Brooklyn as a hotbed for the arts? Of course, these days we accept this as a known truth. Musicians start out there(Biggie, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), actors move there(Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal), and every other element of the arts from stand up comedy to independent comic book publishing seems to be [...]
Last Friday was a fairly horrific night for those taking the L-train home that evening. For me, it was a nuisance when I took a $14 cab from Lorimer Street back to Ridgewood, until I learned what happened. In case you missed the Wanted posters at Union Square and all over Brooklyn, a fight broke [...]
New York has always been the independent scene for film, unlike it’s West Coast evil twin, Hollywood, known for the major production facilities. That doesn’t mean that the city has given up hope in boosting its popularity for filming or that it wants to resign in second place for anything for that matter. Mayor Michael [...]
New York gets its own catty reality television show that might make a bunch of us cringe. See, we were always able to hold it over the heads of New Jersey folk that because of Jersey Shore, we looked like geniuses (not to hate on the shore itself, I grew up there as a kid [...]
Brooklyn commuters who take the Q train don’t have the luxury of those digital MTA time clocks that have been popping up in recent months. Instead, they have something almost better. A man known as “Coffee” barks out the train schedules outside the Cortelyou Road train stop in exchange for spare change, a cigarette, or [...]
Let’s face it. The twitter account @WeHateTheMTA exists for a reason– people really hate the way the MTA handles their service changes. Not only do the trains and buses run late, something is wrong or inconvenient practically every single week. Now, due to contractual issues the MTA is planning to cut 5 stops on the [...]
If there’s anything geekier than a Scrabble tournament, it’s a crossword one. And it was held over this past weekend at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. The 35th Annual American Crossword Tournament, to be precise. Of course, before you make fun of these guys for being complete dorks, do realize that the [...]
The Grillin’ On The Bay contest claims to be the only BBQ contest in all of New York City and it’s held right here in Brooklyn! To be specific, it’s going to be in Sheepshead Bay. Twenty teams will battle it out for the title of Best BBQ in New York City! Chili afficionados, don’t [...]
Being redistricted can be tough. People you used to vote with are now voting for different representatives and people you have never voted alongside are now having an affect on your influence within the government. The whole thing is akin to having your liver suddenly do the work your heart is supposed to do, and [...]
Bed-Stuy artist Heather Hart is building a new roof for the Brooklyn Museum –not a repair job unfortunately. Rather, a new exhibit to debut on April 12. Hart is building a full-sized roof for her solo show. The plan? To make it look like it was torn off a house and dropped from the sky [...]
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