New York City News

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

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 › ]

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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 › ]

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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) ·...

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 › ]

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...

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 › ]

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....