For over eight years now, Whole Foods has been trying to get a new location in Gowanus off the ground . The company removed the toxic waste from the 4.2-acre site on the corner of Third Street and Third Avenue, and promises the establishment will feature a 20,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse, and a charging station for electric cars. You’d think it would be welcomed with open arms by those Brooklyn residents who don’t belong to the Park Slope Food Co-Op , but Whole Foods is still trying to persuade the community it’s going to be a great neighbor. [ more › ]
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Whole Foods Tries To Convince Gowanus New Store Will Be "Community Center"
At a Community Board 1 meeting in Greenpoint last night, local residents hemmed and hawed about the television show Smash , which has been filming in studios in the area. This is nothing new, as New Yorkers have long complained about Hollywood disrupting their lives (even if the shoots bring money to the city, and creates jobs). According to the Brooklyn Paper , last night locals had a long list of complaints against the production, from noise to blocking the bike lanes. [ more › ]
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Greenpoint Residents: The TV Show Smash Is In Our Bike Lane
The 26-year-old man who allegedly killed his girlfriend on a Fort Lee, NJ street by driving his car over her multiple times is still in Queens, awaiting extradition back to NJ. Aena Hong, 25, was killed on Monday afternoon and, at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Ann, a U.S. citizen, was found in a Flushing apartment with his passport and $3,000 cash. Police think he was trying to flee the country after the brutal confrontation. A witness said , “The guy ran over the girl. He backed up again. It happened really quick”— the driver seemed to want “to finish her.” [ more › ]
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Man Accused Of Killing Girlfriend With Car Held On $3 Million Bail
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? * [ more › ]
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NYC Star Map Feeds Your Healthy Celebrity Worship
How much is a new senior sandbox worth in Flushing? According to the Daily News, a new bocce court the city is installing in Bowne Park will cost $507,000. “We all thought it was ridiculously high,” Community Board 7′s parks committee chairman said. “Five-hundred-and-seven thousand dollars and a year for wood and dirt? Give me a break.” Well, we are living in an era of $15 pencil sharpenings. [ more › ]
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New Bocce Court In Queens Will Cost $507,000
Since it launched last year the Brooklyn Flea food-only offshoot Smorgasburg has been an unqualified success. But you know what would make it (and most things) better? Local booze. Sadly, however, not everyone in the community agrees and co-founder Eric Demby now needs to scramble for signatures if he wants to have local libations on North Sixth Street by the time the outdoor food fun restarts on April 7. [ more › ]
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No Booze For Smorgasburg, For Now 
It is looking more and more like we’ll get a touch of winter this weekend. First, though, today is going to be mostly sunny and mild with a high in the mid to upper 40s. The high pressure system bringing the mild weather will move offshore later today, paving the way for tonight’s storm. That storm is a weak low pressure system over Texas at the moment. It will rapidly move east and then strengthen and move up the coast as the day progresses. [ more › ]
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Snow Tonight, Cold This Weekend
For all the fashion work they do, you’d think PETA would appreciate the canine self-empowerment that can only be experienced with haute couture, but apparently the organization wasn’t happy with Vice’s doggie fashion show on Wednesday night. “Bondage, chains, and choke collars belong in the bedroom with consenting, human adults,” PETA spokeswoman Wendy Wegner tells us. But a source at Vice tells us the safe word of the night, “Woof,” was never uttered! [ more › ]
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PETA Not Happy With Bondage Doggies, Human Porn OK
A Pennsylvania couple has trapped an inexplicably purple squirrel in their back yard. Sick of squirrels eating from their bird feeders, Percy and Connie Emert, of Jersey Shore, Pa., put out the traps to catch the furry rodents. But earlier this month, something strange happened: Mrs. Emert was monitoring the bird feeders when she spotted an abnormally colored squirrel. “I kept telling my husband I saw a purple one out in the yard. ‘Oh sure you did’ he kept telling me,” Mrs. Emert tells AccuWeather. “Well, he checked the trap around noon on Sunday and sure enough, there it was.” [ more › ]
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Step Right Up And See The Peculiar Purple Squirrel Of Pennsylvania!
As anticipated , last night the DOT revealed forthcoming changes planned for Delancey Street, one of the most dangerous thoroughfares in the city. In five years, 129 people have been hurt in traffic crashes at the intersections of Delancey and Essex and Delancey and Clinton, and three pedestrians have been killed on Delancey in the past year . In response to calls for safety improvements, the DOT presented the plan [ pdf ] to the local Community Board last night. [ more › ]
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Delancey Street Gets Shorter Crosswalks But Not Longer Lights