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Have You Seen... Sexual Assailants in Greenpoint, Canarsie
On Monday around 44:40 in the afternoon, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly approached at the corner of Avenue N and East 108 Street in Canarsie by the man on the left, who showed her a knife and also pretended to have a gun, and tried to sexually assault her. She screamed and he took off. He's described as 25-35 years of age, about 5'8", and 220-250 pounds with a large build and dark complexion. On Tuesday around 4:30 a.m. near the corner of Diamond Street and Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint, th
October 22, 2009CMJ: Beach And/Or Campfire (Or Both) Vibes Abound At The Group Tightener Showcase
Jolene Kao"Coast" is the new "Wolf": Best Coast (above) and Coasting (below) Group Tightener Showcase Monster Island Wednesday, October 21 Monster Island's basement couldn't have been more perfect for last night's Todd P/Group Tightener party. High ceilings and sparkly, stone-layered walls loomed over a warmly lit floor setup with a definite mountain-retreat sort of air, as the Group Tightener label--a project of Fader associate editor Sam Hockley-Smith and Jamie Granato from Br
October 22, 2009Project Runway Winner Christian Siriano Says Williamsburg Is Full of "Little Divas"
This week is the Voice's Best of NYC issue, our annual opportunity to bestow awards like Best Blow Job and Best Literally Underground Cabaret Show on our favorite things about the city. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name a few of their favorite local things. He's the fierecest, and most succesful (!), thing to ever come from the Frau Klum empire that is Project Runway. Fashion designer Christian Siriano lets us in on his best reason to appreciate "all the little div
October 23, 2009Meadowlands to Swap Nets to Newark for Concerts?
Rumors of the Nets moving to Newark to join the Devils are as old as Jason Kidd's knees, but hoops-by-the-Ironbound may finally be a reality, as early as next season. After the Newark Star-Ledger reported yesterday that unnamed team sources were saying the Nets would consider a temporary relocation to Newark while awaiting their new Brooklyn digs, today's Bergen Record followed up with actual quotes from a real person — or as real as you believe "New Jersey's economic czar" to be &m
October 23, 2009Project Runway Villainess Kenley Collins's Favorite Brooklyn Bar is Matchless
This week is the Voice's Best of NYC issue, our annual opportunity to bestow awards like Best Shop for the Williamsburg Girl Who Has to Grow Up and Best Bodega on our favorite things. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things. photo by Chris Ramirez Kenley Collins played the bitchiest Project Runway contestant that could make "one hell of a fifties dress." Out of Parsons The New School for Design and back in Brooklyn, she's befriended her former
October 24, 2009SkyWatch Anti-Crime Tower Goes Up on Canal Street
We've seen SkyWatch -- those E-Z-assembly conning towers NYPD erects to get an overview of troubled neighborhoods -- in many parts of Brooklyn, including Dumbo, Prospect Heights, and Gerritsen Beach. They usually go up when and where crime is perceived to be a bigger problem than usual. Today NYC the Blog spots one on... Canal Street. NYCTB wonders "if they might be keeping an eye on the street vendors in the area selling Gucci sneakers on the cheap." We're thinking pickpockets and vehicular hom
October 26, 2009Real Housewife of New York Alex McCord Tells Us the Best Place to Spot an Off-Duty Bravo Housewife
This week is the Voice's Best of NYC issue, our annual opportunity to bestow awards like Best Ex-Prisoners' Publicist and Best Reason to Put a Ring On It on our favorite things. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things. Alex is the only real housewife not hailing from Manhattan. Here the well-known Brooklyn resident picks the borough's bests. New York phobia? I'm not afraid of anything, which you already knew because I signed up for a reali
October 26, 2009Somebody Got Murdered: Student Shot Outside Brooklyn High School
View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, 3:15 p.m. LOCATION: Rockaway Avenue and Hegeman Avenue, Brooklyn. The police say a high school student was fatally shot at the above intersection Monday afternoon. Malachi Cotton, 17, of Sutter Avenue in Brooklyn was shot several times in the chest. He was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was declared dead. No arrests thus far. Cotton had just left the Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School. He was standing at a bus stop when he was shot. Kno
October 27, 2009Yes In My Backyard: The Video Premiere of Talk Normal's "In A Strangeland"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Now that Brooklyn loft-rock is leaning towards toward beach-y, garage-y, tape-damaged nostalgiasmush, we should thank the stars that Talk Normal have arrived to keep it ugly. The best thing to lurch out of BK noise-punk in years, Talk Normal take the Swans-iest tendencies of Liars and stretch them out for maximum syncopation, hypnosis, and unease. Guitarist Sarah Register pokes and slashes, pushing t
October 27, 2009Gemini and Scorpio Present Masquerade Macabre
October 27, 2009Vegetarian Delights of NYC: Ship's Biscuit at Saltie in Williamsburg
Ship's biscuit is the somewhat facetious name for one of the vegetarian sandwiches available at Saltie. Saltie is a sandwich shop that debuted recently on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, open from 8 a.m. in the morning till 8 p.m. at night. The cafe--which provides only rudimentary seating--is descended from Marlow and Sons, and uses local ingredients--so local, in fact, that many are made on the premises.
October 28, 2009Liza de Guia Channels Her Inner Food Network with Food.Curated
Liza de Guia is building her own one-woman food network on Vimeo, called food.curated. The series of mini documentaries features chefs, bakers, beekeepers, fishermen, and farmers, mostly from Brooklyn and Long Island. (For those of you whose New York geography is shady, Brooklyn is on Long Island.) The self-taught filmmaker has just posted her first video set in Manhattan, starring Back Forty's butcher and chef de cuisine, Shanna Pacifico, as she lovingly breaks down a hulking hunk of cow. [v
October 28, 2009Live Music Booking in Brooklyn Consolidates Just a Little Further
Photo of Warsaw via bitchcakesny's photostreamBack in September, Bowery Presents took over booking at the Brooklyn Bowl, adding the concert space/cool-dad mecca to a coterie of venues that already included Bowery Ballroom, the Music Hall of Williamsburg, the Mercury Lounge, and Terminal 5. The move seemed like a pretty neutral one, really. On the negative side? Less competition--pity those bands out of favor with BP. On the plus side? Being able to host the Gaslight Athem at the cavernous
October 30, 2009Corrections Officer with Suspended License Runs Down, Kills Woman in Brooklyn
It's not a cop this time, but a state corrections officer who has reportedly mowed down a woman with his car in Brooklyn this morning. The as yet unnamed 38-year-old victim was struck at St. Marks and Flatbush Avenues and pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital. Sing Sing employee Damon Padmore, aka KokoHead (which name appears on his license plate), also 38, was on his way to work at the time of the incident. He is charged with driving with a suspended license.
November 3, 2009Jewish Patrol Assault Trial "Close to Farce"; Messiah to Be Called as Witness
The Flatbush Shomrim -- a safety patrol of observant Jews -- has been on fire lately. Last week they caught a graffiti artist and a car-breaker, and yesterday they took down a burglar. The Crown Heights Shomrim, meanwhile, has been much busier in court, with six of its members charged with beating up some students after they responded to a yeshiva brawl on Eastern Parkway two years ago, allegedly over a dormitory bed. The trial started yesterday and "veered close to farce," says the Da
November 3, 2009Before Chili, Chocolate: A Sweet Amateur Cook-off
The weekend before the aromas of meat, beans, and spices take over the Bell House, the place will be filled with teeth-rotting goodness from amateur chefs competing in The Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment. Theo Peck and Nick Suarez, of Experiments Cheese and Beer, have teamed up with Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs from Food52 for the event. Celebrity judges include Bon Appetit's Andrew Knowlton and Ben Van Leeuwen of the eponymous ice cream truck. (Note to competitors: for heaven's sake, n
November 3, 2009BEEF & BEER
November 3, 2009Pix from Ambiance, a Haitian Restaurant in Canarsie, Brooklyn
Djon djon rice is a Haitian homestyle specialty, rice boiled with spindly black mushrooms native to the island along with baby lima beans. While Hatian restaurants in town were originally concentrated in Flatbush and East Flatbush, a fanning out of the Haitian population in Brooklyn has resulted in some killer Haitian restaurants in areas a farflung as Canarsie, at the end (or origin, depending on your perspective) of the L train.
November 4, 2009The Ghost of Studio B Deep Sixes DUMBO Dance Club
The One Front restaurant in DUMBO will remain sans dance club, reports the Brooklyn Paper, after a community board voted to deny owner Marcelo Pevida a cabaret license last night. The reasoning?
November 5, 2009Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
After the parade. Twitpic by Mzthicknflychic. Theeeee Yankees won! Doooooouuug Hoffman lost! The week was a mixed bag -- half fire, half dog poo. How 'bout them Yanks? They won one in Philly, then another, and were back home at the climax. Local merchants didn't get much out of it -- nor, Tom Robbins observed, did a certain former Mayor -- but everyone else was delirious. Sweetening the victory, Rudolph Giuliani lost his seat to Michelle Obama. Allen Barra took notes, thumbed through the Gr
November 6, 2009Posts of the Week
Friday afternoon has arrived. And so has the weekly round-up of the best posts of the last five days. You really can earn a PhD in bar culture. Our list of the 10 Best Cheeses. This weekend's Brooklyn Beefsteak would make Joseph Mitchell and Tammany Hall proud. Battle of the Dishes pitted industrial steak against its grass-fed, locally raised counterpart. Our Man Sietsema visited the much-hyped Bill's Bar & Burger and ate....a so-so burger. Fork in the Road went on the road down South and
November 6, 2009Beer Here! A Report From the Brooklyn Homebrewers Tour
Josh Bernstein spells it all out. On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, 23 beer lovers met in Sunset Park to embark on a day of heavy drinking. Waiting for everyone to arrive, beer writer Josh Bernstein held a sign he made out of trash that said, "Hey! It's a HOMEBREW TOUR." Bernstein played tour guide yesterday for the Brooklyn Homebrewers Tour, helping beer geeks invade the privacy of neighbors' homes and drink all their delicious, handcrafted booze. The first stop was a one-bedroom apart
November 9, 2009Brooklyn Kitchen Labs Makes Us Wait a Little Bit Longer
Although Brooklyn's first "food dork megaplex" was supposed to open this Wednesday, the Brooklyn Kitchen Lab's website now says that the 7,000 square-foot space will open next Monday, the 16th. So you'll just have to wait a little longer for home brewing supplies and Meat Hook underwear.
November 9, 2009Brooklyn Flea to Take Manhattan
kthread/flickrThe Brooklyn Flea will be journeying over the East River on November 27 to hold its second-annual holiday market in the old Tower Records space through December 24. Which means that for almost a month, office workers in Soho and its environs will have greatly expanded snacking options, courtesy of such vendors as McClure's Pickles, Salvatore Bklyn, and Liddabit Sweets.
November 10, 2009Northern Spy Food Co. Has Opened Its Artisanally Inspired Doors
ThrillistPainstakingly curated food shops selling market-driven vittles and a steadfastly American artisanal aesthetic are a phenomenon that has been thus far restricted largely to certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Until about one hour ago, that is. That's when the Northern Spy Food Co. opened its doors in the East Village. Occupying the former Old Devil Moon space at 511 East 12th Street, the restaurant cum new wave general store is serving simple, seasonally correct salads, sandwiches,
November 10, 2009Somebody Got Murdered: Shooters Arrested in Precinct After Cops See Them Dumping Their Guns
View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, 6:14 p.m. LOCATION: Boyland Avenue & Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn. Just a block from a police precinct, a 24-year-old man was shot fatally in the chest at the above intersection Monday evening, the police say. He was declared dead at the scene. Two men were arrested. The Daily News reports that police were able to make quick arrests in the case because they saw the gunmen dump their weapons just before they entered the 73rd Precinct station house to
November 10, 2009Jerry Fuchs Memorial This Thursday
Thursday, 7pm-11pm at Enid's in Greenpoint. More info and a collection of sad-making photos at the Washington City Paper.
November 10, 2009PEOPLES IS PEOPLES
November 10, 2009Tonight! The xx, Ghostface Killah, Sharon Van Etten, And A Coupla Those Nice Travis Boys
Oooh, lookit, it's the XX, fresh from beguiling long lines of CMJ patrons and subsequently canceling shows due to exhaustion. That's all sorted out, apparently, and thus will pleasantly gloomy goth-pop elegies fill the air at Bowery Ballroom tonight. We're still all into this band, right, Internet? Yes? OK, good.
November 11, 2009Pickles Tatts = Food Trend. Again.
omar_chatriwala/flickrHaving noticed the recent profusion of artisanal dills, the Observer has delved into the pickling phenomenon embodied by the bearded and tattooed young upstarts behind such purveyors as McClure's and Brooklyn Brine. While the story is entertaining and informative, it curiously neglects any mention of Rick Field, who arguably kicked off the whole boutique pickling craze some five years ago when he started selling his Rick's Picks at the Union Square Greenmarket. Ditto
November 11, 2009Roberta's Brooklyn Grange Farms Will Sell to Both Restaurants and the Public
Rishabh Mishra/flickrRoberta's already has a rooftop garden whose produce it incorporates into its delectable pizzas, but its owners have turned an eye to greener pastures: They've just announced plans for Brooklyn Grange Farms, a one-acre rooftop farm they plan to open sometime in the spring. They'll be throwing a benefit party tomorrow night, complete with music, dancers, and a stripper pole. Gwen Schantz, who is one of Brooklyn Grange's farmers, says that they're currently scouting s
November 12, 2009Open & Closed: Say Hello to Cafe Mei Mei; Goodbye to Etats-Unis
L.A. Burdick, the artisanal chocolatier from Cambridge, Mass., opened a Manhattan outpost a few weeks ago. It will start serving pastries and wines in the next few weeks. [Eater] Robert Ribant of River Cafe has opened Cafe Mei Mei in Cobble Hill, a sleek "seasonal American" restaurant. Wine and beer will be served once the liquor license clears. [The Feed] Le P'tit Paris debuted in the Park Slope space formerly occupied by Da Vincenzo. Chef-owner Olivier Jouannard, who worked at Flea Market C
November 13, 2009Week in Review: Or Whatever's Left of Her
Your guess is as good as ours. Photo by Nate "Igor" SmithIn the week we ran all over town looking for a headless pop star (and found her, hiding out in the Barnes and Noble Union Square magazine section), we also hailed the non-headless pop-stars-in-the-making Girls at their New York coronation over at Bowery Ballroom. China said hello to the city-- PK-14, Xiao He, and Carsick Cars performed over in Brooklyn, introducing themselves to no small effect, while the Roots continued to maintain
November 13, 2009The Meat Hook Arrives; Mommy Bloggers Shill for Big Food
International aid agencies are saying that a United Nations summit on food security that kicked off in Rome today could be a "waste of time" as it won't commit donors to provide more money to end world hunger. [Bloomberg] Companies like Nestle and Frito Lay are offering "mommy bloggers" all-expense-paid luxury trips to learn about their latest product lines, as well as other perks like free steaks, in return for tweets and blog posts from the bloggers raving about the new products. [LA T
November 16, 2009Police Kill Former Jay-Z/Diddy Bodyguard; Thugs React
Chaos inside Brooklyn's Norwood Palace late Saturday night led to the fatal wounding of a club bouncer who'd previously worked as a bodyguard for Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, and P. Diddy. He either was or was not pointing a gun at the officers when they fired on him. Not the best weekend for trigger-happy area cops--a 43-year-old Long Island man was killed on Saturday when LI police shot him twice with a Taser. Neither incident has kept clowns over at the Post's website for cheering on the offic
November 16, 2009Scenes From Purple Yam's First Weekend in Ditmas Park
Haegeen's homemade kimchi Purple Yam, the new pan-Asian/Filipino restaurant from Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan, the former owners of Cendrillon, opened in its new digs in Ditmas Park last week. On Friday night, the place was packed. Both the service and the kitchen were running a bit slow, which is only to be expected on a restaurant's first weekend. The food was generally successful--and will surely only become more so--encompassing Filippino classics like beef tapa, pancit bihon, and oxtail
November 16, 2009Somebody Got Murdered: Man Shot to Death in Brooklyn
View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 7:05 a.m. LOCATION: corner of Sandford Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn. The police say a 27-year-old man was shot to death at the above intersection early Saturday. He had been shot twice in the chest. He was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was declared dead. The victim's identity has yet to be released by police. Know anything about this case? Drop us a line at grayman@villagevoice.com.
November 16, 2009Why Norah Jones Can't Have Windows in Brooklyn
Ever wondered why those brownstones down in Cobble Hill never have windows on their weirdly smooth brick sidewalls, even though it seems like a total wasted opportunity to easily engineer a whole lot more precious urban sunlight? Allow Norah Jones, her irate pop star-hating neighbors, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission to explain the answer to you. It involves "dangerous precedents." [NYP]
November 16, 2009Vegetarian Delights of NYC: Smoked Mozzarella, Fig, and Escarole Panini at Bar Tano
Leggero means "slight" or "light" in Italian, so it's a mystery why the folks at Brooklyn's Bar Tano dubbed this hearty panini the "Leggero." Maybe it's because the sandwich is meatless--however, it's anything but scrawny.
November 16, 2009Cultured, Lazy? Brooklyn Art Hops will Drive You to Out-Of-The-Way Galleries
Every so often someone tells us about an incredibly cool thing in some distant neighborhood, and when we weigh the benefits of seeing the cool thing against getting a good night's sleep or even going to work, the cool thing usually suffers. But here's a loophole: Brooklyn's smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop has arranged to drive people to multiple art galleries in deepest Brooklyn this weekend. Buses "staffed with art docents" will leave hub locations every hour from 1 to 5 p.m. On Saturday the
November 17, 2009Jack Rose+Chris Forsyth+Corridors
November 17, 2009'Maitre d’Airdrop Presents Kasper, Fred P, Soul Clap & Crazy Larry'
November 17, 2009THERE SHE IS . . .
November 17, 2009TURKEY TROT
November 17, 2009Tonight! Javelin, Dylan, Big Star, The Dirty Projectors, And Air Waves
So here we have Rhode Island electro-rap duo Javelin, regaling MOMA patrons alongside some sort of anarchist dance collective with an 8-bit-sounding jam titled "Soda Popinski," named of course after one of the trickier adversaries in Mike Tyson's Punch Out; such a reference is all that's really required to get my attention. They bring their stacks of multicolored boomboxes (a/k/a "boombaatas") to the Monster Island Basement tonight at Todd P's behest.
November 18, 20091 Dead, 1 Injured in G Train Incident; Delays Reported (Updated)
That big delay on the F line this morning has been explained: not one but two people were injured -- one fatally, one critically -- by a northbound G train at the Seventh Avenue station in Park Slope around 7:45 a.m. The incident rerouted the F to the D line, and also cocked up G train service. The tracks are allegedly clear now with "residual delays." No further explanation of the incident yet, but suicide attempts don't usually injure two people. More as it develops. Update: Origin
November 19, 2009Our 10 Best Williamsburg Restaurants
The roof garden at French bistro Juliette awaits forlornly the return of summer. The growth of Williamsburg restaurants in the last dozen years has been meteoric, and, where once there were a dozen or so places that might be worth trying, now there are probably 200 or more.
November 20, 2009Have You Seen... Brooklyn Home Invaders
Police say these guys go to Bed-Stuy and Fort Greene dress up like maintenance men, come to apartments at night, and tell residents (female, alone) they've come to fix something; despite their almost comically sinister appearance, they are admitted, whereupon they draw a gun, ransack the place, and leave with jewelry and cash. They pulled it at Carlton Avenue near Atlantic on Monday, and at Lewis Avenue and DeKalb on Tuesday. They're described as 25-30 years old, 5'10"-6'0" (tall), and o
November 20, 2009Week in Review: Like a Sexy Swedish Chick in a Natural Mineral Sauna
Yup, this photo was taken in 2009, by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week Chuck Schumer became a bike-riding, Williamsburg Pool Party-saving hipster man of the people, we roamed far and wide over his most precious borough, from an Obama Fried Chicken in Brownsville to the very likely defunct N8 to the very doorstep of Norah Jones' no-longer-windowless Cobble Hill Brownstone. Like Cam'ron, we did most of it on the 3 train. Here are 10 amazing quotes from Coolio's new cookbook, Cookin' with Coolio.
November 20, 2009Quick hits
Police find 61 pounds of cocaine in a sauna in Brooklyn A judge ruled that the TLC can use license fees to encourage green cabs. State Court Justice Jane Solomon decided against taxi fleet owners who were suing to stop a new rule which allows fleet owners to charge drivers an additional $3 for diesel and hybrid cabs. Thirty five children, aged 4 and 5, on a school trip were rescued from a burning bus on the Verrazano Bridge yesterday. The Staten Island-bound bus burst into flames at the toll p
November 21, 2009
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