Q&A
Crest Hardware's Owner Says Goodbye
"When I leave here and I close the gates for Crest for the day, I go eat in my neighborhood. I go to my local dry cleaner, I go to this butcher, I shop here. You don't have to make a big deal about it, but you just do it. You do it because it's the right thing to do. And we're losing that."
Morning Spew
Crest Hardware's Owner Says Goodbye: 'It's a Badge of Honor That We Wear the Proudest, Just Being There for People'
And more news for your Thursday.
Leave Your Apartment
Temporary State University Wants to Teach You How to Throw DIY Shows
Jordan Michael Iannucci, co-founder of a new DIY space incubator, gives us his live music recommendations.
Joy
Meet the DJ Who Brings the House Down in Herbert Von King Park—Every Day of the Week
On any given day, you're likely to find Elijah Prince at the Bed-Stuy park, playing house music to a delighted audience—and keeping the communal spirit of New York City alive.
$20 Dinner
Roberta's New Rooftop Slice Joint Near Penn Station Is a Delight
The famed pizza restaurant's second R Slice location, and first in Manhattan, is perfect for the "Penn District."
Morning Spew
The NYPD Has Determined It Is No Longer About 'Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect'
The NYPD updates its motto, and more news for your Wednesday.
Doggos
It's True—NYC's Pet Cooling Centers Rule
A reporter ventures to one of the city's pet cooling centers, in the hopes of saving some money on his electricity bill, sparing his own guilt about the environment, and keeping his scruffy friend nice and cool.
Locked Up
If You Were Holding Your Breath for a Federal Court to Take Over Rikers, You’d Be Dead by Now
As a court finally begins proceedings to take the foundering jail system out of City control, Mayor Eric Adams shrugs.
High Life
Governor Hochul Blamed NY's Cannabis Agency for Its Rocky Rollout. Advocates and Former Staffers Suggest She Look in the Mirror
Cannabis equity supporters worry that the shakeups to the Office of Cannabis Management 'will get money out of the hands of poor Black and brown communities.'
Fresh Hell
The Untold Saga of the Guy Who Defaced Alan Dershowitz’s Honorary Stone at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The vandal tells all—and Dershowitz reacts.