The 50 Funniest People In Brooklyn

“Hey Brooklyn, do you like to laaaaugh?” We’d like to think that’s how we’d start off our set if given the opportunity to take a crack at some local standup, anyway. For some reason, nobody ever asks. Probably because in spite of a much-discussed exodus of talented comedians to L.A. over the past few years (TV pays, we get it), New York’s comedy scene is thriving. Particularly in Brooklyn, which has quietly become home to some of the best emerging talent on the east coast (not to mention some of the very best standup venues). As such, we’ve selected 50 of them that we’d like you to know about, if you don’t already. We’re not being sticklers, here: some of the people who made the cut don’t technically live in the borough (or even New York State), but all of them contribute to the local comedy scene in ways we deem to be crucial. Mostly, though, they are all very, very funny.

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Boris Muller October 30, 2013 at 11:33 am

Don’t forget he used to work at IGN too. Very funny man.

Barry Dworkin October 30, 2013 at 1:04 pm

Tom Scharpling lives in Brooklyn? I thought he was from Newbridge, NJ?

Jonathan Baylis October 30, 2013 at 1:26 pm

Missing Ophira Eisenberg, hilarious comic, author of Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, and host of NPR’s Ask Me Another (shot in Brooklyn at The Bell House!)

Alana Greenspan October 30, 2013 at 3:08 pm

You forgot Sara Schaefer. She is the fucking greatest. I hope this mistake haunts you for the rest of your yuppie existence.

Scorp October 31, 2013 at 3:41 am

MOUNTAIN GOATS

Brenda Shaughnessy October 31, 2013 at 8:26 am

This list is way too dude-heavy! Are there really so few women in Brooklyn who count as funny enough? The article should be called “The 42 Funniest Men in Brooklyn.” And no, I don’t have a sense of humor about this.

Nedster October 31, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Oh, please. Catie Lazarus is sort of funny, but she’s mostly exhausting with neurotic energy, endlessly complaining about being poor – while wearing designer clothing, traveling around the country, and living on a trust fund, and acting like she’s somehow entitled to earn a living from comedy.

dee October 31, 2013 at 4:08 pm

WHERES DEE MARIE OH I FORGOT HES FROM QUEENS!

Jonny November 2, 2013 at 6:18 pm

Michelle Buteau should be on the top of that list!!!