Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is the place to be on Saturday for those who make visual art or just like to look at it. Saturday from 12pm-8pm the house of worship at 275 N. 8th Street between Havemeyer Street and Union Avenue, will host indy comic book illustrators, painters, designers, and craftspersons in […]
Alexa Chung's Willy B Insights
Style.com trotted around the neighborhood recently with British model/VJ/personality Alexa Chung, and produced a cutesy video in which she proclaims her love for Brooklyn and her perspective on the differences in culture and style between London, Manhattan and Brooklyn: Is he in MGMT? Isn’t he in MGMT? That’s the kind of shit that goes down […]
Williamsburg circa 1910
There use to be trolleys and horses. And hey, after the Williamsburg bridge was finished in 1903, “the small village of Williamsburg” became the most populated area of Brooklyn. So morning commuters at the Bedford stop at 8 A.M. watching packed train after packed train go by, history knows your pain.
No, Camel isn't making rollies
So, enough local papers, blogs, and e-zines have covered this, that I don’t have anything else to say, but in case you missed it: From the Brooklyn Paper: Joe Camel- a hipster? R.J. Reynolds markets its smokes to Williamsburg By Aaron Short I do have one question. In 2012 when the FDA starts making cigarette […]
"I'm Waiting for my Man"
The junkies in Williamsburg will have to wait longer, or maybe clean up their act and get a job. Okay, the job part might be crazy, it is Williamsburg. The NYPD announced today they have shut down the drug-ring which investigators claim ran the North Williamsburg heroin game. After a four month long sting officers […]
The new Duane Reade or How Williamsburg is the New Brooklyn Heights
According to the “I’m Boycotting Duane Reade to Save Williamsburg” facebook group, a Duane Reade will be opened on Bedford, directly across from Kings Pharmacy this Saturday. First off, I need to state that I don’t really give a shit about saving small business in this case. I do, however, give a shit when urban […]