Morning Reads: Passenger Stabs Cab Driver, Mobil Station’s Future, Russ & Daughters Cafe

Police are looking for a man who was picked up by a cab driver at Delancey and Ludlow streets Saturday night and allegedly stabbed and beat the driver after he took him to the wrong address in the Bronx (WNBC).

New details on the fate of the Mobil gas station at Avenue C (EV Grieve).

While smaller art dealers are still consolidating on the Lower East Side, rents have gone up by about 30% (The Art Newspaper).

The owners of Sweet Chick in Williamsburg say their new LES location, in the old Max Fish space, will try to “preserve the legacy of the bar.” (Village Voice).

More on the new Russ & Daughters cafe (The Daily Meal).

Scenes from the opening party at Katz’s pop-up (WSJ).

A look back at the work of Richard Hambleton, LES resident and the “Godfather of Street Art.” (Gothamist).