Chelsea: Biker bar Red Rock West — a loud, white-trash holdout in an overprecious art zone — was seized for nonpayment of taxes. [Eater via BlogChelsea]
Dumbo: Everything you wanted to know — and much more — about the refurb of the Jane’s Carousel, a nabe icon. [Dumbo NYC]
Greenwich Village: White powder once again found near nose of towering British supermodel on Houston Street. [Copyranter]
Jamaica: City officials want to rezone parts of the Queens neighborhood to attract investment; locals say it’s too crowded already. [Queens Tribune via Queens Crap]
Lower East Side: Libation, among first joints to bring yuppies and Eurotrash to Ludlow Street, to close, with $5.5 mil asking price for building. [Curbed]
Lower Manhattan: It’s like Stonehenge, sort of: A 50-foot-tall, floating, lime green M&M Statue of Liberty aligned with real statue this morning. [Gothamist]
Park Slope: “You hate me, you really hate me!” Atlantic Yards starchitect Frank Gehry inverts Sally Field shtick in volley with a protester. [Atlantic Yards Report]
