- Bodega owners fear 7-11’s conquest of New York City (Daily News).
- Three men arrested after melee in and around St. Mark’s Place, Tompkins Square Park (NYT, EV Grieve).
- Some people close to Sheldon Silver worry that the governor is going to interfere with the selection of a new majority leader (Daily News).
- Diminutive gallery Eleven Rivington takes a second space at 195 Chrystie (Art in America).
- Anthropologie signs a lease at 250 Bowery (Real Deal).
- At Frank’s Chop Shop on Essex Street, “Don’t be surprised when you come here for your regular cut and see Jake Gyllenhaal seated on the chair to your left, or Wu-Tang’s GZA to your right.” (Daily News)
