Dog Fight in Williamsburg; Triangle Factory Fire Anniversary

(Photo: Scott Lynch)

Just after midnight on St. Patrick’s Day in Williamsburg, police say a 20-year-old pit bull owner punched a 65-year-old fellow canine owner for having a dog that belonged to a “pussy” breed. An arrest has not occurred. Also, a female diner at Marlow & Sons had her purse stolen on March 22, which according to police contained $2K+ in valuables. [DNA Info]

Landlord Ben Shaoul, who has been trying to sell a six-story property on Avenue B since the fall, recently raised the price from $73 million to $80 million. [EV Grieve]

The city has proposed installing a protected bike lane across the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. [Brooklyn Paper]

Today is the 104th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers in Greenwich Village. [Bowery Boogie] Memorials will take place across the city today.

John Lamb, a farm-to-table restaurant which previously tried to secure space on Essex Street, signed a 10-year-lease at 119 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. [Crain's NY]

Composer/guitarist Kaki King will perform tonight at the Apple store in Soho at 6 p.m. (RSVP here). Plus at Littlefield in Williamsburg tonight, hear lectures on the world’s strangest and priciest foods, presented by the Masters of Social Gastronomy [MSG]. [The Skint]

Additional tickets are now available for next month’s dinners at the Wythe Hotel featuring the cuisine of San Francisco’s Bar Tartine ($140 for four courses plus wine).

Rapper/food connoisseur Action Bronson released his first major-label record this week, Mr. Wonderful.