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Jenny Slate’s Breakup Jeans Come to Williamsburg as Courtshop Opens
Bedford Avenue was abuzz last night with the opening of Courtshop, a New York-based women’s clothing brand specializing in skin-tight denim, tops, overalls and accessories. The Nolita store has...
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Bereket Closes After Two Decades; Alleged Serial Mugger Nabbed
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Travis Taylor— a 17-year-old who lives on East 6th Street—was arrested for allegedly breaking a man’s jaw and then robbing him outside 67 Avenue B two weeks ago. Police say Taylor...
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Watch It: James Franco, Michael Stipe and Patti Smith Kick Off ‘Rockaway!’
(Photo: Angelo Fabara) Outrage over the weekend shutdown of Rockaway’s city beaches made the cover of the Daily News (excuse to put a bikinied hardbody on the front page, much?), but fans of Patti...
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Tony Bennett’s Granddaughter Riffs On ‘Rom-Com Befuddlement,’ With Buttercup...
Emilie Richard-Froozan and Remy Bennett (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) “We’ve never been interested in anything that doesn’t include sex,” says Remy Bennett, granddaughter of crooner Tony Bennett. “I don’t...
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We Answered This Personal Ad Placed On an East Village Phone Booth
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) No, not everybody is swiping away on Tinder. We recently spotted a couple of handmade lonely-hearts flyers in the East Village. The one at left offered just an email address and...
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Out in the Streets Announces Killer Lineup
Here’s to hoping you don’t have plans for the weekend of July 26th/27th, and if you do cancel them because Bird Dog, Super Crush Studio, and Scott Bowman (Radio Bushwick) are bringing a killer lineup...
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Brooklyn Hip-Hop Fest Moves to Williamsburg, Just Like Everyone Else
It’s been 10 years since the inaugural Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, and this time around the crew at Brooklyn Bodega—the hip-hop advocates that produce the festival—promise it’ll be the freshest yet...
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Boardwalk Empire Has Turned Far Rockaway into Old Atlantic City
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Carnival Barkers, Space Monkeys, and Stilts on the Williamsburg Waterfront
No, a bizarre pageant of fire-breathing carnies isn’t descending on Brooklyn… well, not exactly. See, there’s this company called MassBliss, and they advocate breathing. Seriously. MassBliss is a...
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Art Jail Opens in Bushwick; Williamsburg’s Oldest Restaurants
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Today is the BP station on 2nd Avenue’s last day in business. [EV Grieve] East Village cocktail lounge Elsa—the sister bar of Greenpoint’s Ramona—will soon shutter on East 3rd...
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Sugarburg Opens in a Pretty Sweet Location
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Meet the Heartbroken Man Who’s Trying to Build a Social Network… With Flyers
(Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) After the cocksure mystery-man approach of “Alex A.” (AKA “Mr Right”), we wondered whether the heart-on-sleeve approach might be more effective. In this second flyer we...
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Dunkin’ Has Done Its Plunkin’ and Our Spirits Are Sunken
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) As expected, Dunkin’ Donuts has plunked down on Cooper Square, in the former home of Norman’s Sound & Vision — because apparently the one thing that was missing from Latte...
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The Buildout of East Williamsburg’s Newest Hybrid Venue Has Begun
From left: Keith Hamilton, Wayne Gordon, Zach Glass at the future site of Our Wicked Lady (Photo: Nicole Disser) “We’re not guessing what the arts community might be into, because we’re already in it,”...
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Hot Dogs and Sparklers Are For Basics: Here’s What’s Really Poppin’ on the 4th
Fireworks over the Manhattan Bridge, at The Bean on Second Avenue. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Because the NYPD has announced it’s out to ruin your pyrotechnic fun on this most sacred day, arguably defying...
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Williamsburg Gets a Malaysian ‘Night Market’ (More of a Restaurant, Really)
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Missing Man Found in Newtown Creek; Nitehawk’s Free Outdoor Movies
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police recovered the body of 21-year-old Stephen L. Middleton—who went for a swim off a Williamsburg pier just before 6 a.m. on Thursday—from Newtown Creek in Greenpoint on Monday...
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‘It’s Such an Intense Social Scene’: Talking Bushwick Nightz With Ms....
Bushwick Nightz on Knickerbocker Ave (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) When Dallas Athent, fashion and shopping editor of Bushwick Daily, approached editor-in-chief Katarina Hybenova with the idea of putting...
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Judd Apatow and a Disconcertingly Clean-Shaven Louis CK Have Been Dropping...
Some weeks ago we heard that funnyman-turned-filmmaker Judd Apatow had been returning to his roots and doing surprise standup sets at the Comedy Cellar. And apparently he’s for real: we spotted him...
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Backstage at Shea Stadium With Adam Reich of Titus Andronicus and So So Glos
Photo courtesy Jason Persse Shea Stadium, the DIY music venue in Bushwick, celebrates its fifth anniversary on July 4, thanks in large part to co-founder Adam Reich. Reich is Brooklyn born and raised,...
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