Williamsburg's hipsters broke bread with local Hasidim Monday at a community meeting where they discussed their disputed bike lane. "The debate didn't really get anyone anywhere," reports a local hipster. Uh oh, is that the sound of youthful idealism crashing?

Behold, the bike lane to nowhere: Bedford Avenue's hotly contested sexy/sinful bike lane cost New York $11K to install and $15K to eliminate to protect Hasids' eyes from scantily clad females, plus whatever damages the guerrilla repainters inflict. [NBCNewYork.com]

bicycle activist describing the gulf between Hasidim and hipsters in Williamsburg, as revealed in a battle over bike lanes (Hasids say they fear "staring at members of the opposite sex in various states of undress"), to the New York Post.