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On St. Marks, Piercings Trump Fro Yo — Again
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) If there was ever any concern that there weren’t enough places on St. Marks to get your belly button pierced at 2 a.m. on a Friday night, Elite Jewelry and Piercing Co. has just...
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Rumors Fly in Menachem Stark Case; Bill Murray Melted Hearts in Williamsburg
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police now say Menachem Stark was squashed to death. “It might be that they sat on him to get him under control and that they wound up killing him that way,” a police source tells...
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If You Karaoke With This Illustrious Piano Man, You Better Know Your Spice Girls
Joe McGinty is 6-foot-5, which means he has to hunch over to play piano at his weekly karaoke night at Manhattan Inn. Not that it’s a big deal. “I’ve always enjoyed people singing around the piano,”...
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285 Kent Is Really, Definitely, Actually Closing
Composer Alan Howarth played a Halloween show. (B+B’s Instagram)Sadly, the rumors are true: 285 Kent, the beloved Williamsburg DIY venue, is closing, per Pitchfork, which is co-presenting the final...
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It’s Movie Night at The Bowery Mission
(Courtesy Bowery Mission) It’s not all that often that church pews double as theater aisles at The Bowery Mission’s Lower East Side Chapel but that’s what happened today, as local homeless men sought...
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How Cool Is This: Stephen Malkmus and Momofuku Gave Away Ice Cream Today
(Photos: Anthony Pappalardo) Pavement fans once again proved their devotion to frontman Stephen Malkmus by showing up for a signing on the new year’s coldest day. Those who trooped out to Momofuku Milk...
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MeLo-X On Remixing the Beyoncé Album for Blue Ivy’s Birthday: ‘I Have No Limits’
It is so freaking cold outside, we nearly forgot the gloriously momentous occasion that occurs on Jan. 7: Blue Ivy Carter’s birthday (that’s the holy spawn of Jay-Z and Beyoncé, in case you actively...
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Judge Thwarts NYU Expansion; Ferry Could Get More Stops
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A State Supreme Court judge has blocked about half of NYU’s Greenwich Village expansion plan, saying that the city unlawfully turned over park land without first getting approval...
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An Oral History of 285 Kent: ‘It Felt Magical and We All Got Wasted’
Coathangers at 285 Kent. (Nate Dorr’s Flickr) We knew it was coming, but that still didn’t make the news any easier to digest; after weeks of swirling rumors, cryptic tweets, and endless speculation,...
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Salami Snapbacks! Pot-Smoking Pickles! Katz’s Unleashes a Clothing Line
(Photo: Amber Sasse) Salami snapbacks. Pastrami pullovers. It can only mean one thing: a collaboration between iconic New York salami slinger Katz’s Delicatessen and the Brooklyn-based streetwear label...
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Olek Brought Mandela to Mulberry Street
Matt Kinsey Speak of Olek and Olek appears — on Mulberry near Canal, where this Mandela quote (“There is no such thing as part freedom”) went up yesterday in the midst of single-digit temperatures....
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Otafuk Yes! Everyone’s Favorite Octopus-Ball Nook Is Moving Indoors
(Photo: Allyson Shiffman) Excellent news for those who like fried octopus-filled dough balls and the warmth of the indoors; beloved 9th Street kiosk Otafuku is moving a couple dozen feet west to a...
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Doggone! Gray’s Papaya Has Closed
And now both Mike and Gray’s are gone. This is a hard one to swallow. Gray’s Papaya has shuttered its Sixth Avenue store. After a tipster saw the hot doggery being dismantled, Eater confirmed the...
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Video of Suspect in Stark Killing; Condo Prices Way Up in BK
(Photo: Scott Lynch) New video shows the suspect in the killing of Williamsburg developer Menachem Stark. It’s believed Stark had been shadowed for two weeks. [NY Post] Remembering Gray’s Papaya:...
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The Macaulay Culkin Show Does Not Star Macaulay Culkin. Unless…
With the Pizza Underground dropping a new music video, Macaulay Culkin is suddenly hot and on everyone’s lips. But Brett Davis had no idea such a comeback was in store when, on a whim, he named his new...
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Mr. Throwback Wears Bart Simpson On His Blue Suede Ewings
Welcome to Mr. Throwback Thursday, in which everyone’s favorite connoisseur of all things retro and nostalgic, Mr. Throwback, gives us a weekly blast from the past. (Photo: Allyson Shiffman) Like most...
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Astor Place Bombshells: IBM Moving In, Another Newsstand Down
(Photo: Jenna Moratta) First Jerry Delakas’s Astor Place newsstand shuttered and now New Corner Magazine, on St. Marks and Third Avenue — rated one of Racked’s Best International Newsstands in...
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Alex Prager Used 20 Tons of Sand (and Her Sister) to Stage This Beach Scene
ALEX PRAGER Crowd #3 (Pelican Beach), 2013 archival pigment print 59.5 x 92 inches, 151.1 x 233.7 cm 60.5 x 93.56 x 2.25 inches (framed), 153.7 x 237.6 x 5.7 cm Edition of 6 Courtesy the artist and...
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7A Closes Jan. 26; Liquiteria Will Replace Gray’s Papaya
(Photo: Photo: Carmen E. Lopez and AJ Wilhelm) There’s more to report today about the loss of two corner institutions: a manager at 7A confirms the rumor that the East Village all-nighter will close,...
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Beards are Everywhere; LES Pier Closer to $92 Million Revamp
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Beards have gone mainstream, argues Alex Williams. That’s right: the “L-train look” is now appearing on “corner-office types.” [NY Times] Speaking of the L train, at a meeting with...
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