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April 30, 2012
OMG! Beef on Weck at Mile End Sandwich
The picture-perfect beef on weck sandwich at Mile End Sandwich. It's something of a black eye that New Yorker City dwellers have never quite figured out how to make a beef on weck sandwich until now. Mainly because it's a particular specialty of our sister metropolis of Buffalo, New York -- both c ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
New York University Scores Partnership With City for New Applied Sciences Center -- In Brooklyn!
Mayor Mike Bloomberg, surrounded by around 30 officials -- electeds, reps from his administration, university partners, and more -- announced yesterday that New York City would be partnering with New York University to create an applied sciences center in downtown Brooklyn. It was such an importan ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Live: The MATA Festival Brings Brooklyn's Drones And Whirs To Roulette
2012 MATA Festival Roulette Friday, April 20 Better than: Figuring out how to play the Koyaanisqatsi German Blu-ray on an American TV. Between Charles de Gaulle interpreted by a coloratura soprano, a Deliverance-style duel pitting a player piano against a live pianist, and a 13-piece chamber suite ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
What to Do This Weekend: Smorgasburg, Dekalb Market
Smorgasburg, the outdoor food fair in Williamsburg, will open for the season this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The usual suspects, like Asia Dog, McClure's, Porchetta, and Red Hook Lobster Pound, will be there along with 57 other food vendors.
Blogs
February 12, 2012
Junior's Black and White Cookie Turns Red and White for Valentine's Day
Behold, the Valentine's black-and-white. Long-running downtown Brooklyn deli Junior's has an always-active bakery carryout operation right inside the front door, where the most popular pastries are plain cheesecake, cheesecake with canned cherries, cheesecake with canned pineapple, cheesecake with ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Cool Interactive Map Shows You Which City Blocks Use the Most Electricity
A new interactive map tool, created by the Modi Research Group at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, reveals some unsurprising patterns about New York City's energy consumption. The tool can tell you, down to individual buildings, which parts of the city used the most ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
MTA Releases New Night-time Version of Subway Map
The MTA has released a late-night version of the subway map so that now, on that rare occasion when you're trying to get home drunk on a Thursday night, you will know exactly which trains you should avoid waiting for! Said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, "This companion night map will, for the first tim ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Look at All the 'Lost Subways' That Might Have Changed Your Life
Have you seen WNYC's "Lost Subways" Map? It shows 11 planned subway lines that, had they ever been built, would have added to the current 842 miles of track in the New York City system. Among them: An underground subway connecting the North Shore of Staten Island with Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; a F ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
December's Openings and Closings
The shark-infested waters of New York City's restaurant industry are not for the faint of heart. In case you're into keeping tabs, here is a list of those who took the leap and opened new establishments and those who were forced to bow out this month.
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December 14, 2011
Valery Jean, Executive Director of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, on FUREE's 10th Anniversary Party
Caleb FergusonIt's the holidays and time for nightly benefit parties. This month, we're be circling back to non-profits and art groups we've talked to through out 2011 as they gear up for their annual shindigs. Today we're talking to Valery Jean, Executive Director of Families United for Rac ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
M50 Bus Wins "Slower Than a Lawnmower" Acclaim
According to this year's annual "Pokey" award, the slowest local bus route in New York City is the M50, which travels crosstown on 49th and 50th Streets between First and Twelfth Avenues, clocking in at just 3.5 miles per hour at noon on a weekday, according to Straphangers Campaign staff and volunt ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Bronx Restaurant Week Starts; Red Apple Supermarket Opens
Starting today, The Bronx is hosting its first restaurant week, "Savor the Bronx," which will run for two weeks. [NY Post] Red Apple Supermarket has opened in Downtown Brooklyn after several delays, the first full-service supermarket in the neighborhood in years. [NY Post] Stockbox Grocers ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Back to School at LIU? Faculty On Strike, Locked Out
Striking faculty outside of LIU's downtown Brooklyn campusUpdate below: LIU releases statement that deal with union could come on Monday. Like most schools in the city, this week was supposed to mark the normal start of fall classes at Long Island University's downtown Brooklyn campus. Inst ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
The Weeknd Will Come On Down To New York Next Thursday
Details are sketchy on how exactly to get in, but yes, the Toronto-based downer R&B outfit known as The Weeknd will make its US live debut on September 15—that's a week from tonight—at Skylight One Hanson, the schmancy Downtown Brooklyn venue that earlier this year hosted a super-exclus ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 7, 2011
O SUPERJAM
Roulette reopens with a bang
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Did You Lose Your Chicken in Downtown Brooklyn?
This is what happens when you google "hipster chicken."Via Brownstoner, there's a chicken lost in Brooklyn that's been located by some kind soul who is trying to help it find its way back home. (Home, we hope, is a place amenable to chickens, as this story would go very differently if it were ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Betto, Goodbye to South Houston
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Southernish restaurant South Houston on West Broadway near Grand Street has closed after little more than a year in business. [Eater] Pick-a-Pita has served its last its french fry-stuffed shw ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems
This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Five Dead and Gone Classic Brooklyn Restaurants
pbase.comAt one time, Lundy's was the world's largest restaurant, seating 2,800 hungry souls. Shed a tear for Brooklyn's great restaurants of the past. They once defined life in the borough, making it unnecessary to toddle to Manhattan for a lively and memorable night out, and they died as t ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2011
JUST DON'T IT
Elliott Sharp turns 60
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Steve Cuozzo Bestows Year-End Rant Upon the General Public, Williamsburg
The relentless barrage of year-end lists means that their contents tend to get lost in a shiny, amorphous tangle, so we're grateful for Steve Cuozzo's annual dining-related invective, deposited amongst the tinsel like a fat lump of coal. The Post critic's take on 2010 is more or less as withe ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
This Week in Chains: Panera Bread Is Coming to Brooklyn
Chains just love them some downtown Brooklyn: Not only is the neighborhood getting a Shake Shack, it's also the future home of the borough's first outpost of Panera Bread.
Voice Choices
September 1, 2010
CIVILIAN UNREST
An eminent domain showcase
Blogs
July 19, 2010
Pressuring 'Rat'-ner in Brooklyn
Either this rat really can't wait to get shop at Best Buy, or somebody hasn't negotiated with the union. It is of course the latter. Local 79 was protesting this morning outside of the old Circuit City in the Atlantic Mall in downtown Brooklyn, which went belly-up last October. Like the Cir ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Comes to Brooklyn
If you're a fan of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series, today's your day. The final installment, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, hit stands this morning.
Voice Choices
May 18, 2010
ART RIDER
Pop the kickstand on your weekly art fix
Blogs
February 14, 2010
Have you seen... an Armed Robber in Brooklyn
The NYPD would like to speak to the man in the picture about four armed robberies in the past month in downtown Brooklyn. Police in the 84th Precinct say that he approaches his victims, shows them a black gun, grabs their stuff and runs. He hit three victims between January 20-25, all on Fult ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Downtown Brooklyn -- Where It's All Happening, Eventually, Baby!
The New York Post has the surprising story: that the newest Hot Nabe is -- Downtown Brooklyn! Yes, the zone of borough offices, courts, the Transit Museum, and crappy delis is "Brooklyn's fastest-growing residential neighborhood" -- its population has tripled in just 10 years. That still l ... More >>
News
January 12, 2010
Class Action Listings 2010
The New York Post has the surprising story: that the newest Hot Nabe is -- Downtown Brooklyn! Yes, the zone of borough offices, courts, the Transit Museum, and crappy delis is "Brooklyn's fastest-growing residential neighborhood" -- its population has tripled in just 10 years. That still l ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Ofrenda; Goodbye to Rainbow Cafe (in Manhattan)
The Loading Dock, an expansion of Forrest Cole's Choncho's Tacos cart at the Brooklyn Flea, has opened in Downtown Brooklyn. Serving Mexican-style eggs, tacos made with tortillas from Corona's Nixtamal, and Gorilla coffee, it will also act as a gallery. [NY Magazine] Peter Poulakakos, whose father ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2009
34th Street Bus Lines Get Timers
It surprises us that the MTA has chosen the M16 and M34 buses on 34th Street for its bus-shelter digital timer pilot program, which announces to waiting riders when the next one is scheduled to arrive. The relatively uncomplicated L train made a good test case for the subway version, but the ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2009
City Officials Still Park Illegally. Our Solution: Jimmy Justice!
Browstoner and the Daily News notice "parking abuse" by civic officials in downtown Brooklyn. Expired meters, crosswalks, hydrants, bike lanes -- these mean nothing to the police, fire, and judicial employees who use their placards to park any damn place near Borough Hall, despite a mayoral crackd ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2008
Protesters Tell Gristede's King Catsimatidis: Give Us Back Our Supermarket
Browstoner and the Daily News notice "parking abuse" by civic officials in downtown Brooklyn. Expired meters, crosswalks, hydrants, bike lanes -- these mean nothing to the police, fire, and judicial employees who use their placards to park any damn place near Borough Hall, despite a mayoral crackd ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2007
Brooklyn Residents Chant 'Save Our Neighborhood, Yo'
Browstoner and the Daily News notice "parking abuse" by civic officials in downtown Brooklyn. Expired meters, crosswalks, hydrants, bike lanes -- these mean nothing to the police, fire, and judicial employees who use their placards to park any damn place near Borough Hall, despite a mayoral crackd ... More >>
NYC Life
July 17, 2007
The Chocolate Factory
Browstoner and the Daily News notice "parking abuse" by civic officials in downtown Brooklyn. Expired meters, crosswalks, hydrants, bike lanes -- these mean nothing to the police, fire, and judicial employees who use their placards to park any damn place near Borough Hall, despite a mayoral crackd ... More >>
News
May 22, 2007
On the Outs in Brooklyn
The city's complicity behind the borough's soaring eviction rate
Blogs
March 27, 2007
There's a New CSA in Town!
The city's complicity behind the borough's soaring eviction rate
Blogs
December 20, 2006
Cloudy Atlantic Yards Passes, Thanks to Silver Lining
The city's complicity behind the borough's soaring eviction rate
Blogs
September 25, 2006
Actual Poor People Rate Bloomy's Poverty Plan
The city's complicity behind the borough's soaring eviction rate
NYC Life
July 25, 2006
BAM Goes the Neighborhood
While Atlantic Yards grabs the headlines, an art attack quietly transforms downtown Brooklyn
Film
May 2, 2006
Sundance 2.0
Redford vs. De Niro: Utah fest moves into Tribeca's backyard
NYC Life
January 17, 2006
Target Agrees: Most Americans Believe in Angels
Redford vs. De Niro: Utah fest moves into Tribeca's backyard
NYC Life
November 15, 2005
Cracking the Code
How to dress like a schoolboy—for less
News
July 26, 2005
Union Gap
At AFL-CIO, a splitting issue for the nation's biggest labor organizations
NYC Life
November 16, 2004
'Fever' Pitch
Karaoke for a cause in Brooklyn; bitch sessions about bottle service
News
September 16, 2003
The Backroom Crowd
Indictments Looming, Power Brokering Goes on as Usual as Brooklyn Pols Meet
NYC Life
April 22, 2003
Close-Up on DUMBO, Brooklyn
Indictments Looming, Power Brokering Goes on as Usual as Brooklyn Pols Meet
Film
July 16, 2002
Where There's Smoke
Indictments Looming, Power Brokering Goes on as Usual as Brooklyn Pols Meet
Specials
December 4, 2001
Letters
Indictments Looming, Power Brokering Goes on as Usual as Brooklyn Pols Meet
News
January 16, 2001
Project Girls
Five Veterans of the City’s Public Housing Tell Their Tales
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