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Woody Fu’s “Too Many Asians” Returns to UCB
If you missed Woody Fu‘s one-man comedy show, “Too Many Asians” last month, there a couple more dates you can catch it, beginning tonight, June 24, and again on July 22. After bringing his hit Youtube episodes of…
565 Broome gets the local treatment
It’s safe to say that downtown has done well by Renzo Piano. The Whitney is the best cultural addition a neighborhood could ask for (sure, it’s in the Village, but it’s an 8-minute Citibike ride away so I am claiming it as ours). And…
GIVEAWAY: Party With Crew Love in Industry City!
Summer is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than with a daytime dance party in Brooklyn? Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap and the other usual suspects from the beloved Crew Love Records collective will take Industry City revelers…
NJ couple says ‘I do’ minutes before their baby’s delivery
A New Jersey couple expecting their first baby had plans to get married in a small civil ceremony two weeks before their child arrived. Their baby, however, had other plans.
Photos of Michael Gallardo and his wife Marie Margaritondo with…
Gianaris Faces Challenger in 2020, Centrist Group Forms to Combat Left-Wing Dems
Justin Potter with his son Orlando (Photo: Justin Potter)
June 23, 2019 By Shane O’Brien
State Sen. Mike Gianaris faces a challenger in next year’s Democratic primary.
Justin Potter, a Long Island City resident, announced the…
Long Beach residents told to boil water after E. coli found
LONG BEACH, N.Y. — People in the Long Island community of Long Beach are being advised to boil their water after the bacteria E. coli was detected in the water supply.
Long Beach city officials said the boil-water advisory was issued…
2 storefronts shaping up on 2nd Avenue for Calexico and Brasserie Saint Marc
Renovations continue at 99 Second Ave., where Calexico, the Cal-Mex burrito-beer chainlet, will be opening an outpost here between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.The owners — brothers Brian, Dave, and Jesse Vendley — received the OK from…
Newark’s West Side High School expands ‘Lights On’ program to include safe passage for students
NEWARK, N.J. -- West Side High School Principal Akbar Cook came up with the idea a few years ago to let kids hang out at the school at night to keep them safe.
Teens can play games, do laundry and can even shop at the school store for…
The Gem Spa Zoltar is alive and well and telling fortunes an L-train ride away in Bushwick
In late May, Zoltar — everyone's favorite Animatronic Fortune Telling Machine — was removed from its post of nearly seven years outside Gem Spa on Second Avenue at St. Mark's Place.Unfortunately, as you may have sensed by now, this…
Concerns about teacher layoffs in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY — The last day of school on Friday in Jersey City came with sadness and even anger for some of the teachers, as well as students — and that was their reaction to what was actually good news, at least on the…