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The mural is being planned for Academy Restaurant at 69 Lafayette Avenue.
Rapper Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest died last week.
Another mural went up near the Clinton Hill Key Food at Fulton Street and St. James Place.
Danielle Mastrion plans to paint a mural of Biggie Smalls as a kid growing up in the neighhborhood.
City Councilman Mark Levine said he thinks New York City's hip-hop history should be celebrated.
Members of CB3 failed to back the renaming of the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets.
After being rejected in January, an application to co-name a LES intersection is back on the agenda.
Community Board 3 barred LeRoy McCarthy from reapplying for the street naming for five years.
A proposal to rename the corner of Rivington and Ludlow "Beastie Boys Square" was not supported.
The corner of Rivington and Ludlow streets may be renamed to honor the Beastie Boys.
CB2 committee member cited Notorious B.I.G.'s record and appearance in bid to deny honor for the rapper.
The intersection of Fulton Street and St. James Place could bear the hip-hop icon's name.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.