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NYU Students Still Displaced, Will Get Free Dry Cleaning
NYU’s Seventh Street Residence Hall, which was evacuated yesterday in the wake of the explosion just around the corner on Second Avenue, remains closed today, and it’s uncertain when students will be...
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These Morning-After Photos Show the Wreckage of the East Village Explosion
(Photo: Jaime Cone) The morning after. 6 people unaccounted for, 3 buildings completely collapsed. Risked likely arrest to get this pic. pic.twitter.com/tuMeDF3qPp — Dean Neistat (@DeanNeistat) March...
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Week In Music: Kiwi Living Legend, No One Punk, and a Rock Show at Baby’s Elvis
You better believe we’re back with a sick music lineup for your eyes and ears only, boys and girls. This week, take advantage of the following opportunities to step outside your comfort zone. We’re...
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Flood of Donations For East Village Fire Victims, One a Jim Henson Puppeteer
Matt and Nora Brooks, with Cookie Monster. (Photo: Nora Brooks) Nora and Matt Brooks, an East Village couple whose apartment was destroyed in yesterday’s fire, have managed to raise over $11,000 in 14...
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Gas Line May Have Been ‘Inappropriately Accessed’ Before Blast, Mayor Says
Bill De Blasio’s Instagram.Officials are investigating the possibility that a gas line was accessed without authorization before the blast that leveled three East Village buildings yesterday. “There is...
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How to Help Your Fellow Man (or Cat) in the Wake of the East Village Explosion
In the wake of yesterday’s building explosion, “people stepped up and helped their fellow New Yorkers and it made a world of difference,” Mayor De Blasio noted in a press conference today. And it’s...
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Dance Shows How ‘Messy and Scary’ Things Can Get With #NoFilter
#nofilter. (Photo: Cori Marquis + the Nines[IX])“Everyone has boogers, and everyone takes a shit, and everyone has sex,” said Cori Marquis, co-founder of New York City-based dance company Cori Marquis...
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Some Second Avenue Businesses Forced to Close, Others Stay Open and Help Out
A demolition vehicle rolled by Veselka early Friday morning. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Throughout the frightening explosion and subsequent collapse of three buildings on Second Avenue Thursday, several...
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Updates On the East Village Explosion, 48 Hours Later
A car whose back window was shattered during the incident was moved to Cooper Square. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) It’s been just over 48 hours since an apparent gas explosion rocked 121 Second Avenue,...
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Report: Body Pulled From Rubble of East Village Explosion
An unidentified body was pulled from the rubble of 121 Second Avenue this afternoon. An official tells ABC News, one of the first to report the development, that 730 cubic yards of debris has been...
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Tourist Apologizes For East Village Explosion Selfie; Fundraiser For Enz’s Owner
(Photo: Michael Tapp) Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro has confirmed that the two bodies recovered from the site of the East Village explosion yesterday were those of Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Ismael...
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Bodacious Burlesque Tributes: Disney, the Bible, and Lil’ Kim vs. Nicki Minaj
Cherry Pitz (Photo: Ben Trivet)Nothing’s sacred in the world of burlesque. This month, your favorite troupes take on everything from hip-hop to the Holy Bible. Brown Girls Burlesque: Lil’ Kim vs. Nicki...
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Man Shot in East Village Saturday Night
Haven Plaza, near the scene of the shooting. (Photo: Joann Pan) A man was rushed to the hospital after he was shot in Alphabet City Saturday night. The 31-year-old victim was shot in the right hand...
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Tyrus Wong, Visionary Behind Disney’s Bambi, Peeped His Solo Exhibit at MOCA
(Photo: Frank Mastropolo) (Photo: Frank Mastropolo) (Photo: Frank Mastropolo) Wong looks at a photo of himself and his wife Ruth taken at their home in Southern California in the 1950s. (Photo: Frank...
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Missed the Gallery Show? Buy This Brooklyn Band Mix So Kids Can Make Art
Out of Line Exhibit (Photo: Paula Ho) Keep calm and carry home some art — and help fund schools in the process. On Friday, The Creative Cycle hosted “Out of Line” at Bruce High Quality Foundation...
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Residents Return to Blast Block, But Trio of Beloved Bars Still Dark
(Photo: Jaime Cone) Three days after an apparent gas explosion took down three buildings in the East Village, residents are finally being allowed to return to evacuated buildings on Second Avenue. The...
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East Village Fire Victims Weigh Lawsuit Against Landlord as Donations Flow In
The Jim Henson puppeteer and his wife who lost their East Village apartment in Thursday’s blaze have raked in over $31,000 in online donations, but they’re still a long way from returning to normalcy....
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Criminal Probe into East Village Explosion; Bushwick Acrobatics Fest
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A probe into the cause of the East Village explosion has become a “full-fledged criminal investigation,” according to a Con Ed spokesperson. Investigators are looking closely at an...
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Noah Baumbach On While We’re Young: ‘I Go to Bushwick… in My Mind’
Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, and Adam Driver in While We’re Young. Noah Baumbach may have grown up in Park Slope (the setting of The Squid and the Whale), but his new movie, While We’re Young, finds him...
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Elizabeth Warren President Presents Herself to Fans
(Photo: Mary Reinholz) Elizabeth Warren has said repeatedly that she doesn’t want to run for president, but she sure sounded like a contendah last night. The Massachusetts senior senator cut a...
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