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    nbcnewyork Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested by police in her Midtown apartment after officers were called there for a report of a disorderly person Thursday night, law enforcement sources said.Photo Credit: AP

    2 hours ago by SHIMON PROKUPECZ

      gothamist Amanda Bynes, who was unable to board a private jet recently, now has bigger problems: She was reportedly arrested at her Midtown apartment tonight. [ more › ]

      3 hours ago by Jen Chung

        abclocal.go The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed.

          gothamist Last month, a group of volunteers with the environmental advocacy group Time's Up decided to clean up the long-abandoned lot at 99 South 5th Street in Williamsburg. The space had been vacant for more than 20 years, and the group thought the neighborhood would benefit from a thorough cleaning and...

          8 hours ago by Lauren Evans

            gothamist Because just imagine if he was eating Ego waffles, check out today's end-of-day links: sex doesn't sell, Chuck Norris loves Tebow, Obama heckled, Dr. Unk arrested, cat bearding, real life "Breaking Bad," and a sweet helper monkey. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. ...

            7 hours ago by Ben Yakas

              abclocal.go An Edison police officer was arrested and charged for allegedly setting fire to the home of the Edison police captain.

                newyork.seriouseats We eat (and love) a lot more than sandwiches at Serious Eats, so in the spirit of A Sandwich a Day, here's Eat This Now, a quick look at food worth sharing. —The Mgmt. [Photograph: Robyn Lee] It's been a little while since we've talked up Paris Restaurant, the cheap and mostly...

                15 hours ago by Max Falkowitz

                  streetsblog The city is close to recommending that the Sheridan Expressway, a short, sparsely-used interstate that community activists have targeted for removal for years, be transformed into a street-level roadway that opens land for new development and improves neighborhood access to parks along the Bronx River. Today, trucks going to Hunts Point...

                  10 hours ago by Stephen Miller

                    gothamist   The NJ Attorney General's office had a press conference today about "Operation Swill," its crackdown on 29 bars that fooled customers into thinking its premium liquors were premium. In fact, the bars were using rubbing alcohol—"with caramel food coloring" and called it scotch—and dirty water! [ more › ]

                    9 hours ago by Jen Chung

                      ny.eater [Daniel Krieger] Mighty Quinn's is arguably the most successful restaurant to come of the great Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens barbecue boom of late 2012/early 2013. And now, the restaurant is expanding from the East Village to Battery Park City's Brookfield Place, which is a revamp of the World Financial Center space. This...

                      9 hours ago by Greg Morabito

                        gothamist A librarian at the New York Public Library's Webster Library branch on the Upper East Side is taking the Tilda approach to raise awareness about NYPL budget cuts. She has placed herself on display behind glass, but instead of doing this for Art, Kristy Raffensberger is in the display case...

                        9 hours ago by Jen Carlson

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                          13 hours ago by Niki Achitoff-Gray

                            gothamist Anthony Weiner threw his hat into the NYC mayoral race yesterday with a slick family-pimping campaign video and a flashy new website. So far his comeback has been very carefully stage-managed, but you had to know he'd pull a boner at some point. And today it's being widely observed that...

                            10 hours ago by John Del Signore

                              curbed Photo via My Modern Met Have a look at Wheel House, the avant garde home-in-the-round designed and built for a pair of globe trotting acrobats and their ultra hipster, steam punky circus performance. The Wheel House—a 25-minute show produced by Europe's Acrojou Circus Theatre—follows the adventures of a pair of idiosyncratic...

                              11 hours ago by Amy Schellenbaum

                                ny.eater Eater scanned through all 1,418 NYC restaurants on OpenTable with reservations for two still available for tonight. Here's the best of the bunch. Get 'em while they're hot: · Gramercy Tavern (9:30) · Daniel - Lounge Seating (8:00, 8:15, 8:45) · Del Posto (8:15) · Tocqueville (7:45, 8:15) · Gotham Bar and Grill (7:00, 9:00) ·...

                                11 hours ago by Alexander Hancock

                                  gothamist Welcome To Twin Peaks, the website that brought Agent Dale Cooper to Coney Island recently, is now inviting you to transform your own hometown into Twin Peaks, albeit on a very small scale and with less surrealism. They explain: [ more › ]

                                  11 hours ago by Jen Carlson

                                    gothamist Last month, a Brooklyn yeshiva banned Woody Allen-style glasses for being "too goyish" and too "modern," despite the fact that they're Woody Allen-style glasses, for crying out loud. Some rabbis seemed upset by people confusing Hasids for hipsters: there are Tumblrs and Twitter accounts dedicated to the similarities, n+1 had...

                                    10 hours ago by Ben Yakas

                                      gothamist Dozens of longtime residents gathered along Kent Avenue in Williamsburg on Wednesday to protest the Bloomberg administration's seemingly empty promises regarding affordable housing in Brooklyn's increasingly hip—and therefore, costly—neighborhoods. [ more › ]

                                      10 hours ago by Lauren Evans

                                        newyork.seriouseats [Photograph: John Bousel] Thursday (May 23) Bourbon and Belly at Brooklyn Label Thursday May 23rd, 7 p.m. Brooklyn Label is hosting an evening of belly and booze. Pork belly from Ends Meat will be prepared three ways and paired with a flight of Widow Jane cocktails and a Gaffel Kolsch beer back. $30 advance,...

                                        10 hours ago by Craig Cavallo

                                          midtownlunch Springtime meant another menu update for the Bob & Jo truck starting a few weeks ago. Winter’s ramen and dumplings are out, and sandwiches are back. They’ve been touting their new tofu offerings nonstop on twitter, but when I went to check out the tofu sandwich ($8) the other day,...

                                          18 hours ago by Rachel Goldner

                                            streetsblog A cyclist was struck and injured by a cab driver at 81st and Broadway this afternoon. A spokesperson said FDNY got the call at 2:20 p.m., and that responders transported a 35-year-old male in serious condition to St. Luke’s Roosevelt. A tipster who alerted us to the crash and took the photo...

                                            11 hours ago by Brad Aaron

                                              ny.eater [Photo] Well over a week in, and Cronut Mania is as strong as ever. This is the line earlier today for Dominique Ansel Bakery, where a bunch of people with apparently nothing else to do are waiting for those croissant-doughnut hybrids that are driving the foodie hordes wild. Though they debuted...

                                              14 hours ago by Alexander Hancock

                                                ny.eater [Daniel Krieger] Restaurateurs Nialls Fallon and Gareth Maccubbin recently opened a wine bar in the former Life Cafe space called Maiden Lane. The menu includes cured and smoked fish, canned seafood, charcuterie, cheeses, and a few other small things to nibble on. To drink, Maiden Lane offers bottled and...

                                                12 hours ago by Greg Morabito

                                                  curbed Baseball star Alex Rodriguez dreamed up this bayfront Miami mansion around the time he was dating actress Cameron Diaz. The Yankees regular spent an estimated $15M constructing the custom love shack, complete with nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, and 19,000-square-feet of luxury. But soon after his relationship with Diaz soured, A-Rod...

                                                  11 hours ago by Rob Bear

                                                    gothamist Get your fiber supplements at the ready because the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party is back for its 11th year of smoked goodies and meat sweats. The Block Party has come a long way since its humble beginnings on 27th Street, meaning more meat, more fanfare and way more people....

                                                    12 hours ago by Nell Casey