Your real estate jealousy meter is about to be turned up to 11... ScoutingNY recently spotted a small alley on West 46th Street, and lucky for us, he had no problem finding a way through the gate closing it off from the rest of Hell's Kitchen. more ›

Last summer the courtyard at P.S. 1 in Long Island City was transformed into a woolly village suggesting something out of Planet of the Apes (particularly when packed with ragged, glassy-eyed hipsters). The summer before that, it was urban farming. Today P.S.1 announced this year's winner of the Young Architects Program, which is regarded in the architecture world as a "kingmaker" of sorts; previous winners include SHoP, which was brought in to revamp the Barclays Center after Frank Gehry left the building. This time it's the Brooklyn firm SO-IL, and their winning entry is entitled "Pole Dance." Scenesters fond of P.S. 1's Warm Up parties will be quite stoked to learn that this Pole Dance is interactive. more ›

T.B.D. Garden: True, we told you about the massive new courtyard garden at Greenpoint's T.B.D. in last week's big roundup of al fresco drinking options, but what we didn't know then is that they're also going to be barbecuing back there every weekend and on select weeknights. Cook Min Chen, who knows T.B.D. co-owner Allen Welch from when they ran Long Island City's Lounge 47, tells us she's working on an expanded menu that promises to push beyond the standard BBQ fare. To that end, last weekend's menu featured seitan pulled "pork" and house-made potato veggie burgers, in addition to the regular burgers and potato salad you'd expect to find. Still under the radar and open just a few weeks now, this is a sweet space to spread out and read the paper while drinking a hard lemonade or five, and on weekends there's usually an old-timey jazz band or slot car racing. more ›