A City Councilman faulted the mass evacuation at 475 Kent Street, calling the "policy of making homeless citizens of loft residents" very dangerous. [Curbed]
Activists rant and rap against Washington Square Park’s rehabilitation. [You Tube via Curbed]
With crime rates dropping, downstate New York residents worry they will have fewer prisoners’ labor to exploit. [Wonkster]
For the celebrities at the Sundance Film Festival, only real Brooklyn bagels will do. [City Room]
Teams of five will whizz souped-up shopping carts around checkpoints in the annual Idiotarod competition this Saturday. [Gridskipper]
Novelist-turned-indie knife maker opens up a handmade cutlery shop, Cut Brooklyn, in Gowanus. [NYDN]
The Russian Federation bought a $35 million townhouse on the Upper East Side today. [TRD]
Eateries finally penetrate the Garmet District. [NY Times]
