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April 25, 2012
Q&A: Joey Bada$$ On Singing Biggie At Two, Tumblr Stalkers, And Finishing High School
Joey Bada$$ is perched over a Pac-Man tabletop arcade machine at a neighborhood bar in Flatbush. With a glass of Sprite resting on the video game's screen, he confesses that he's never played Pac-Man before, gives a laugh, and says, "I probably suck at this." Bada$$'s lack of experience at early-'8 ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 1, 2012
RAP 2.0
A$AP Rocky headlines Irving Plaza
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Q&A: Flatbush Zombies On Thug Waffles, Longtime Friendships, And The Meaning Of The Zombie Lifestyle
The word "Brooklyn" conjures up images of all types of illy shit—gold fronts (not grills), bubble coats, designer "wears," dreads smoking bud like it was legal. Newcomers Flatbush Zombies managed to incorporate all of the aforementioned BK traits into their music and its accompanying visuals w ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 21, 2011
IRON MEN
Action Bronson and  Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire team up
Blogs
November 22, 2011
Say Hello to Kutsher's, Konditori
Here are some of the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Mega-restaurateur and convicted felon Jeffrey Chodorow has launched Kutsher's, a Catskill-resort-culture-influenced resto in Tribeca. The menu includes pastrami ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Dish No. 36: Kulushkät Gourmet Falafel's Classic Falafel Sandwich
Rebecca Marx Since opening earlier this year in the former Taro Sushi space off of Flatbush Avenue, Kalushkät Gourmet Falafel has distinguished itself with, simply put, some damn fine balls.
Blogs
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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June 20, 2011
Teen With Learner's Permit Hits Nevins St. Subway Station
viaLearning to drive can be an embarrassing experience. One or both of your parents is in the car with you clinging to the armrests for dear life, you are being cursed relentlessly by surrounding drivers and your mistakes are very public. That's why we kind of pity this kid who crashed into t ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Coppelia; Goodbye to TienGarden
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. TienGarden, the vegan restaurant beneath the Bikram yoga studio on the Lower East Side, is closing its doors after 16 years in business. [Low Down NY] Sora Lella, the New York outpost of a Rom ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
ARatedOnly.com Launches for All Your A-Rated White Castle Needs
ARatedOnly.com has announced its new website and smartphone app, each featuring a comprehensive guide to all the Department of Health A-rated restaurants in the city. All your favorites are there: the Wendy's on Flatbush Avenue, Burrito Loco in Greenwich Village, as well as other spots like T ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Park Slope Citizens Decry Plans To Open A "Yo MTV Raps 'Bling-Bling' VIP Club," Suggest Making It An "Indie" Club Instead
So there's a hot new club/bar/live-music venue called Prime 6 in the works down in the Atlantic Yards nexus at Flatbush and Sixth in Brooklyn, inciting the usual neighborly trepidation, because this club might play rap music. There is now a petition circulating, not to stop Prime 6 from openi ... More >>
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February 20, 2011
Brooklyn Building Suffers Heavy Fire Damage; More Than 180 Dead In Libya Protests (Sunday Links)
via Gothamist/APA six-story residential building in Flatbush was partially destroyed by a fire last night. Over 70 people now have to seek housing elsewhere, and two dozen were injured (minor injuries mostly). It took firefighters more than four hours to control the blaze because of last night's ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Smashburger to Colonize Fort Greene Condo Tower
CurbedThe future home of Smashburger.As it inches closer to opening in Brooklyn, Smashburger has provided Diner's Journal with the address of its first location, in Fort Greene. The burger chain will open on the ground floor of 80 DeKalb, an appropriately grandiose condo tower near Flatbush A ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
The Opulent Organs of Western Beef
Here's looking at you, kid -- I mean piglet. Organ meats, also known as offal or by the more all-inclusive category of variety meats, form a perpetual topic of conversation among food fanciers. Some love 'em. Some hate 'em. But no one is completely indifferent. Many chefs have fooled around ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Doubles at A & A Doubles Man in Flatbush
Your $1.25 vegan treat lies waiting to be unwrapped. Doubles is a difficult word - it's singular for a pair of miniature Indian pooris sluiced with chick pea curry and folded over into a loose sort of sandwich. So what if you order two doubles? "Doubles" is plural for doubles, too.
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December 18, 2010
Hibiscus Flowers Make Festive Xmas Mixer
Hibiscus flowers are now available in Flatbush Caribbean markets. Fresh hibiscus flowers are seasonally being sold in the lush vegetable markets that line Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The blossoms are damp and leathery in texture, and the deep red color is striking.
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December 16, 2010
Police Seek Man Wanted in 3 Brooklyn Sex Assaults
The NYPD is asking for the public's help locating the suspect in the police sketch, who's wanted in connection with three sex assaults in the same neighborhood of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He's described as a black male in his late 20s, approximately 5'9" to 5'11" with a medium build, medium t ... More >>
Columns
December 8, 2010
Rage Over Wages in East Flatbush
Scrooge locks workers out in the cold
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November 5, 2010
AOL Dubs Bedford Avenue "Safest NYC Neighborhood"
AOL's WalletPop site has revealed the safest neighborhoods in America's major cities based on neighborhood and FBI crime data. Guess what!? Bedford Avenue has ranked as one of those cozy locales, where your chance of becoming the victim to a crime is but 1 in 500 each year.
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October 25, 2010
CMJ Portrait: Rapper Theophilus London
photo by Sam Horine Theophilus London Hails from: Flatbush Occupation: Musician Best CMJ moment: Headlining Fader Fort at the last moment. Favorite band: New Look
Blogs
September 17, 2010
The Great Maybe-Tornado of 2010: Tornado Spares Voice
All photos by Steven ThrasherWe're still waiting for confirmation on whether the tornado that ransacked Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens last night was actually a tornado -- investigators are out trying to determine whether patterns were "swirling" or otherwise, and the National Weather Se ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Taro Sushi Will Open Its Flatbush Avenue Location by the End of the Month
Get ready, Flatbush Avenue. Taro Sushi is an institution in Park Slope, thanks to its impeccably fresh raw fish and such rarefied options as natto and monkfish liver.
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August 5, 2010
Presenting: the Greenest Block in Brooklyn
The winner. (via Brooklyn Botanic Garden)Congratulations, Vanderveer Place between Flatbush Avenue and East 23rd Street in Flatbush: you've been crowned the Greenest Block in Brooklyn by the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, regaining the title after not winning since 1997.
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May 7, 2010
Posts of the Week
It's Friday afternoon, and thus time for a fond glimpse back to the best posts of the past five days. We ranked Our 10 Best Picnic Spots in NYC. Painkiller's Giuseppe Gonzalez talked tiki, frozen drinks, and the hangover cure that comes in a syringe. Tortilleria Nixtamal's Fernando Ruiz talked ab ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Winter BLT With Smoked Tempeh at Brooklyn's Flatbush Farm
Open wideA bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich is one of the fleeting joys of summer eating, but Flatbush Farm in Park Slope/Prospect Heights has built a better BLT, one that can be eaten year-round and by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.
Blogs
February 21, 2010
2 Brooklyn Women Injured in Early Morning Hit-and-Run
ABC NewsPolice in Brooklyn are looking for the driver in a hit-and-run accident which injured two young women crossing Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights at 4:30 this morning. Investigators say the green Acura, its windshield caved in and side mirror missing, was later found abandoned two ... More >>
Blogs
December 31, 2009
Have You Seen... Holiday Subway Platform Robbers
Some folks decided to get some Christmas money by robbing citizens on train platforms, showing no respect for the season or the city's reputation as an oasis of low crime. These two stuck up a man on the 7th Avenue/Flatbush Q train platform in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve. Perp #1 is described as b ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
The Burgeoning Ditmas Park Restaurant Scene is Still No Place for a Vegan
Cortelyou Road is still a barren place for a vegan.Ditmas Park may be home to a growing number of restaurants, but its animal product-free options are apparently still lacking: the blog Flatbush Vegan has suspended operation because its authors, though still vegan, have moved out of Flatbush. ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Corrections Officer with Suspended License Runs Down, Kills Woman in Brooklyn
It's not a cop this time, but a state corrections officer who has reportedly mowed down a woman with his car in Brooklyn this morning. The as yet unnamed 38-year-old victim was struck at St. Marks and Flatbush Avenues and pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital. Sing Sing employee Damon Padmore ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Jewish Patrol Assault Trial "Close to Farce"; Messiah to Be Called as Witness
The Flatbush Shomrim -- a safety patrol of observant Jews -- has been on fire lately. Last week they caught a graffiti artist and a car-breaker, and yesterday they took down a burglar. The Crown Heights Shomrim, meanwhile, has been much busier in court, with six of its members charged with be ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
Times: New Storefront Art Shows Like Old Kind, Except Fancy, Curated
Last week we mentioned that some city-owned rental space, even in buildings one imagined would be very rentable (the Staten Island Ferry terminal, for example) were being offered free to artists to use as exhibition spaces. Today the Times tells us the city's not the only landlord to give ov ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 24, 2009
ROCKIN' 'N' ROLLIN'
Afro-punks rule at this skate park
Blogs
May 6, 2009
Sharlene's Bar Replaces Mooney's in Prospect Heights
Mooney's, the ancient, beloved dive bar on Flatbush Avenue closed last summer, pushed out, reportedly, by rising rents, that common, sad story. Sharlene's has emerged in it's place, and seems pretty close to opening. The intel from Brooklynian is that the place is owned by one of the bartenders fro ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2009
What's Happening This Week
As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the hottest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! This week, we bring you an ancient feast and a good ol' fashioned crawdad boil. Capitale Executive Chef Jason Munger has teamed up with the Archaeological Inst ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
5 Banks Robbed Yesterday in 4 Boroughs
Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2007
Franny's Does Pasta
Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2007
Location, Location, Roti
Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>
NYC Life
April 17, 2007
A Brooklyn Barn-anaza
Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2007
Local Bounty at Third Eco Eatery Tour
Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>
NYC Life
December 20, 2005
The Scene in Park Slope
Your Barista on Strike Day? Pregnant and walked almost two hours from East New York
News
November 15, 2005
An Army of None
If counter-recruiters succeed and enlistees flee, a draft could be next.
News
March 15, 2005
Your Guide to a Weekend of Resistance
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
NYC Life
March 30, 2004
Get Lit!: Three Different Neighborhoods Spark Up One Bar
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
NYC Life
March 30, 2004
Close-Up on Marine Park
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
NYC Life
March 23, 2004
Close-Up on Prospect-Lefferts
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
NYC Life
July 9, 2002
Top Floor of 1919 House
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
NYC Life
April 30, 2002
Close-Up on Prospect Heights
On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you
News
January 18, 2000
No-Sex Ed
City Programs Face the Trials of Teaching Abstinence
Dining
March 23, 1999
Home Depot
City Programs Face the Trials of Teaching Abstinence
News
November 17, 1998
Road Rage
Cars Rule in Prospect Park
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