In a scene that sounds like it belongs more on the Jersey Shore than Park Slope, the parents of a teenager getting her nails did at H&L Nail Spa freaked the hell out in an ugly, racially-charged, chair-throwing debacle. Read this firsthand account of what went down from customer MacKenzie Fegan, who sent her story to FiPS. more ›

A Queens madam has been arrested for allegedly living the high life at the expense of naive Korean girls. Responding to ads in Korean newspapers for nail technician work, the women were forced into prostitution by Jin Hua Cui, and threatened to tell their families they were prostitutes or "have Chinese gangs kill them" if they didn't cooperate. The women were brought to two brothels disguised as nail salons in Long Island, one which advertised a "Stimulus Plan." more ›

A robber held up a Queens nail salon on Saturday before fleeing from the shop in an ambulette. more ›

Besides saying that she supports the Beatrice Inn (run by her brother Paul), actress Chloe Sevigny discussed the East Village with the Observer (while hosting a party for Kiehl's) last week. She summed up how the neighborhood has changed, "Oh, you know, it's bank, nail salon, bank, nail salon, bank, nail salon. The Subway across the street from Veselka, it's just an eyesore. The bigger chains coming in everywhere, it's depressing. You know what really bugs me about the neighborhood, actually? The students! The N.Y.U. kids and they've opened an SVA dorm near my house, so now it's even more." The wife says that if she did move from the EV, she'd go back to Gramercy Park. [Via EV Grieve] more ›