Using data from the NYC Health Department, it was determined that the East Village has the most pizza places in all of Manhattan while Williamsburg topped the Brooklyn list. Ridgewood took the crown in Queens, Williamsbridge has the Bronx on lock, and who really cares about Staten Island?
In an effort to appease its neighbors and reduce the number of wippet junkies spreading “panic” on the streets, the Williamsburg concert series will be moving from East River Park aka the “adult park,” to a vacant city-owned lot between North 11th and North 12th Streets, three blocks away from its current location. Read more »
Following a performance by Widespread Panic at East River State Park in Williamsburg on Saturday night, crowds milled about the neighborhood, huffing on nitrous oxide filled balloons as helpless residents watched on in horror. Read more »
Officers in this squad car didn’t flash any lights or even sound off their Rumbler siren as a driver made a highly conspicuous, illegal three point turn on Broadway—a major thoroughfare—just across the Bushwick border in Williamsburg this morning. Read more »
Thanks to the 2010 U.S. Census, we now know that Williamsburg is filled with the most pairs of roommates. We don’t think they were counted, but the number of Orthodox Jewish children sharing rooms could’ve put that neighborhood at number one very easily. The census also shows that central Staten Island, specifically those in 10314, has the highest percentage of white and married homeowners, making it the most boring zip code in all of America. Didn’t need a headcount to tell us that.
It’s been a while since we checked in with the Ortiz ‘Fun’ Home in Williamsburg and almost three years later, not much has changed. It looks like they’re missing another letter in the fluorescent sign, which in this case, can be considered an improvement, but it’s also a problem that isn’t likely to be fixed anytime soon. “The owner knows. I can’t tell him how to run his business,” explained a representative reached by phone. True, but how about making a friendly suggestion?
Using the epic snowstorm as a backdrop and some Photoshop, a Williamsburg resident re-imagines Williamsburg as the Planet Hoth. And like the Empire Strikes Back, Princess Leia would feel right at home sniffing coke there too.
NYC Health Commissioner Thomas Farley wrote a letter to Camel and told them how wrong it is to peddle a Williamsburg brand of cigarettes: “I am particularly disturbed that this effort to recruit young smokers exploits the name and image of Brooklyn’s vibrant Williamsburg neighborhood.” You think he feels the same way about Spike Lee’s Absolut campaign in Bed Stuy?
Some people aren’t happy that Camel, a cigarette brand known for employing a cartoon mascot more identifiable to kids than Mickey Mouse and Barbie over the past two decades, has launched a new campaign aimed at young people. Shocking, I know. Read more »
Not even rich assholes should have to see their $350k Lamborghini go out like this (unless they work for BP). Spotted in Williamsburg near an off ramp for the BQE, this Italian made, work of art was either torched by thieves or caught fire on its own. NYS|
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