This Brooklyn pop-up cocktail bar celebrates all things winter [BK Reader]
Attempted rape in South Williamsburg on New Year’s morning [Greenpointers]
Battle of the barge: NYers fear floating billboard company will turn waterfront into ‘New Times Square’ [Gothamist]
An extraordinary neighbor: Nowshin Ali is 100% present [Bklyner]
New 2019 NYC laws ban foam, restrict cigarettes, address paid family leave, minimum wage and more [6sqft]
Meet the Brooklyn costume designer behind ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
6 crucial ways New York City’s landscape will change in 2019 [Curbed NY]
Longtime Union Square restaurant Blue Water Grill shutters [Eater NY]
It’s time to eat some salad [Grub Street]
Ridgewood Wendy’s struck by toilet thief twice [Bushwick Daily]
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