnold in Williamsburg, and 99¢ Plus and Handjob Gallery/Store in Bushwick. [NY Observer]
Check out black-and-white slides of 80s-era East Village. [NY Times]