Morning Reads: Dealer Gavin Brown’s Chinatown Coming Out, “Wrong Way” Accident, 9-Man Doc

Gavin Brown opens a satellite gallery at 291 Grand St., a move that’s ” bold for the dealer, who’s jump-started dozens of careers from galleries firmly planted in tony environs way west of the Bowery, to choose this Lower East Side/Chinatown backwater as his first-ever second location.” (Observer)

An accident caused by a “wrong way” driver on FDR Drive backed up traffic all the way to East Houston Street this morning (Channel 7).

Charges are dropped against the Lower East Side bouncer who played a starring role in an infamous “slap” video that went viral after a confrontation on the F train (Post).

The mayor touts the enrollment successes of his universal Pre-K initiative and praises Sheldon Silver for helping to make the program happen (NY1).

Silver says there’s no reason to link legislator pay raise and minimum wage measures (Daily News).

Ursula Liang’s film about 9-Man streetball in Chinatown screens at DOC NYC (Indie Wire).

Q&A with the director of the “John’s of East 12th Street” documentary (EV Grieve).

Another look at the East Village Eye (Hyperallergic).