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ABC’s New Rom-Com Is Bringing Its Boob Jokes to the Bowery
Okay, so Taxi Driver 2 probably isn’t filming in the neighborhood, but ABC’s new rom-com will be shooting tomorrow. According to a flyer that warns parking will be affected around Bowery between...
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Affordable Housing For Greenpoint; Mast Brothers Expands
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police are searching for two missing East Villagers: 13-year-old Shaun Tanner, last seen at his E.10th Street apartment on July 28; and 21-year-old Brianne Dougherty, last seen on...
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A Newly Jazzed-Up Thrift Shop Celebrates Six Years With a Blowout
Photos courtesy Cure Thrift Shop Cure Thrift Shop marks its sixth year in operation next Friday with live music, an open bar, a raffle and dashing duds. Liz Wolff, founder of the East Village vintage...
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Will Au Breve Go Another Round Against Dunkin Donuts?
Just days after Au Breve put out this signboard sending a shot across the bow of the Dunkin’ Donuts that recently opened a block away, the Cooper Square espresso bar has shut up shop, placing a...
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This New Kosher Pastry Shop Sells Cheap Iced Coffee and, Um, This
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Unlike most coffee shops opening on the LES these days, Treats, a new pastry counter that doubles as a fashion boutique, isn’t touting single-origin beans or a trendy roaster....
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Guzzle Free Beer and Talk Cats With David Yow of Jesus Lizard Tonight
“Catatonic” (Courtesy of Akashic Books) Last time David Yow visited Word in Greenpoint, he was with his bandmates in Jesus Lizard. Tonight’s appearance will be less about the Lizard and more about —...
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More Dumplings (But Not Just Dumplings) For the East Village
Photo: Jenna Marotta Dumpling spots are a dime a dozen (just look at the ones that recently opened in the East Village and Chinatown), but Chinese native Li Zheng says the restaurant he’ll open Monday,...
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Sorry Mr. Mayor, Horses and Buggies Have Spread to the East Village
Photo: Kate Beaudoin When the smell of horse shit blasted us in the face as we walked through the East Village today, we wondered whether Mayor De Blasio had given up the fight to ban horse and...
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Gay-Slur Slashing on LES; Spin-the-Bottle in Bushwick
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police arrested Takeam Brison for slashing a 32-year-old woman’s face with a knife Friday night after she asked him to stop shouting homophobic slurs near the corner of Essex and...
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About That Hello Kitty Cleaning Service…
We came across this rather, um, unique poster on Houston Street yesterday, which might be interpreted as titillating or horrifying, given your sensibilities. But if a “Hello Kitty Cleaning Service”...
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From the Creators of Taxi Driver 2, It’s Bushwick: The Movie
Here’s yet more reason not to believe the placard we saw on St. Marks Place announcing that a sequel to Taxi Driver will be filmed there Saturday. Over on Troutman Street, between Wyckoff and St....
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Daniel Peddle Turned an Eerily Abandoned Trailer Park into a Haunting Film
Daniel PeddleWhen his parents stumbled on an abandoned trailer park near his childhood home in North Carolina, Daniel Peddle knew it would be the setting of his next film. “I had this immediate...
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The Riceman Cometh: Here’s What That Rice Burger Joint Will Look Like
Yonekichi’s storefront on East 9th (Photo: Kirsten O’Regan) Ever since we heard rice burgers were coming to the East Village, we’ve been on the story like white on, well, you know. But as anyone who...
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Thank Heaven For Lucky 7?
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) 7-Eleven isn’t exactly loved by all New Yorkers, but then again it sells mustacheod mason jars, so who can blame a budding Williamsburg bodega owner for copping its steelo? Lucky...
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A Bostonian Moves to Bushwick, Still Says ‘Fvck The Media’
Liz Pelly tabling for The Media at the Silent Barn during a Miscreant zine issue release party (Photo: @fvckthemedia Instagram) After graduating from journalism school, Liz Pelly found herself working...
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Sci-Fi Flick Featuring Ai Weiwei Wraps With a Riot in Chinatown
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Yesterday we got an intriguing message from Jason Wishnow, the filmmaker whose dystopic sci-fi film featuring Ai Weiwei was jeopardized after the legendary Chinese artist briefly...
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Rockaway Gets More Arepas, Courtesy of Another South American Joint
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) For the past four summers Caracas has had the lock on arepas in Rockaway but that’s now changed with the arrival of Palenque Homemade Colombian Food. The Smorgasburg fixture has...
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Mission Chinese Sues Landlord; Grumpy Cat in Union Square
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Chef Danny Bowien sued former Mission Chinese landlord Abraham Noy for at least $500K, claiming that the restaurant’s former Orchard Street address had to be vacated due to a...
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This Time Capsule Shows the East Village Shopping Scene of 30 Years Ago
Just about 30 years ago to this day — on August 6, 1984 — New York published a shopper’s guide to the East Village that we’ve reprinted at the bottom of this page. At the time, the East Village was “a...
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And Now, Williamsburg: The Movie
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Turns out “Chad,” who put up fake film-shoot notices for Taxi Driver 2 and Bushwick: The Movie, didn’t stop there. Over on North 6th Street and Wythe, we spotted this placard...
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