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Russ & Daughters Is Totally Slammed With Salmonheads Right Now
Russ & Daughters is no longer taking pre-orders for Yom Kippur appetizing, so if you’re aiming to break the fast with babka, you’re going to have to hoof it down to Houston. Just one thing: the...
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Man Shot During Possible Robbery-Gone-Bad on Clinton
Outside 103 Clinton this afternoon. (Photo: Kavitha Surana) A 31-year-old man was shot on the Lower East Side early this morning. Police believe the shooting, which happened around 4 a.m. at 103...
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At Black Square, You Can Get a Tat, Buy a Zine, or Just Chill
Anton (Photo: Kristy Ann Muniz) Russia-born artist Anton Zolotov is drawing outside the lines with Black Square, a tattoo shop/book and zine store opening this Monday in Williamsburg. He considers the...
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Happy Friday the 13th! Here’s the Line For $13 Tattoos in Williamsburg
(Photo: Kristy Ann Muniz) Today’s topics of discussion on B+B: tattoos, long lines, and now — long lines for tattoos! When one hears the words “Friday the 13th” they think of black cats, bad vibes, and...
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Party in the Face of Domino’s Impending Doom Tomorrow at The Wythe
(image via Save Domino’s press release) The Domino Sugar Factory’s demolition is scheduled to start this month, but opposition organization Save Domino isn’t quite ready to throw in the towel. What to...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Village Voice Has Left the Village
Moving day at 36 Cooper Square (Photo: Amanda Kludt) Believe it or not, The Standard’s new lobby isn’t the biggest news out of Cooper Square. Across the street, the venerable Village Voice has quietly...
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EV Board Shop Expands to Williamsburg; Parm May Follow
(Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) East Village board shop Reciprocal Skateboards is expanding east to Williamsburg and giving new life to defunct pinball hangout Satellite Lounge. Its new identity is...
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Coney Island Film Fest and The Legacy and Lessons of Bleecker Bob’s
This Friday through Sunday, the Coney Island Film Festival celebrates its 13th year with 88 films, some food, some wine, and, of course, some burlesque. Programs include “Coney Island Films,” which...
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Another Greenpoint Label Is Celebrating Five Years With a Blowout
Last month Captured Tracks turned five with a weekend of shows and now everyone’s doing it! Another one of our fave Greenpoint indie labels, Mexican Summer, is celebrating the big fiver with a two-day...
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Fashion Weekend Photos: ‘Who Said Williamsburg Isn’t Cool Anymore?’
Ramono Martelli of ShocKVintage prepping a model. (All photos by Ebru Yildiz) A ShocKVintage model making mental preparations. Two ShocKVintage models adjusting. A FoXXy Face Couture model, shortly...
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The Saved By the Bell Musical Is Back
If there’s a better way to celebrate/cope with back-to-school season, we’d like to know about it: Bayside! The Musical! has returned to the East Village, and this time the raunchy Saved by the Bell...
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Tour the LES Circa 1946, Where ‘Panties and Pickles Live Side By Side’
The Lower East Side has long been a place “where panties and pickles live side by side.” Or so says the narrator of ”Around the World in New York,” a circa 1946 documentary exploring the lives of...
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McCarren Park Expands; Williamsburg’s Boozy Urban Outfitters
(Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) McCarren Park’s future continues to look brighter: last spring, its pedestrian path received a desperately-needed repaving; now, it’s set to expand by appropriating a...
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A Look Back at the Electric Circus, the Greatest Show on St. Marks Place
Few nightclubs exemplified the excesses of the drug-fueled ‘60s like the Electric Circus. Trapeze artists, mimes and jugglers illuminated by pulsating strobe and black lights created a psychedelic...
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This Guy’s Front Porch Is a 42-Year-Old Mustard-Yellow RV
(Photo: Jesse Sposato) When I asked Ron, who’d like to remain last nameless as he looks for a new job, where his interest in collecting vintage RVs came from, he shrugged his shoulders as if the answer...
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Five Leaves Turns Five in Greenpoint; Katz’s Turns 125 in LES
Serban Ionescu and David Nordine, Ludlow Street (Photo: Scott Lynch’s Flickr) The sixth annual Bushwick Film Festival will take place at Light Space Studios from October 3 to Oct. 6. Five full-length...
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Stand-Up in a Walk-Up: These Guys Are Doing Comedy Shows in Their Apartment
For the last several months, a walk-up apartment on East Seventh Street has quietly, even secretly, served as an alternative venue for comics and comedy fans alike. Since March, Daniel Hurwitz and...
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Sorry Williamsburg, You Can Not Has Cat Cafe; But We’ve Got a Newsroom For You!
A man paws-es to look in. Folks, it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. That Tokyo-style cat cafe that might be coming to Williamsburg? Please don’t curl up into a ball when you hear this, but...
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Sure, Your Office Has a Water Cooler, But Does It Have a 3D Printer?
The new high-tech creative work space at 319 Scholes (Photo: 319 Scholes) These days, a lot of creative work emerges at the intersection of artistic impulse and new technology: think 3D printing and...
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This New Street Vendor Stuffs Empanadas for Vegheads and Meat Lovers Alike
Photo: Evan Mann. While traveling through Central and South America, Luloo Flynn came across an array of exciting cuisines. But as a vegetarian, she resisted indulging in a great deal of the local...
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