Seven years after 5 Pointz, a mecca for graffiti that took over the Neptune Meter factory in Long Island City, was whitewashed and demolished by late developer Jerry Wolkof without prior notice ...

5 Pointz on Nelson Street was seen by many as Bristol's finest independent clothing store, but it closed at the end of March with a statement that said it was "the right time to bring down the ...

The owners of the 5 Pointz site in Queens have followed up on their promise to file an appeal on a decision that awarded the 5 Pointz graffiti artists $6.7 million in damages. In February this ...

Justice has finally been served to New York real estate developer Gerald Wolkoff, marking the end to a long, dramatic landmark case surrounding onetime graffiti mecca 5 Pointz. On Monday ...

Judge Frederic Block of the United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York chastised developer Gerald Wolfkoff for destroying 45 of 49 graffiti paintings at 5 Pointz.

A federal judge awarded 21 artists a whopping $6.7 million Monday for a developer’s decision to destroy revered works at the famed 5 Pointz art mecca in Queens. 5 Pointz in Long Island City on ...

A jury found a real estate developer broke the law when he tore down the 5 Pointz complex in Queens. For nearly two decades, a complex of buildings in Long Island City were covered in colorful ...

Update: A jury has concluded that 5 Pointz developer Jerry Wolkoff violated the law when he whitewashed that buildings without warning, erasing graffiti from dozens of artists. The jury’s ...

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- For 7 train riders, 5 Pointz, the mecca of graffiti art in Queens might as well have been a stop in the area. "It was the only legal outlet that allowed ...

5 Pointz. Image © Flickr user iamNigelMorris licensed under CC BY 2.0 5 Pointz, the day after it was whitewashed under cover of night by the building's owners. Image ...

When the famous graffiti site at 5 Pointz was shut down in 2013, it seemed to herald a threat to the city’s street-art scene. But as Chris Giblin reported last week, that art movement was never ...