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Citi Bike Curbs East Village Shortages, But Its App Still Needs a Tune-Up
(Photo: Nicole Disser) If the city is seriously considering raising the price of a Citi Bike membership by 50 percent or more, the struggling bike-share program might want to get its app together....
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Ad Hoc Expands to Greenpoint and Gets a Taste of Turf War
Ad Hoc Via Instagram Since opening their second location in Greenpoint two weeks ago, the folks at Williamsburg-based Ad Hoc have been hard at work improving their inventory, despite what owner Ali Liu...
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This ‘Aussiepreneur’ Serves Flat Whites, Is On the Rise
(Photo: Alexander Hall’s Instagram) In the month of May, Alexander Hall opened Rosella on the Lower East Side and Brunswick in Bed-Stuy, but he ain’t done yet: “There’s another Brunswick opening in...
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20 Reactions to ‘Brooklyn Girls’ That May Make Catey Shaw Want to Burrow Herself
In “NYC Bitche$”, Awkwafina rapped, “Bitches be in Bushwick, they all live in Bushwick, they all love Bushwick, but I say fuck that shit.” In the newly released “Brooklyn Girls,” ukulele-strumming...
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Williamsburg Starbucks Opens Monday; Free Films in Tompkins Begin Tonight
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The son of Tatum O’Neal and John McEnroe was arrested in the East Village after allegedly buying cocaine and prescription pills. Police also arrested McEnroe’s alleged drug dealer,...
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This Jeweler Isn’t Big On Gems, Is More Into Transatlantic Cable
Erica Weiner in her Greenpoint Studio (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) “I find gems to be really boring” is not something one expects a jewelry-designer to say, but Erica Weiner says it and means it. “It’s...
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We’re Posting This From Downtown Manhattan’s Newest Beach
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) It’s finally here — the WiFi-equipped mini beach we told you about last month has finally been installed at Water and Whitehall Streets. We’re maxing and relaxing (okay, we’re...
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This Type of Astral Opera Only Comes Along Once Every Several Years
“Space Opera” seems to have fallen out of favor since the ‘70s, which makes it a perfect target for reanimation and—let’s hope—popularization. This week the band Color presents ISON: A Space Opera,...
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Watch The Love Ways Shotgun (and Then Golf-Club) Some Beers in ‘Avalanche Kids’
Indie rockers The Love Ways have been working on their second EP, Vacant Years, for nearly a year. They released their first one, Every Night, in May of 2013; this time around, the quintet worked with...
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Flood Tide Reimagines That Time Swoon Took a Flotsam Flotilla Down the Hudson
The gar-barge (Photo: Todd Chandler) Almost exactly five years ago Todd Chandler was floating atop a garbage heap in the Adriatic Sea bound for a party he had not been invited to, the Venice Biennale....
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Readings and Talks: Post-Apocalyptic Pregnancy, Kafkaesque Erotica, and More
Wise-up about the underlying structures of the Israel-Palestine conflict, lust in the style of Kafka, and hear about California’s (fictional) dystopian future at this week’s worthy readings and talks....
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The New St. Mark’s Bookshop Got Its First Window Display, With a LES Novel of...
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Last we checked in with the new location of the St. Mark’s Bookshop, it was due to open this weekend. A couple of couple days later, it moved the date to Monday and then wrote on...
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Former Rheingold Brewery Sells; Greenpoint Ferry Service Returning
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The site of the recently closed BP gas station in the East Village sold for $32 million. [The Real Deal] In Greenpoint, repairs are underway at the India Street pier, and a...
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‘Tommy Was the Ramones’: Friends and Colleagues Remember Tommy Ramone
Tommy Ramone at The Roundhouse in London on 4th July 1976. (Photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns) Despite their impact, the Ramones struggled for commercial success. Their debut album, Ramones, has been...
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ABC Colonized Williamsburg Yesterday, HBO Takes Over Today
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Remember HBO’s ’80s program opener, where an asteroid exploded over “HBO City” and turned into the network’s logo? (If so, or even if not, check out this behind the scenes look;...
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There’s a Touching Tribute to Pumps at the New Kings County Saloon
Leave it to the bar behind the Smallest Penis Pageant to pay tribute to Pumps in one of its restrooms. Last night we stopped into the new iteration of King’s County Bar, which left its home on Siegel...
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Cockroach Legs, Fantasy Pez, and Dick Pins: It’s Collector’s Night!
Amber Maykut, an artist in residence at Morbid Anatomy, is both a taxidermist and collector of stuffed creatures. She first began collecting butterflies in high school. (Photo: Nicole Disser) (Photo:...
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‘I Said, I Need More; So I Got This Girl, This Female Gremlin’
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) If you’re hitting the Brooklyn Flea’s ice cream social or doing anything else in Williamsburg this weekend, you might just run into Juan Nisvis, Jr., a freelance photographer...
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Now Showing: Kickstarter Film Fest, Complimentary Absinthe, and More
That damn potato salad might be all you’re hearing about Kickstarter these days, but the Greenpoint-based crowfunding company is throwing a big party in Fort Greene Park tonight. Okay, so the...
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Rocker-Writer Elizabeth Cline of Mortals Shreds Axe and Pen Alike
Brooklyn metal band, Mortals (Photo: Fred Pessaro) The Brooklyn metal scene is thriving. “It’s really cool to see how many bands have done well coming out of Brooklyn in recent years,” metal guitarist...
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