New York

Standing as a staple of music for over 20 years, Bleecker Street Records’ 239 Bleecker St. location may soon be closing when their lease is up. Jeremy Ezra, an agent with the retail brokerage RKF, revealed that the space will be available for $27,000 per month starting in Apri Read More

They’ve been closed for about a year for renovations, but they’re finally done and tonight, Marquee will be reopening the W. 27th Street doors for a whole new experience. The revamped nightclub bares little resemblance to what it once looked like, having been Read More

Following December’s tragic shootings in Newtown, CT’s Sandy Hook Elementary, New York has become the first state to pass a gun control bill, one that includes a major expansion of their assault weapons ban. As he signed it, Governor Andrew Cuomo called the bill “the Read More

Brooklyn Bridge Park is going to get better by any means necessary. Their hopes for a velodrome were shot down last week, but they’re on to the next plan…and this time it’s a free bouldering wall to be built under the Manhattan Bridge as part of their expansion Read More

At least Governor Cuomo is trying. He acknowledged in the State of the State address that NY’s laws regarding marijuana were not being enforced uniformly and were also costing the city millions in arrests. It has now been proposed that possession of fifteen grams or less be Read More

The West Village’s very first IHOP is officially open for business. In the works for a couple months, the popular eatery opened on New Year’s Day, located at the intersection of Carmine and Varick. It’s conveniently in close proximity to Greenhouse, W.i.P., S.O.B.’s and more, so Read More

The Post is reporting that the Barneys Co-op in Chelsea might be closing. “Barneys New York may be leaving downtown for the second time—the original Barneys at West 17th Street and Seventh Avenue closed in 1997,” they wrote in the article. “Management at the 18th Street Chelsea Read More

After 54 people fell to their death in New York subways this year, the MTA is heavily reconsidering a plan to install sliding glass doors on subway tracks. Cities like London and Paris already have this feature in effect, and has decreased injury numbers significantly. “We have Read More

A 60-foot whale was found washed up in the already-devastated town (from Hurricane Sandy) of Breezy Point, Queens, and residents are doing everything in their power to save it. “There was just so much devastation this year,” said resident Diane Bassolino. “We just wanted to see Read More

She left the crazy wigs at home for Christmas, but Nicki Minaj still kept true to her envelope-pushing style as she busted out (literally) of her catsuit last night en route to Webster Hall. The Young Money rapper/singer hosted a party there with Funk Flex and Hot 97, despite the Read More

Odd Couple star Jack Klugman passed away on Christmas Eve, and fans of the iconic show have been flocking to its Manhattan building since then to pay their respects. Though he didn’t really live at the 1049 Park Ave. address made famous on the show, the building’s Read More

Charles Monheim is making $285,000 a year, despite the fact that they’re constantly hiking fares for commuters because they “don’t have enough money.” To throw salt on the wound, he hasn’t even worked since May! Here’s the deal: It all goes Read More