Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Need a place to crash until the end of July? The School of Visual Arts' new 20-story dormitory at Ludlow and Delancey Streets—a building we're minorly obsessed with—is now available for short-term rentals. To the public! Yesterday, a han...

[Krieger, 11/24/08] Frankie Brunz takes the F train down to Carroll Gardens this week to file on neighborhood hit Buttermilk Channel, a newish restaurant that trendily sources everything from its sausages to its beer to its ice cream locally. Frank gives her a one:"All of this makes Buttermilk Chann...

Tomorrow, Frank Bruni reviews Susur Lee's New York City debut Shang at the Thompson LES hotel. Today, the Eater oddsmakers have set the action as follows: Zero Stars: 6-1 One Star: 3-1 √√ Two Stars: 4-1 Three Stars: 20-1 Four Stars: 250-1 We think Ryan Sutton said it best when he proclaimed, in ...

The latest from Racked, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. [Photo by Daniel Krieger] 1) Bowery: Looking for one of the largest non-hotel signs of the changing Bowery? An old YMCA at Prince Street has been turned into the Green Depot (above), a massive eco-friendly home supplies stor...

WSJ blogger Mary Pilon reprints the tear-jerking letter she sent her Lower East Side landlord in a successful effort to get them to shave $300 off the $2,650/month rent. Recycle at will! [The Wallet]...

Red Bull sure is putting a lot of effort into that crazy snowboarding jump erected in East River Park for Thursday's competition. The shipping containers, the fake snow, the size—hey, why not just leave it up all winter and let us have some fun with it? THAT MAY HAPPEN. Quote Fast Company: "my ...

Today Frank "Prince of the UWS" Bruni reviews two of his neighborhood's newcomers, West Branch and BarBao, handing them each a one spot . Both are decent additions to the neighborhood, but right now, only comfort food centric West Branch is a runaway success:"Both the West Branch, a mostly Mediterra...

Billy Sunday's BBQ [Photo Credit] 1) Prospect-Lefferts Gardens: Blogger Hawthorne Street reports that Carroll Gardens' beleaguered restaurateur Jim Mamary will open a new BBQ joint called Billy Sunday’s tomorrow on the other side of the park. He writes: “The restaurant is expected to beg...

The little league fields of East River Park are mostly devoid of any and all signs of life during the bitter winter months, but our friends at Red Bull—energy drink/total immersion lifestyle—have figured out a way to inject some attitude (and potentially horrific injuries) into the under-u...

Steamed Crap via Young Manhattanite RESTAURANT WEEK — Resys for the '09 Winter Restaurant Week are available online now. As usual, diners can get three courses for $24 at lunch, $35 at dinner at hundreds of NYC restaurants. Or, Bar Blanc is offering a $35 prix fixe every day all month (on the ...