The Stand is planning a Chelsea Market sister club called The Stand West, a cellar room billed for roughly 140 guests with Italian-influenced bar fare and a full bar. Permit filings were posted with Community Board 4.

Theodora is bringing a live‑fire Beach Club to Governors Island this summer with weekend beach parties and communal tasting menus. Tickets are available on Resy.

Villager is opening a second outpost at 374 5th Ave in Park Slope, bringing its specialty coffee to Fifth Avenue. No firm opening date has been announced.

Federal prosecutors say an Iraqi national coordinated attacks across Europe and allegedly pledged money for a New York synagogue attack, the criminal complaint alleges.

A man's body was pulled from the East River near Pier 5 at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Friday. The NYPD is investigating and the OCME will perform an autopsy.

Chef Gang Lin, a Yoshino alum, plans an eight-seat omakase at 211 7th Ave with tasting menus starting at $250 per guest.

State lawmakers passed the SAFE Shelter Act to require reimbursement when providers downsize two‑bed units to shelter single adults, a change advocates say will open more beds for survivors.

Alex Bores says he "loves" his dad but distances himself after archived posts showed William Bores celebrating Israeli deaths and equating Zionists with Nazis.

The James F.D. Lanier Residence at 123 East 35th Street, long held by Bassam Alghanim, sold for about $16M, according to filings and local reports.

Selene, from Kyma founder Reno Christou and James Ragonese, opens Monday in SoHo in a three-floor, 10,000‑sq‑ft space with a retractable-roof atrium and coastal Greek menu.

A 5-month-old infant was found unresponsive in a Bushwick home; FDNY and NYPD say the child was taken to a hospital and police are investigating.

A 28‑story, 497‑unit tower is rising at 6208 Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park with 100,000 sq ft of retail and $210M in construction financing. The multistory podium is already taking shape above the N‑line stop.

Sarah Lucas’s VENUS VICTORIA perches on a giant washing machine outside the New Museum, inaugurating the museum’s new plaza commissions. The playful monumental work will be on view for roughly two years.