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Rents are decreasing in Williamsburg as the L shutdown looms, well at least a little bit

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Rents are finally getting a tad cheaper in Williamsburg. With the L shutdown beginning in April of 2019, renters are paying (on average) $250 less than they did in 2016. Streeteasy has more: rents in the North Brooklyn submarket have declined to 2015 levels, and there are new signals that the market in Williamsburg in […]

Updated: Fall restaurant openings in North Brooklyn: Misi, Gertie, Mission Chinese and more

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We’ve had some exciting openings in North Brooklyn lately, including Paulie Gee’s slice shop. This weekend, Missy Robbins’s new pasta joint Misi is also opening. There will be lines: If you’re the sort who sees no reason for Italian menus to extend past the primi course — and you might have a point there — […]

Klein’s is now open at Williamsburg’s The Hoxton

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The new Hoxton hotel has three restaurants. Klein’s is the flagship on the ground floor. There’s a rooftop bar called Summerly. And there’s a terrace bar on the second floor called Backyard. All three spots are run by Jud Mongell (Five Leaves) and Zeb Stewart (Union Pool) which makes us hopeful and is a sign […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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Welcome to the first weekend of fall, folks. I’d tell you to get out the seance candles and inverted crucifixes, both those are year-round decorations around these parts.

Stuart Cinema & Cafe – a small indie theater opens in Greenpoint

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Stuart Cinema & Cafe opened at 79 West Street earlier this month. It’s operated by Emelyn Stuart who runs  The Ocktober Film Festival. Stuart grew tired of renting out venues for her festival and decided to find her own space.  The Dominican Bay Ridge native set her sights on Brooklyn, and found a warehouse on Greenpoint’s West […]