A fight broke out between a party promoter and several women at DUMBO mainstay Superfine in March that the Post is calling a "hipster catfight." In their eyes, it seems this story has a little bit of everything: wolves, libations, lawsuits, trendy neighborhoods, ripped skirts, bitten legs, Galapagos, felony assault, and cigarette burns.
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Superfine Smackdown Leaves Party Promoter Bloody And Bitten
Dumbo Kitchen Brings A New Resto-shop To Brooklyn
In what seemed to take mere minutes, the former Gallery restaurant across from the York Street stop in DUMBO has become the new Dumbo Kitchen. The shop kicked things off today with a preview that runs until 7 p.m., but exactly what'll be available there day-to-day seems to be a little touch and go. Judging by the current selection—which appears to be aiming to attract the lunchers who currently flock to the Foragers supermarket—we'd say getting Italian-inspired lunch food there looks like a safe bet.
Photos: Fire At Con Ed Substation In DUMBO
According to various reports, there is a fire going on at the Con Edison substation in DUMBO. One tipster who lives in the neighborhood told us it was caused by a transformer explosion, and said it "shook the whole house and the lights flickered." We'll update with more information as it comes in. Attempts to contact the FDNY's press office have been unsuccessful.
DUMBO's Brooklyn Roasting Co. Tripling In Size
Almost immediately upon opening in DUMBO last year, The Brooklyn Roasting Company on Jay Street became an instant hit among the area office drones. Unlike those Carroll Gardens newcomers, people in the area seem to really enjoy the aroma of fine coffee beans being roasted and brewed, and the lines often stretch out the door. So it's not much of a shocker to learn the roaster/coffeshop is expanding.
Bleary-Eyed In Brooklyn Heights: BK Bridge Rehab Keeping Residents Awake
Whether or not you're out enjoying this fine spring afternoon or in your bedroom praying for sleep may depend on how close you live to "INSANE night drilling" at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. A tipster who lives on Cadman Plaza West tells us that despite their soundproof windows, the jackhammering that begins at midnight and lasts until at least 3 a.m. remains a form of "noise torture" that prevents them from sleeping. What's worse is that the DOT can't start drilling until 11 p.m. at night, when their permit kicks in, and that all noise ordinances are being obeyed.
Step Inside The Amazing Elephant Room Before It Disappears
If the pretentious tricks illusions of Will Arnett's Arrested Development character GOB ever made you guffaw, you'll be rolling in the aisles in the Elephant Room, a wickedly funny three-man show currently levitating audiences at St. Ann's Warehouse—or "Stan's Warehouse," as one of the play's characters calls it. Unlike GOB, the slightly creepy magicians in Elephant Room successfully execute some seriously impressive illusions. But they do it while also skewering the geeky hermetic subculture of guys obsessed with magic (and '80s hair metal and the Dalai Lama).
Spotted In DUMBO: A Time Machine
If you haven't been following us on Instagram, here's a little something we posted there this morning. In DUMBO we've walked by this viewfinder on Washington Street many times, perplexed by its odd positioning on the sidewalk in front of an empty lot. Finally, we looked through it, and found old photos! Here's one, showing the same lot, but housing a ferris wheel:
Inside Gran Electrica, DUMBO's New Taqueria
The DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn is sorely lacking in decent dining options, so it's with open arms that the newest spot, Gran Electrica, is welcome into the small fold. Especially since it's taking over Pub One's space, which had a dismal 2 star Yelp rating, and often surly service (and a very stringent enforcement of their "customers only" bathroom policy). The latest incarnation of the space comes from the people behind Colonie, and has chefs Sam Richman (Jean Georges, The Fat Duck) and Brad McDonald (Noma, Per Se) doing Mexican dishes.
Meow: Anne Hathaway Sinks Her Claws Into DUMBO
Anne Hathaway, the most recent incarnation of Catwoman, has moved to Brooklyn... from Brooklyn! That's right, Ms. Hathaway was living in Prospect Heights last year, but recently moved to a sleepier section of the borough: DUMBO. She and fiancé Adam Shulman have settled into 1 Main Street, and Curbed believes she's in unit 6K, "which seems to fit the bill of what she and Shulman were searching for—a 1BR with room for a home office going for $6,400 a month."
Clever Artist Is Literally Tagging New York
In the world of street art there is tagging, in which a person marks a surface with their name, and then there is tagging. The latter is what the clever soul behind aes-tags is currently doing around town. Instead of permanently changing their environment, this tagger is writing on and then hanging up actual tags.
NYC Star Map Feeds Your Healthy Celebrity Worship
Bedbug history and square-footage is important, but the most crucial aspect of choosing an apartment is its proximity to celebrities. The closer the better, as you never know how much a few fingernail clippings or an old band-aid will fetch at auction. Thankfully, the apartment rental search Rentenna has compiled a star map of Manhattan's neighborhoods. Ooh! How long will it be until we start seeing John Mayer and Dakota Fanning canoodling in DeSalvio Playground?*
Chocolate Earth Swerves Into DUMBO's Orbit
An entire planet made entirely the most precious element in the known universe: chocolate [Ch]. This is the ideal fantasy evoked by the new boutique Chocolate Earth with its tantalizing name. The little shop will have its grand opening today 4 p.m. to midnight, during which time a chocolate meteor shower of free samples are promised. Of course, it's not as if DUMBO needed another place to buy chocolate, what with Jacques Torres over on Water Street, but when it comes to chocolate, it's not really about what you "need," now is it?
Owner Of Punto Bianco, DUMBO's Latest Lunch Spot, Says He Could Be Mayor
Options for a midday meal in under the Manhattan Bridge are limited, but Punto Bianco at the corner of Jay and John Streets in DUMBO now offers espresso and Mediterranean fare with an emphasis on fresh, healthy ingredients. "I've had my eye on this space for 15 years," says owner George Lati of the voluminous café with walls of windows and a modern flair. "We opened up just before the holidays which was crazy and my wife was so excited she was just giving everything away for free. 'Let the people eat,' she'd say. She was in heaven!" Lati describes his wife Shela as the engine that keeps the café running. And with a little help from their five children, Punto Bianco is seems to have found its footing.
Theater Review: Daniel Kitson's It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later
"Teenagers are unmitigated dickbags," declares Daniel Kitson halfway through his funny and tender solo show It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later, currently running at St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO. This uncontroversial fact is established by way of explaining that Caroline Carpenter, one of two fictional Brits at the center of Kitson's exhaustively detailed monologue, is an exception to the rule. Yet that's probably the most exceptional thing about Caroline: As a teenager, she was kinder and more sensible than most adolescents, but she's no hero, and her life story, as told by Kitson, is not distinguished by the extraordinary circumstances we've come to expect from dramatic characters. Kitson, a writer/performer, has instead taken the stage to reveal the extraordinary poetry in the "ordinary" moments.
New Grimaldi's Opens With Lines Around The Block
Yesterday, we were quite happy when word came that the city Buildings Department had given approval for Grimaldi's to install a coal-fired oven in their new Front Street DUMBO location, ending a month-long work standoff. And they wasted no time reopening, with lines around the block Saturday afternoon: "The Earth tilted back on its axis today. Long lines return at new Grimaldi's, all the way to the future Juliana's," tweeted FultonFerry.
Grimaldi's Gets City Approval For Coal Oven!
The Grimaldi's Pizza relocation saga has come to a happy ending: the city Buildings Department has given approval for Grimaldi's to install a coal-fired oven in their new DUMBO location. “The pie will be the same, maybe a little better,” owner Frank Ciolli told the Post.
Grimaldi's Has Left The Building
Well, folks, it seems like the long, sad saga of Grimaldi's Pizza has hit a dead end today, with the original space looking like it's almost certainly shuttered and no re-opening date for the famed pizzeria's new digs next door in sight.
Staff Picks: Powerhouse Arena Tells You What To Read
Welcome to our column Staff Picks, in which we ask the staffers at our favorite book, music, and movie stores around to town to share with us what they're reading, listening to, and watching this week. We figure they're good people to ask. Today we're checking in with the staff at Dumbo's eye-catching independent bookstore/gallery/venue Powerhouse Arena to find out what they've been dog-earing lately.
Sing "Under The Bridge" Under The Manhattan Bridge Tonight At 6!
Do you feel like you don't have a partner? Do you ever feel like the streets kiss you windy? Are you free tonight at 6 p.m.? If so, you can come down to the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (under the Archway) to help set the record for the greatest number of people singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ "Under the Bridge." That's right: "Under the Bridge" under a bridge. No word on whether you'll be expected to wear a sock on your junk.
Grimaldi's Move POSTPONED Due To Death In The Family
Today is no longer the last day for Grimaldi's pizza as we know it. Unfortunately the drama surrounding the Brooklyn pizza institution's surprise move next door struck a tragic note this weekend. After an unexpected death in the family, the coal-oven pizzeria's last day has been pushed back temporarily—they still need to be out by the end of the month (as in this Wednesday) so pizzaiolo Patsy Grimaldi can start work on his new pizzeria in the space that made him famous. Meanwhile, the other pizzeria on the block isn't worried in the least about the coming pizza wars.
WHOA: City May Block Grimaldi's Move Over "Illegally Installed" Coal Oven
The drama over beloved Brooklyn pizzeria Grimaldi's and its rent dispute-prompted move around the corner continues: Grimaldi's employees had been promising customers the same coal oven pizza at the new location, but now the Post reports that the Department of Buildings "put the kibosh on plans by the world-famous pizzeria to move into larger space next door after learning that its operators quietly installed a coal-fired brick oven at the new site without approval." The pizza war is on!
Pizza Shocker: Grimaldi's Is Being Replaced By The Original Grimaldi
What could be a classic pizza war is about to start brewing down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass! Last week we learned that the legendary Grimaldi's was moving around the corner from its longtime DUMBO space after a rent dispute with its landlord. The next day the Post talked to the landlord, who revealed he was keeping the restaurant's coal oven and promised a "very popular pizza establishment" would be moving in. Damn but he wasn't lying! Turns out that no less than 80-year-old pizza king Patsy Grimaldi is returning to the Brooklyn pizzeria where he made his name!
Grimaldi's Closes DUMBO Location Nov 28, Opens Next Door Nov 29
The DOH shuttering of Di Fara isn't the only big news in Brooklyn pizza today. On November 28 another staple of the Brooklyn pie-scene will be closing its doors forever...and reopening next door. People: It is the end of Grimaldi's as we know it!
Have You Seen This Lego Treehouse In DUMBO?
Check out this precious Lego-made treehouse spotted on Jay Street in DUMBO! It makes sense that it's there, what with the recent construction of a Lego Manhattan Bridge and all, combined with the fact that treehouses are just so hot right now.
Massive Movie Production Moves Into DUMBO, Resident Wants To "Occupy The Film Site"
Earlier this year DUMBO residents spoke out against Hollywood infiltrating their quiet cobblestone streets, asking them to "go back to TriBeca!" The DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance even asked the Mayor's Office to limit the number of productions allowed in the neighborhood, but were only told "rest periods for streets within neighborhoods [will be] determined on a case-by-case basis." Well, nap time is over DUMBO, Marky Mark & Co. rolled in this morning! And he's not here handing out Wahlburgers or Good Vibrations.
[UPDATE] Photos: Creators Project Takes Over DUMBO
We're still compiling our coverage of this weekend's Creators Project, but here's a peek at the action during the weekend-long technology and arts festival in DUMBO. Hoards of leather jackets and good looking people smoking cigarettes journeyed to the waterfront to catch some stellar live music and take in seriously trippy art. While the RSVP to the free event has been closed for some time, if you bum someone a Gauloises they may just give you their wristband. Though the music is gone, the art exhibitions will be up until 8 p.m. tonight.
Creators Project Announces Lineup, Karen O Opera Tix On Sale
The Creators Project is coming back for another year, and this time they'll be setting up shop in DUMBO, as previously hinted at with the announcement of the Karen O psycho-opera at St. Ann's Warehouse. The "colossal two-day arts and technology festival" will take place all over the neighborhood on October 15th and 16th, and they've just announced more details.
Walt Whitman's Back At His Old Loafing Spot In DUMBO
Last week during the DUMBO Arts Festival, artist Mark Gagnon installed a paper-maché statue of the Patron Saint of Brooklyn, Walt Whitman. The Whitman statue is currently located under the Manhattan Bridge archway in DUMBO, the same area where Whitman worked as editor of the Brooklyn Eagle from 1846 to 1848.
Pictures: DUMBO Arts Festival Slips The Manhattan Bridge Some Acid
More than 500 artists participated in this weekend's 15th annual DUMBO Arts Festival, which comes to a close tonight. There were food trucks, gallery events, pop-up painters, dance, interactive workshops and even live bands—the highlight of the weekend was the ever-shifting video projections covering the DUMBO archway and surrounding buildings by "Immersive Surfaces." Click through to see some photos from the weekend, and watch some videos of those loopy, psychedelic-tinged projections below.
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