• Vinegar Hill: Party with Poets at powerHouse Arena • Gowanus: Record a podcast with The Voice of the Gowanus, others • Downtown: Find out if Brooklyn is really sustainable with the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce • Park Slope: Explore your unconscious m... »
Whether you want to start your own Etsy shop or just make a Mother’s Day gift, Brooklyn is loaded with places to learn sewing, knitting, jewelry making, weaving, woodwork, and more. »
Saving Williamsburg’s cultural legacy, with jagged edges [NYO] Don’t forget to look up tomorrow [Gothamist] New York actually loves the arts [Hyper Allergic] Big brother is tweeting [Village Voice] The war on brunch is real [BK Paper] Pay what you like... »
• DUMBO: War, what is it good for? The debate continues at Powerhouse Arena • Cobble Hill: Take in a boozey one-act play double feature at 61 Local • Williamsburg: Get down to street fight funk and Kung Fu(sion) at Brooklyn Bowl • Gowanus: Everyone in ... »
Farm stays in upstate New York [The Upstater] All your NYC bike events, now in one place [BikeNYC] Nobody cares about the Nets in New Jersey [NYT] Lots of dusty old sneakers on sale [Here's Park Slope] Create your own Scrooge McDuck swimming pool [The ... »
Tonight • Wiliamsburg: Immerse your self in the “intoxicating smell of sugar and eye-catching color” of airborne cereal flakes at the Umami Food and Art Festival • Williamsburg: Catch guitarist Koran Agan at Brooklyn Winery • Greenpoint: Rock out at Ba... »
Wait, do you mean do I spend too much money on drugs? I don’t know, maybe? What do you consider too much? Aren’t caffeine and alcohol considered drugs anyway? Who’s asking?? Back off, I know my rights man! Ok, bring the vibe back around … So today is t... »
• Greenpoint: Laugh at funny jokes, save a dog’s life. Then go sing karaoke • Park Slope: Listen to Nicole Krauss read from History of Love • DUMBO: Hear about Doug Mack’s trip through Europe using a 47-year-old guide book • Gerritsen Beach: Rock a clo... »
Paying your taxes is not equivalent to just throwing your money in the trash, according to a new study, because paying the gub’mint gives you a “warm glow” utility that makes “you feel good about helping others” or some such socialist claptrap. Perhap... »
It's a gigantaur new bakery at Fifth Avenue and 26th Street, where you can get a whole lot of bread for a buck. »
Like Brokelyn on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest! -Give us your feedback, win sweet prizes! -Bensonhurst is a bastion of cheap Italian food. -The Sixpoint design contest stepped up its game this year. -In which we declare Ben & ... »
NYT dubs Brooklyn Brainery “hipster schoolhouse” [NYT] Other, less-headline-grabby coop growing strong [Brownstoner] …including Park Slope Coop ex-pat Adrian Grenier [Twitter] Brooklyn Flea empire grows to food and beer garden [L Magazine] Coney Island... »
The spoils of a pizza war: 75-cent slices [NYT] Rally to bring back the fireworks today [BHB] April Fool’s, prix fixe menu edition [L Mag] Stoop sale rules of engagement [FiPS] And Brooklyn’s most stylist nabe is … [Refinery 29] Free access to NYT stor... »
Turns out all our hand-wringing about bike lanes vs. car lanes in Prospect Park was missing the bigger issue: the Borough President’s office announced this morning that due to the city’s budget crunch and the worry that “too many people are littering f... »
How to become the Toxic Avenger [Gowanus Your Face Off] Celebrate 10 years at the quirky City Reliquary [City Reliquary] You’re just not going to win the lottery [Gawker] How would you spend the city’s money? [Brownstoner] June 28: Return of the McCarr... »
