It was surprisingly hard to find modern or fusion Asian restaurants on my online search. After an afternoon of wandering and op-shopping in Williamsburg, there was a little Vietnamese restaurant nearby that at least had smoked beef brisket pho - as close to modern I could find around there.
Interestingly even though it was beef pho, the broth is vegetarian so that it can be used for all the pho range, including a vegan version.
USD14.95 for smoked beef brisket, vegetarian broth, simmered star anise, cloves, cinnamon, shallots, rice noodles, mushrooms, yu choy, served with bean sprouts, basil, lime and jalapeños. It isn't standard but for a mushroom based broth touched with the smokey reasonably tender load of brisket, I can't complain. It was a delicious dish in its creativity.