Williamsburg bar The Abbey is closing, too
First Enid's, then Rosemary's Greenpoint Tavern, now comes news that Williamsburg is losing another drinking institution: The Abbey.
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Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern closing at the end of the month
This is a really sad one: Rosemary's Greenpoint Tavern, which has been serving up affordable drinks on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg since the '50s, will close at the end February...
Videology closing at the end of October
Videology has been on the corner of Bedford and S. 1st since December 2003, first as a video store, then as a bar and cinema. End of an era.
“Hipsters” fleeing L-less Williamsburg, but at least Vice has free beer
The much-dreaded fifteen month L train shutdown is still eight months away, but the exodus has already begun.
Thom Yorke & Michael Stipe walk into a gallery (in Williamsburg)
”thom the greatest ever dropped by the show.”
“The Union Pool hookup is a young New York rite of passage”
Much of the Williamsburg that existed in the neighborhood's early '00s heyday is gone now -- from Glasslands to Daddy's to Tops to that empty lot on the corner of Bedford & N. 1st -- but one thing we're glad is still around is Union Pool which opened in 2000 and quickly …
empty lot on Bedford/N1 in Williamsburg with the stuffed gorilla finally up for sale
End of an era: the empty lot on the corner of Bedford and North 1st in Williamsburg, which has never had anything in it apart from junker cars, wild mint and, for the last seven or eight years, a popular ever-changing diorama of stuffed animals, is finally up for sale.
Brooklyn Flea cancels Williamsburg outpost (but Smorgasburg & Record Fair are staying)
The Brooklyn Flea Record Fair happens May 20 right next to Smorgasburg.
a first look at Gorillaz Spirit House (which hits Brooklyn this weekend)
Check out photos from inside the new collaboration from Gorillaz and SONOS.
Villain moving to new Williamsburg location
The 50 North 3rd St location is now permanently closed.