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An Ambitious Look at the South Side, ‘Still Not the Neighborhood You Want to...
Living Los Sures, a collaborative work-in-progress documentary project by UnionDocs, is a multifaceted portrait of Williamsburg’s South Side that has been four years in the making. The ambitious...
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Watch ‘Brooklyn Boys,’ the Had-to-Happen Parody of ‘Brooklyn Girls’
After the initial wave of mutilation over Catey Shaw’s “Brooklyn Girls,” someone did a funny factcheck of the anthem-that-wasnt’s lyrics, a “Brooklyn woman” penned an open letter, Gawker reviewed...
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Cheeky Sandwiches Will Open a Basement Restaurant With a ‘Dark Alley’ Vibe
Cheeky Sandwiches (Photos: Ryan Monaghan) At Cheeky Sandwiches on the Lower East Side, things are starting to look normal again; or, as normal as it gets at Cheeky. After closing its doors just over...
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A Japanese-Peruvian Spot Sneaks Onto the Scene
(Photo: AKAK)In the last few weeks, devotees of Tsampa, the Tibetan-style restaurant at 212 East Ninth, near Stuyvesant Street, have been showing up only to find that the restaurant has recently...
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Will the Mosaic Man’s Art Survive the Astor Place Redesign?
(Photo: Nicole Disser) We received an urgent message in our inbox this morning from Jim “Mosaic Man” Power informing us that some of his public artwork is threatened by the Astor Place redevelopment...
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Machete Mugging in Williamsburg; Momofuku Celebrates 10 Years
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Three East River Housing co-op tenants facing eviction filed federal complaints with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, stating that their building’s no pets policy...
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Brando Skyhorse, Who Was Not an Armed Robber at Age 3, Reads Tonight
Since we spoke to him last month, our buddy Brando Skyhorse hit the LA Times bestseller list and picked up a nice plug in the New York Times Book Review. But it’s the Washington Post review you should...
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Exclusive Preview: Hannibal Buress Talks Pillow-Fight Parties and NYC vs. LA
When Jay Larson and Sean Patton hit up Brooklyn last spring to film this week’s episode of Best Bars in America, they brought Williamsburg’s resident comedian Hannibal Buress along for part of the...
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Clayton Patterson Will Be at the Pyramid, Not in the Alps
Back when The Times triggered laments of “RIP LES” by reporting that Clayton Patterson was leaving the neighborhood for the Austrian Alps, we knew we wouldn’t be seeing the last of the legendary...
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Montana’s Trail House Is Either ‘A Very Bad Place’ or ‘Something Pretty Special’
(Photo courtesy of Montana’s Trail House) It’s rare that a restaurant gets a rave and gets called depraved within 24 hours, but Montana’s Trail House has managed to do just that. Which goes to show...
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Whee! Free Sandwiches! Free Cupcakes!
(Photo: Jenna Marotta)Earlier today Schnitz, the aptly-named schnitzel shop in the East Village, told us they’d be giving away Bamberg (chicken shnitzel) and Sweet Onion sandwiches to their first 80...
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Enjoy Tonight’s Weather By Making an X-Rated Potato-Print Thong
Photo courtesy of 6th & B Garden No typos in that headline. Most events at the 6th & B community garden in the East Village are geared toward children, but it goes without saying that this one,...
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Spymaster Secrets, Library Porn, and Broad City-Style Comedy
This week’s talks and readings: some heavy stuff, ending in laughs. Wednesday, July 30 The Gatekeepers Screening When The Gatekeepers was first released in 2012, NY Times film critic A.O. Scott...
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This Is Bananas: Nico West Has Written 32 Songs About Fruit
When Nico West emailed to tell us about his “all-fruit rock show,” we were like it’s a date! On Aug. 3 at Goodbye Blue Monday and on Aug. 9 at Sidewalk Cafe, the Columbia student will play songs off of...
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Here’s a Look Inside the New Max Fish, Opening Saturday
Legendary LES art bar Max Fish is poised for a revival, one year after the closure of its iconic Ludlow Street location. This Saturday afternoon, the Fish will swim again at new digs on Orchard...
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Peep the Latest Cycle of Centre-Fuge
Cycle 14 of Centre-Fuge, the public art project that previously brought Rosario Dawson, Debbie Harry and other “Heroines of the LES” to a construction trailer on East 1st Street, is now up. We passed...
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Fast-Food Freakout in Union Square; Scar-Jo Dines in Williamsburg
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Passersby who came across a bleeding pit bull on Meeker Avenue in Greenpoint early last night believe the dog may have been thrown from a car driving along the BQE. Police are...
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On St. Marks, a Souped-Up, Not-So-Dumpy Spot for Soup Dumplings
If Chinatown’s new dumpling spot in a deli is a little too homegrown for you, you may feel more at home at The Bao, which opened on St. Marks yesterday. The East Village offshoot of Flushing’s...
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Man Shot in Williamsburg Yesterday
A 35-year old man was shot in the leg in Williamsburg yesterday afternoon. The shooting occurred at 112 Maujer Street, between Leonard and Manhattan Streets, where the Williamsburg Houses are located....
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Looking Back at the First Tompkins Riot Reunion, on the Eve of the 26th
It’s going to be a throwback weekend off of Tompkins Square Park. Not only is Clayton Patterson holding court Friday at Pyramid Club, but on Saturday and Sunday, the annual concerts commemorating the...
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