Vinegar Hill (Brooklyn)

Daniel McGowan: The FBI's Least Wanted

He did his time for burning down two Oregon lumber mills, but he's not exactly a free man

Where to Eat Near the Brooklyn Book Festival

If you're headed out to the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday to catch Chuck Klosterman, Rob Sheffield, Susan Choi, or Tom Wolfe, you may as well make a day of it. The immediate vicinity of Borough Hall is heavy on chain fast food, but there's plenty of gastronomic adventure nearby. Here are a few ... More >>

Our 10 Best Hot Booze Cocktails in New York City

You've survived another holiday season. Have you ever had better reason to settle into a dark bar with a stiff drink? I didn't think so. But, as we battle through the next few long john-wearing months, now feels like a good time to order up a strong, warm drink -- with a whole lotta booze. Here a ... More >>

Photo Gallery: 100 Good Things to Eat in New York

Here at Fork in the Road, we're nerds. We spend almost all of our time snacking our way around the city, researching and tasting to find the very best things to eat and drink, so we can tell you about it. In 10 glorious pages, here's a look at our last 100 days with snapshots of the great dishes we ... More >>

Hillside: Just the Two of Us

Vinegar Hill House gets a neighbor

Our 10 Best Places to Take Mom

If you really love your mom, you might want to consider skipping the Mother's Day specials this year. They tend to be such gloomy experiences as restaurants transform into brunch factories for the day and serve mediocre set menus. Instead, I suggest you take your mother out in the evening, like a re ... More >>

Taking the Sting Out of Summer Dining at Vinegar Hill House

​Can I offer you some Deep-Woods Off? I'm one of those guys that gets real excited we he steps into a new restaurant, looks to the rear of the premises, and sees a sunny backyard full of chairs and tables, and maybe a tree or two. I refuse to sit at a sidewalk table as the trash blows by in t ... More >>

Probation Officer Shot and Wounded in Brooklyn

A city probation officer was shot and seriously wounded this evening in the 84th Precinct in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources say. The officer is not believed likely to die. Not much more on it right now. The 84th precinct includes the areas of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Vinegar Hill and the F ... More >>

Vinegar and Water

A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

Close-Up on Vinegar Hill

Letters

Close-Up on DUMBO, Brooklyn

Close-Up On: Boerum Hill

Four-Story 1860s Corner Brick Townhouse

Two-Story 19th-Century Backhouse

Letters

Project Girls

Five Veterans of the City’s Public Housing Tell Their Tales

The Saga of 223 Water Street

Artists vs. Workers vs. Landlords on the Brooklyn Waterfront