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De Blasio signed bill to create Office of Nightlife on Tuesday at House of Yes

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Finally, smaller DIY venues in New York will receive some support from the city. Tuesday night at House of Yes,  Mayor de Blasio signed a bill that will create a Nightlife Office for the city with its own Nightlife Mayor and a 12-member committee. Marky Ramone and jazz bassist Ron Carter where in attendance to show their […]

Club Crush: The Week’s Best Electronic Lineups

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Brace yourself, coat check season is coming. This Friday marks the first official day of Fall 2017! Can you believe it?! Despite the rumors of Hurricane Jose’s impending doom, it looks like we have another pleasant weekend of warm-weather ahead of us. So let’s make the most of this ish before we’re forced to rage […]

Greenpoint activist arrested for splashing Wall Street bull statue with paint

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Courtney Frances Fallon of Greenpoint has admitted responsibility for the act of defiance saying she did it to protest our withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. The paint was actually corn oil and chalk which is easily rinsed off, but she could still face charges. Courtney Frances Fallon, 33, said she splashed paint over the […]

Rosamunde Sausage Grill is closing this Sunday

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The San Fran-based sausage joint on Williamsburg’s southside opened five years ago to much buzz, but never really seemed to blow up the way people expected it would. Sure, there are many local admirers, but personally we’d rather go to Radegast Hall when we have a craving for sausage. You have until Sunday to give […]

The most anticipated fall 2017 restaurant and bar openings in Bushwick, Greenpoint and Williamsburg

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  The first half of the year saw lots of great openings in North Brooklyn including Little Neck, The Egg Shop, a speakeasy called Threesome Tollbooth, and our personal favorite Casa Publica.  There’s plenty happening this fall as well. Thaimee is slotted to open at McCarren Hotel & Pool . Mood Ring – an astrology-themed bar is coming […]

Williamsburg now has its own Artichoke pizza restaurant

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The popular East Village pizza joint opened a new location last year in Bushwick. Now Williamsburgers can grab a slice of Artichoke Basille’s pizza without hopping on the L Train. The restaurant’s newest location is at 148 North 7th Street, just one block from the Bedford Avenue L. We still prefer Vinnie’s to the chains […]

Threesome Tollbooth – a new speakeasy that’s, well, somewhere

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  Super excellent, unique, personalized, intimate speakeasy cocktail experience: two guests, one bartender in a makeshift bar which is actually a broom closet. Worth the trek to Bushwick to be able to brag about this for our 4th anniversary celebration. No documentation/social media so this entryway into a sketch alley is it. #NaVon A post […]

This One Goes to Eleven presents: Thera Roya and more at The Well

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The last time This One Goes to Eleven hosted a show, it was at The Acheron, just around the corner from Shea Stadium. Needless to say, a lot has changed since then. The Acheron is gone and Shea has moved on, but we’re still here, doing the same thing right around the same corner at […]