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Bedford Ave. Is Getting Even More Euro, With This New Bookstore
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) When Dijital Fix closed in the Williamsburg, explaining that their landlords were “hilariously” nearly tripling the rent, many wondered who’d pay so much to be tucked into the...
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Snag an Andy Warhol Christmas Mug at This New Kitchenware Shop
(Courtesy of Cucina & Tavola) So, yeah, Grand Street sure has popped off since the B+B Newsroom was there in October — in addition to Kai D. Utility and Sha-Fa, a new cookware and dinnerware store...
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This Week: Naughty and Nice Shorts, 15 Oscar-Shortlisted Docs
Here’s one way Santa will know who was naughty or nice: by finding out who went to Nitehawk’s Naughty 35MM Shorts vs. who went to their Nice ones. This Friday and Saturday at noon, catch some retro...
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The Cafe You Were Hoping For? 66 Hope Is a Spacious Spot For WiFi Seekers
The residents of newish luxury building 55 Hope, where studios go for $2,400, now have a coffee shop to call their own — across the street, on a relatively remote block, musician Franklin Fischer has...
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Shots For Tots! Two Bars Bought More Than 700 Toys For Their Needy Neighbors
A couple of bars on Avenue C raised more than just a ruckus last night – The Wayland and Summit Bar teamed up to buy over 700 toys for residents of the housing projects an avenue over. Pete Canny, a...
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The Temple of Capitalism: Jarmulowsky’s Bank
Until we return to the usual Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. Looking south on Orchard Street at Jarmulowsky’s...
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The True Story of Mr. and Mrs. Claus, the North Pole, and Brooklyn Beer
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. (Photo: Alistair Mackay) If you’ve ever...
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The Day After Christmas, When Sharpshooters Marched Up the Bowery
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. Deutsch-Amerikanische Schützen...
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The Clue To This Ukrainian Church’s Past Lies in a 140-Year-Old Safe
The inside cover of the 1869 Annual Trustees Report. “We’re here for the youth service,” I insist, leaning close to the intercom and watching my breath escape in ghostly puffs into the frigid air. I...
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To Find the Lower East Side’s Last Mikvah, Look For the Sign That Says...
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. The building as it looks today. The top...
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Remembering the ‘Forgotten City,’ Greenpoint Terminal Market
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. The Greenpoint Terminal today, during an...
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Shedding Light On the Church That Was Razed By NYU
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. (Photos: Meghan White) On cold days when...
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The Steamy History of the Tenth Street Baths
Bath Night, circa 1945. (Weegee/International Center of Photography) A man named Alex beat me with a bundle of oak leaves at 268 East 10th Street. That’s where the Russian and Turkish Baths Health Club...
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‘Definitely a New York Hang’: Jazz Musicians Remember the Five Spot Café
Until we return to our usual schedule Jan. 3, enjoy this daily series of longer pieces in which we unravel the mysteries and the histories of storied addresses. Urban renewal plans are nothing new to...
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Slain Developer Was Loved and Hated; Arrest in ‘Knockout’ Attacks
Adam Green has a new exhibit at The Hole. (Photo: Scott Lynch) Menachem Stark, the Williamsburg developer who was abducted Thursday outside of his office and then found burned and asphyxiated to death...
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Matchless Is ‘An After-School Program For Late-Night Comedians,’ Thanks to...
(Photo: Ebru Yildiz) “Beautiful” is not the first word that comes to mind when you step into the back room at Bar Matchless. But that’s how comic Nimesh Patel affectionately describes the dark, brick...
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Revisit Punk With Desperate Teenage Lovedolls or Folk With Don’t Look Back
Spectacle’s month-long Rockuary series is going full force from the start with a David Markey double feature you can’t afford to miss… This Friday at 7:30 p.m. catch Desperate Teenage Lovedolls and,...
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Watch Kassa Overall Lay Down ‘Kevin,’ Inspired By His 24 Hours in Central...
It’s been four years in the making, but Kassa Overall is finally ready to release his album, Like Life. The 8-track body of work has gone through innumerable phases and cycled through about 400 track...
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Here’s Everything Olek Swaddled in Yarn Last Year
Last time we saw Olek in action, she was yarn bombing a car in Williamsburg. So where’s she been since then? Just about everywhere, it turns out. The mad crocheter just posted a sizzle reel of her...
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Joyce Carol Oates Wants Tarantino to Direct a Menachem Stark Movie
(Wikipedia Commons) Police have yet to identify suspects in the death of Brooklyn real estate magnate Menachem “Max” Stark last week, but author Joyce Carol Oates is already endorsing a feature film...
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