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Two Shape-Shifting St. Marks Spots Have Changed Their Stripes Again
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) It takes a lot to stand out on St. Marks Place, so who can blame these two ADD-stricken restaurants for seeing what sticks. Sushi Lounge, which moved in with its sister spot...
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With Ruffalo’s Feathers Ruffled, Group Appeals Ruling Favoring NYU Expansion
NYU’s plan to expand in Greenwich Village experienced another hiccup Friday, as actor Mark Ruffalo cheered on the latest appeal in a lawsuit that seeks to limit the school’s efforts to build beefed-up...
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Artisanal Soap Store Slips into Verb Cafe’s Old Home On Bedford Ave
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) (Photo: Daniel Maurer) (Photo: Daniel Maurer) (Photo: Daniel Maurer) (Photo: Daniel Maurer) (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Soap Cherié, the artisanal soapmaker we gave you the heads-up...
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Early-Morning Shooting in Williamsburg; Knifepoint Robbery in Bushwick
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The security camera inside a hired black car captured a passenger attacking his 47-year-old driver with a knife while parked outside 1234 Halsey Street in Bushwick around 11 a.m....
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Photos + Video: NYC’s Ferguson Protesters Take Over Bridges and Streets
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) New Yorkers protesting a grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson marched from Union Square to Harlem last night, taking over some of the city’s busiest streets and...
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Watch the Astor Place Cube Get Crane Lifted and Taken Away For a Long While
They tried to make the Astor Place cube go to rehab, and we said, “No, no, no.” When the Alamo got boxed up ahead of the Astor Place Reconstruction, we hoped that would be the extent of it. But this...
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A Car Slammed into Retro Fitness in Williamsburg
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) (Photos: Daniel Maurer) A car collided with a motorcyclist and smashed into Retro Fitness in Williamsburg this afternoon,...
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These Hacked Action Figures Make For ‘Suckadelic’ Stocking Stuffers
Black Friday is so mainstream, but what if you experience the irrepressible urge to go shopping with the rest of America? Worry not — Con Artist Collective has just what you’re looking for:...
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Cooper Square’s New Dorm Is All Glassed Up
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) The removal of the Astor Place cube isn’t the only wind of change blowing around Cooper Square. The future dorm at 35 Cooper Square is now fully glassed. You remember this one:...
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Video: New Yorkers Gather For Some Real Talk About Ferguson
Last night, after it was announced that Darren Wilson wouldn’t face charges in the killing of Michael Brown, outraged New Yorkers marched through the city’s streets. Today, it was time to sit down and...
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Benny’s Burritos, Spike Hill to Close; Shepard Fairey’s Interpol Mural
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A 40-year-old new mom in Williamsburg recovered her stolen purse after chasing down the teenage girl who took it, and a woman on Larmor Street had her cellphone stolen by a passing...
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It’s Official, These Photos Are All We Have Left Of Death By Audio
We knew the last night at Death By Audio was going to get pretty raw, with about a million people cramming in to say goodbye to the DIY venue even if they’d never been before. But what we didn’t plan...
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Film This Week: Post-Apocalyptic Brooklyn, Cruising, and IRL Woody Allen
Hey guys, not sure if you’re aware but tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means you’re either stuck with family, flying solo, or awkwardly tagging along with your significant other’s fam. Either way,...
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Momofuku Ko’s Shiny New Location Opens Friday
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) If you decided to stay in town this weekend and have money to burn, heads up: Momofuku Ko has just announced that its new location at 8 Extra Place will open in two – count em,...
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Photos, Video: Ferguson Protesters Again Flooded the Streets (and Highways,...
A day after protesters blocked the Manhattan and Triborough Bridges, demonstrators once again took to the streets — this time in far greater numbers — to protest a grand jury’s decision not to charge...
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Out of Body: a Devotee Says Goodbye to Body Actualized Center
With Bushwick’s great DIY venue and wellness center, Body Actualized, closing this month and having a moving out sale today, a member of the community tells us what THE VIBE meant to her. Moving sale...
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Every Day Is Turkey Day at This New Turkish Bakery
(Photo: Ilyse Liffreing) Simit+Smith, a Turkish bakery with five other locations, has opened a new store at 11 Waverly Place, just a block from the East Village. (Photo: Ilyse Liffreing)A simit, in...
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We’re Thankful For Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern — Now More Cavernous!
(Photos: Angelo Fabara) If reading about Body Actualized’s closing bummed you out, take heart: at the same time the Center was having its last blast on Saturday, Kenny Scharf was celebrating the...
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The Bowery Mission Is Serving 7,000 Thanksgiving Meals
(Photo: Ilyse Liffreing) (Photo: Ilyse Liffreing)There’s a line down the block and around the corner right now at The Bowery Mission, where a white tent out front protects only some of those waiting to...
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Turnstyle Jumper Clubbed By Police; Goodbye Blue Monday Closes
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Friday morning around 5 a.m., a 32-year-old Williamsburg man involved in an argument was shot in the face inside his Hewes Street apartment building lobby. He was initially listed...
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