(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Is East New York the “next Bushwick”? [Untapped Cities]
And is Crown Heights the “new Williamsburg”? [Curbed]
The owners of the Jarmulowsky Bank building have decided to restore its dome as they convert it into a hotel managed by Ace. [The Lo-Down]
Taavo Somer has turned the upstairs of Isa into a “sort of New Age community center,” with dinners that are accompanied by “mindfulness teachings.” [NY Times]
The city’s only cat groomer makes calls in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. [Brooklyn Paper]
Basquiat’s former girlfriend is putting some of his early works up for sale. [Wall Street Journal]
Check out Drawing the Line, a documentary about Keith Haring that features Tony Shafrazi, Barbara Haskell, Dennis Hopper and more. [Dangerous Minds]
A storytelling salon will take place at a secret location in Greenpoint. [Free Williamsburg]
Lower East Side gallery Invisible Exports promised a performance by Marina Abramovic but delivered an impersonator instead. [Blouin]
Callicoon Fine Arts is moving to a larger Lower East Side space. [Gallerist]
Here’s your chance to preview the newly renovated Williamsburg Savings Bank. [Atlas Obscura]
Nitehawk’s Tumblr documents the doodles that customers leave on their order slip. [The L]
An update on the North Brooklyn Boat Club boathouse bound for Greenpoint. [Curbed]
A row of Bushwick buildings just got their certificate of occupancy. [Brownstoner]
The husband-wife team that were chefs and partners at Calliope have left the East Village restaurant. [NY Times]
A Lower East Side “Poetry Brothel” involves “poetry whores” and scantily clad dames. [Untapped Cities]
109 years ago, there were lines to get into the Tompkins Square Library. [Off the Grid] 
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