About Those Giant Searchlights in Williamsburg Last Night

Courtesy Ryan Griffin, who welcomes comments about the quality of his flip phone camera.

If you were around Williamsburg's Southside last night and wondering what those giant swirling searchlights were all about, here's the answer: The lights were rented to herald the arrival of a new lounge called Alma on Roebling and South 3rd. As you can see, Alma comes fully equipped with velvet ropes, a red carpet, and what appears to be a thick haze of Axe body spray. Conveniently located near the BQE and the Williamsburg Bridge, the lounge also offers VALET PARKING, and is thus clearly poised to become a definitively bangin' nightlife destination. Our source, local resident Ryan Griffin, didn't have the stones to venture inside (do you?), but tells us, "I always wanted to live near the meatpacking district—particularly a younger, less rich meatpacking district." We'll send an intern over later to get a full report (or lose his/her soul). In the meantime, eat your heart out, Production Lounge!

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By John Del Signore in Arts and Events on April 2, 2010 9:40 AM

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real_talk

cause you really cant afford to live in new york. its bad enough that some of you dicksters are colleting welfare, just cause josh or tyler cant afford to live in his overpriced brooklyn apratment. fuckin lame ass queers.

real_talk

you know, if you sarcastic hipster fucks got a problem with the REAL residents of Brooklyn, you should have stayed living with mommy and daddy in whatever hick inbreed town you really are from, don't move to New York if you want to bitch and complain about blacks or hispanics. And if you dont like, tell daddy to throw you an extra 1,000 a month so you can fucking move to park avenue where people with money really live instead of moving in to the ghettos to be a bunch of organic carrot eating snob motherfuckers.

robingee

Valet parking in Williamsburg?? For what, fixies with baskets on the front? Who's with me? High five!

Guest

Oh boy, another hookah lounge. Just what the city needs. At least it's not in the part of Astoria I call Stinky Steinway btw 30th and 25th Avenues. I'd like to know how they get around the no smoking inside laws.

whirlybird

velvet rope means stay away

martis

its a latin club. don't expect hipsters, do expect the latin kings.

grapesodey

ugh.

dimes

The only Alma in Brooklyn worth going to is at Degraw and Columbia St and is a Mexican Restaurant.

Kinda messed up a douchey lounge would take the name.

Mordicai

AKA BOBBY BOTTLE SERVICE AKA THE SERVICE

shoogyboom

As well as in addition to gross.

colonelcasey

Quick...get the bat sign up!

BiddyMarple

Let the countdown begin.. how many days before there is a shooting at this club by guidos bussed in from Jersey / Staten / Long Island? I say, less than two weeks. Gentlemen, place your bets.